Posted: Apr 22, 2021 4:44 PM CT | Last Updated: April 22
The N.W.T. YWCA convinced the N.W.T. Supreme Court to overturn a decision a rental officer had made concluding that the Residential Tenancies Act applies to the YWCA s transitional housing program. The judge concluded the program falls squarely within the exemptions provided for in the Act.(Richard Gleeson/CBC)
Transitional housing programs run by the Northwest Territories YWCA are not subject to the law that sets out the rules for all landlords and tenants.
In coming to that conclusion, a Northwest Territories Supreme Court justice overturned a decision by a rental officer who came to the opposite conclusion.
More than two dozen witnesses expected to testify at murder trial
The trial of a man accused of murdering and robbing a man in Hay River begins in Northwest Territories Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Monday. James George Thomas is charged with first degree murder and robbery in connection with the death of 25-year-old Alex Norwegian.
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Posted: Apr 19, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 19
The trial of a man accused of murdering and robbing a man in Hay River begins in Northwest Territories Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Monday.
James George Thomas is charged with first-degree murder and robbery in connection with the death of 25-year-old Alex Norwegian just outside of the town almost three and a half years ago.
ÅıÌıÌdlı̨ÌÄ±Ì¨Ì KųÌÄÌ First Nation goes to court to battle Fort Simpson land sale
The ÅıÌıÌdlı̨ÌÄ±Ì¨Ì KųÌÄÌ First Nation of Fort Simpson is asking the N.W.T. Supreme Court to overturn a territorial government decision to sell a lot in the Dehcho community.
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ÅıÌıÌdlı̨ÌÄ±Ì¨Ì KųÌÄÌ First Nation says N.W.T. gov t breaching duty to consult and interim measures agreement
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 4:19 PM CT | Last Updated: December 21, 2020
Fort Simpson, N.W.T., on January 28, 2017. The ÅıÌıÌdlı̨ÌÄ±Ì¨Ì KųÌÄÌ First Nation of Fort Simpson says the territorial Department of Lands went ahead with the sale of a lot on Highway 1 after doing only a token amount of consultation.(Walter Strong/CBC)
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Jordan Nande and Lisa Brulé were each sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in jail and two years probation after pleading guilty to being accessories after the fact to murder in connection with Breanna Menacho s death.(Walter Strong/CBC)
Two people who helped cover up a killing in Yellowknife last spring have been sentenced to 10 months in jail and two years probation.
Jordan Nande and Lisa Brulé admitted they helped cover up the killing of 22-year-old Breanna Menacho. Her body was found in a Yellowknife apartment on May 6, according to the RCMP.
Devon Larabie is charged with murder in connection with Menacho s death. His preliminary inquiry is scheduled to take place in June.