23-year old Hay River track star faces child pornography charge

Aurora College staff are working to get systems back online after a cyber attack over the December break, according to an announcement issued Sunday. Jayne Murray, the college’s communications manager says staff are working to “purge any malicious codes,” from the system.

The Polytechnic Institute of Northern Canada has received five-year accreditation and a certificate of registration to operate as a private training institution in the Northwest Territories, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

The Northern Territories Federation of Labour launched a campaign last week in Iqaluit and Yellowknife drawing attention to the health care crisis, characterized in the North by ongoing staffing shortages and a growing reliance on temporary contract workers. Sara-Jayne Dempster, president of the Northern Territories Federation of Labour, says that nursing students who graduate here are running into barriers finding jobs, which is contributing to the crisis in the North.

“We have assisted close to 500 families for Christmas this year and that includes 300 children for toys as well,” said Tony Brushett, executive director of the Salvation Army. It was just last week that Brushett said the Salvation Army Christmas kettle food drive was getting closer to their goal and today it only got better.

In an announcement issued today, GNWT’s Chief Environmental Health Officer Dr. Chirag Rohit reported that laboratory-based testing from the Hamlet of Fort Liard, reviewed by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer, shows that the total THM levels in treated drinking water are above Health Canada’s guidelines.