Smuggling drugs and alcohol into Gjoa Haven through the Yellowknife Airport should warrant improvements in security, Mayor Raymond Quqshuun told a panel at the Nunavut Association of Municipalities’ annual general meeting on Nov. 12. Yellowknife is accessible by road through Alberta, and there’s no airport security on flights from Yellowknife to Nunavut communities. Quqshuun, whose […]

On Nov. 22, select members of the Yellowknife RCMP donned body-worn cameras (BWCs) that will be ultimately worn by every officer in the country.  “We are optimistic that the roll out of body-worn cameras will have a positive impact on policing in the Northwest Territories,” RCMP spokesperson Const. Josh Seaward said just before the devices […]