Bobby Zoe to be sentenced today
A dangerous/long-term offender hearing for repeat sexual offender Bobby Zoe is expected to conclude today.
Zoe, 36, who was convicted of break and enter and sexual assault in 2016 for an attack in 2015, appeared in NWT Supreme Court yesterday.
The judge listened to submissions from defence lawyer Steve Fix and Crown attorney Blair MacPherson. Both agree Zoe should be declared a dangerous offender, but at question is whether he should be sentenced to an indeterminate amount of time in prison.
Zoe was also convicted in 2012 of a brutal sex assault on a 23-year-old woman while she walked alone on 53 Street in 2011.
– John McFadden
Police look for suspect after man assaulted
RCMP is seeking the public's help to find a suspect after an early morning assault downtown.
A 25-year-old man was attacked on 50 Street in front of a bar about 2:45 a.m. yesterday. Police stated the man was taken by ambulance to hospital for treatment.
Police are looking for an Indigenous man, 5 foot 4 inches tall with a stocky build, wearing a black hoodie and black pants. He was last seen walking towards Franklin Avenue.
Frozen pools of blood remained on the sidewalk at the scene yesterday.
– John McFadden
Banking on a Christmas toy drive
With Christmas around the corner, Yellowknifers are asked to help bring the holiday spirit to children in need.
BMO and the YWCA NWT are hosting a children's toy drive for young ones staying at the Alison McAteer House family violence shelter.
The two parties are asking for new, unwrapped toys to be dropped off for donation at the BMO office on Range Lake Road.
The drive runs until Dec. 22.
– Kirsten Fenn
Keys to a new house
A family home in Old Town will soon be occupied through Habitat for Humanity Northwest Territories.
The house will be complete Dec. 13, when the keys will be given to the Jean Claude Quelette-Landry and Morgan Hailey Ranseth family, stated a news release.
– James O'Connor