Police Hint More Locations Will Join The List The signs are up, and Yellowknife's first drug-free zone is now official. The city worked with the RCMP, school boards, and other community groups to launch Yellowknife's first drug free zone, an area marked off to warn drug dealers to stay away. The drug-free zone is more than just a game of semantics, said RCMP Insp. Roch Fortin, last Wednesday. "It's more than a sign, it's a community getting together," said Fortin. [continues 116 words]
First Meeting Since Motion Passed By Council School representatives and public officials gathered last Tuesday to discuss how the NWT's first drug-free zone will be implemented. Mayor Gordon Van Tighem, Insp. Roch Fortin and Yk1 superintendent Metro Huculak gathered with student representatives from both school boards and RCMP officers to discuss details on how the initiative will take form. "It's more than just a sign," said Fortin. "The greatness of this project is that people get together to make this work. There's some incredible people behind this sign." [continues 201 words]
