Retired Yellowknife couple fearing for safety, sanity amid violence at nearby apartment
CBC
WARNING: This article discusses domestic abuse.
A retired Yellowknife man is concerned for the wellbeing, and safety, of his elderly wife as they deal with what he describes as regular violent and loud disturbances from tenants and visitors of an apartment building across the street.
Keith Sanders, who has lived across from Sunridge Place with his wife since 2018, said the situation became unbearable this summer when they only got three nights of sleep in a 15-day span. It's gotten to the point where his wife fears even leaving their home.
"The noise is essentially like a party noise with these young people shouting over the top of each other," he said. "They shout as loud as they possibly can. There is no restraint. And it goes on and on."
Sanders said drug use and drug dealing are contributing to, if not causing, the disturbances.
In an email, RCMP Insp. Dean Riou said the police have "proactively conducted numerous drug trafficking investigations in this location and throughout the city over the past several years."
Sanders said he has also heard regular incidents of domestic violence.
"We hear on occasion the sound of a young, young woman, and not just one young woman, being physically assaulted. She's screaming, 'You can't do that. Leave me alone. Don't touch me,'" he said.
Sanders said he's called the police over 20 times this summer. But he said officers have shown up in less than half of those incidents.
Riou wouldn't say how many calls have been reported about Sunridge this summer, but said "police respond to calls for service as they arise and do proactive patrols in high-crime areas."
Another neighbour didn't want to be interviewed, but confirmed Sanders' account of the past few months.
While speaking with CBC News, Sanders' wife had to leave the room as she said recounting what they're dealing with can be too distressing.
Sanders, 71, said he's worried for her life as she has high blood pressure.
"She's 76 and has little resilience left and I fear that a spike in blood pressure could see her off," he said.
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