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As of June 4, the Wood Buffalo wildfire near the Whooping Crane nesting area has crossed the border and is now burning within the NWT.

“Over the next few days, we will work with Parks Canada to establish a unified command,” said NWT Fire. “The fire will now be referred to as the Klewi Complex (SS004-026).”

Parks Canada says there are no threats to communities or...


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The GNWT says its public survey on its Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) Act will shape new program policies, but the total number of survey respondents is a little over 100, and an even smaller sub-section of them have actually used the service.

The ATIPP Act is, in part, intended to allow NWT citizens to access and correct their own personal inf...


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Lutsel K’e Dene Chief James Marlowe has won re-election.

“I have unfinished business,” the incumbent said in a previous interview with NNSL Media.

Marlowe was not immediately available for further comment following the June 3 election.

His opponent, Stephanie Poole, posted a concession statement to her social media.

“Although I was not successful i...


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A machete and $5,000 in cash were seized after the Norman Wells RCMP received a tip about suspected drug trafficking in late May.

Two individuals were intercepted at the Norman Wells airport on May 31 after police were alerted to suspicious activity.

Charges were laid against the suspects, who were travelling from Fort Good Hope to Norman Wells, after their alle...


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Saturday’s Alzheimer’s walk, which went from the Baker Centre to the legislative assembly and back, managed to raise almost $11,000 from the 75 people who participated and donated in the weeks before.

And that figure doesn’t include amounts raised from related events which might contribute thousands of dollars more.

This was the 20th year for the walk, according...


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