One-off payments of $750 are being made available to Hay River evacuees who lost employment income through fleeing a nearby wildfire, the GNWT said.
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"It's totally normalized. I struggle with that." Sharon Allen, who lost her daughter to an impaired driver, wants to change the NWT's attitude to drunk driving.
Fire bans are popping up across the NWT. The latest are in Yellowknife's Fred Henne and Yellowknife River parks. Here's a list of recent announcements.
Friday is day five for wildfire evacuees in Yellowknife, with no sign of going home soon. The strain is being felt by pet owners, for whom options are limited.
Renewed heat means the task of fighting the Hay River-KFN wildfire remains complicated. Meanwhile, the First Nation said its band office had burned down.
"I feel like throwing up." Creators of an intimate partner violence study for the Status of Women Council say their work was doctored and ethics rules broken.
