Jean Marie River will elect a chief on October 27. The election, slightly delayed by historic flooding, will be unusual as many voters are in temporary homes.
PositionSarah Sibley was a Local Journalism Initiative reporter from 2020 to 2022.
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The NWT announced 19 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday but said 23 people had recovered, slightly lowering the number of active cases.
New housing corporation boss Eleanor Young once managed housing in Ulukhaktok. She says the job of tackling the NWT's housing crisis is "like coming home."
April Martel is set to remain Chief of the Kátł’odeeche First Nation. Nominations for the community's upcoming election closed with Martel unopposed.
Mayors Frank Pope, Kandis Jameson, and Sean Whelly are set to stay in post as nominations for October elections closed with all three unopposed. Here's a list.
Some NWT residents whose properties were flooded beyond repair in May won’t get new homes till 2022. Local leaders, though, are satisfied with recovery efforts.