A forum next week featuring candidates to become the next Inuvialuit Regional Corporation leader will be streamed live. Seven people are running.
Inuvik
Parts of the Beaufort Delta and Sahtu are set to emerge from a bitter spell of -40C weather this week, while other areas could see temperatures above freezing.
A bonfire and fireworks designed to welcome the sun back to Inuvik after a month's absence won't go ahead as planned because of the extreme cold weather.
A worker at an Inuvik business was critically injured during a fire on Wednesday afternoon, the town's fire department said. Another suffered minor injuries.
Inuvik Gas said on Wednesday the town has five days of propane on hand as it urged residents to keep conserving fuel during a spell of extreme cold.
Under a new system, Environment Canada issued one of its first orange warnings for extreme cold in the NWT. The Sahtu faces sustained -55 wind chill values.
