"You should see the lineup." After six days out of action, the Tsiigehtchic ferry reopened on Tuesday. Residents had helped to keep waiting travellers fed.
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The ferry outside Tsiigehtchic has become the latest in the Northwest Territories to be taken out of service over a maintenance problem.
"We finally made it." The formal paperwork that declares Tsiigehtchic a hamlet went out last week. The next step is electing a municipal mayor and council.
More security at Yellowknife Airport might stop some drugs reaching smaller communities, Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo says.
Not nearly enough rain fell in May to change the drought picture across much of the NWT. Great Slave Lake is still at a record low by a staggering distance.
Inuvik is braced for heavy rain and parts of the Mackenzie Delta will be hit by a winter storm bringing up to 20 cm of snow by Saturday, forecasters say.
