The NWT's education minister says an independent investigation will examine "serious concerns" about the running of schools in the Dehcho region.
Nahanni Butte
The NWT government said flood risk has passed for Aklavik and breakup is progressing in the lowest sections of the Beaufort Delts.
NWT Fire says wildfire danger in the Dehcho will move to "high" in the next day or two as temperatures and winds pick up. There are no active fires yet.
Premier RJ Simpson and Dehcho Grand Chief Herb Norwegian set out their positions on public safety in NWT communities and Dehcho Process negotiations.
The threat posed by southern drug dealers to small NWT communities was one of the main topics as Dehcho First Nations leaders began a three-day meeting.
The GNWT's first big assessment of flood risk this spring suggested average conditions around Nahanni Butte and Fort McPherson and low river flows elsewhere.
