Highway 7 reopened to traffic on Tuesday morning, as did Highway 1 from the Liard River ferry crossing east, but road status remains subject to change.
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From mosquito types to bites and the best repellents, we break down the latest for 2026 on the unofficial bird of the North. They're having a busy year.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
Fort Simpson's mayor described wildfire FS016 outside the village as "resting" on Tuesday morning after completing a lap of the community to find it untouched.
Starting Wednesday, participants in Yellowknife's inaugural Vipassana meditation retreat aboard the Arctic Duchess will take a vow of silence for 10 days.
Fort Smith residents endured one of the NWT's longest evacuations of 2023. Now the town is welcoming evacuees from Wrigley and glad to put on a Canada Day show.
Alice Twa and Kai Wilson·
When Fort Simpson was evacuated because of a nearby wildfire, Diedra Villeneuve and Derek Mckillop stayed to feed the pets residents had to leave behind.
