NWT Fire said fire danger is increasing in the South Slave and Dehcho, both from human causes in dry conditions and lightning starting to enter the picture.
Fort Resolution
The NWT Power Corporation says there'll be a fresh delay switching the South Slave back to hydro power after a year on diesel.
South Slave communities are still chugging along on diesel because work to refurbish a hydro dam has taken the NWT Power Corporation twice the time it expected.
An Indigenous rap artist from northern Alberta is amassing tens of thousands of fans through songs that have real meaning in Canada's smallest communities.
Forecasters cancelled a winter storm watch for Yellowknife and nearby communities, but blowing snow and a big temperature swing are still expected.
A winter storm is expected to strike Yellowknife and other communities around Great Slave Lake on Friday, bringing winds gusting to 70 km/h and snow.
