Fort Smith municipal staff are working to activate an electric fence at the town dump by Friday after an urgent warning from GNWT staff regarding bear risk.
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Hay River and the Territorial Agrifood Association formalized a partnership to redevelop a farm training institute that was abandoned, then hit by a wildfire.
Hay River's health authority will merge into the territorial public service in a year's time after an agreement was reached on how staff make the switch.
Low water levels, a heavy snowpack in southern areas and thick river ice are painting a mixed – but overall, normal – picture for coming spring melt in the NWT.
An Edmonton 30-year-old is in custody after Monday's major police operation on Hay River's Pine Crescent, which RCMP said was related to the drug trade.
RCMP in Hay River said late on Monday their operation on the town's Pine Crescent had ended. The outcomes aren't yet clear.
