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The Government of Nunavut’s acting Minister of Community and Government Services, Joanna Quassa, has ended the State of Emergency in Iqaluit, effective midnight, August 30.

The former chief of the Smith’s Landing First Nation has been tapped to chair the NWT’s Health and Social Services Leadership Council, with three more nominations pending announcement for the nearly-vacant board.

Correction: A previous version of this article stated the decision in the case in question was handed down by Justice Robert Gorin. It was in fact handed down by Justice Jeannie Scott.

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As gas prices across the country continue to decline from June’s historic highs, drivers in the NWT are still paying roughly the same prices at the pump as they were a month ago, according to a website that aggregates data on gas prices.

The Government of Nunavut today announced the territory’s ninth death due to Covid-19 which took place on August 26.

A large male bear was killed early Monday morning “as a result of the clear, immediate risk to public safety,” according to the Department Environment and Natural Resources (ENR).

Following the execution of a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence on Sissons Court on Aug. 25, Yellowknife RCMP and “G” Division Emergency Response Team located “a loaded 9-millimetre handgun, a quantity of crack cocaine and drug trafficking paraphernalia.”

As a pilot, Tom McLennan says he has good situational awareness: “Being aware of where you are and where you’re going, what’s happening next”

Some Yellowknife residents may have woken up to a bit of scare this morning as, at 6:55 a.m., the Scotiabank on Franklin Avenue (5102 50th Ave) was significantly damaged after a vehicle drove into the building.