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At least 100 homes in Hay River and the K’atl’odeeche First Nation have been surveyed for flood damage, while at least 230 residents have signed up for the Disaster Assistance service, as of May 26, according to the GNWT’s Minister of Community Affairs.

The Lafferty family was formally welcomed to their new home, courtesy of Habitat for Humanity NWT, on May 26. Almost six months after moving in in December, with the weather warmed up, Habitat for Humanity NWT President David Hurley presented Stephanie Lafferty and her family with a ceremonial key to her home. This was the first of two key ceremonies this week, with the other taking place in Dettah on Friday.

Official approval regarding the change of the mill rate ratio (going from 1:2.26 to 1:2.13) occurred at the May 24 City Council meeting.

The tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Pangnirtung, declared on November 25, 2021 is ongoing, announced Nunavut’s departnment of health on May 26. Since January 2021, there have been 31 individuals diagnosed with active tuberculosis, while another 108 individuals in the east Baffin community have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis.

It’s not every day you get to see a mosque floating down the Mackenzie River, but northerners were treated to just such a sight in 2010.

Eric Chalker isn’t ready to give up on his camping trip to Fort Simpson just yet.

RCMP will not release the name of the deceased publicly

It’s been a turbulent couple of pandemic years for many in the Northern construction industry and the future is offers varying degrees of promise, depending on who you ask.

On June 3, 2015, I wrote a labour views column about minimum wage in the Northwest Territories

Nunavummiut 18 and over, who have gotten their third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine four and a half months ago and over, can now get their fourth dose following an announcement by Nunavut’s department of health on May 24.