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More than 100 people made it out to the Red Dress Day march through the streets of Hay River on May 5 to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Extended conversations between the City of Yellowknife and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) regarding the ongoing flood have resulted in the City potentially playing a bigger role to help out community members in Hay River.

Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI) has signed an agreement with Family and Children Services of Renfrew County on providing culturally specific supports for Ontario Inuit families involved with child protective services on April 8.

Jill Morse has secured her dream job.

The towns of Hay River and Fort Smith have submitted a joint intervenor application to contest the NWT Power Corporation’s general rate application for a sharp increase in prices.

With the latest survey indicating just 2,595 narwhal in Eclipse Sound, the Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization is insisting that Baffinland Iron Mines should reduce shipping traffic, slow the speed of the vessels and not resume icebreaking this year.

The Town of Hay River reported that evacuation orders remained in place for residents of Vale Island, West Channel and Paradise Gardens as of noon, Monday.

The Government of Canada has pledged $200,000 a year over three years to the Dene Nation to “advance community housing solutions.”

Nunavut’s next port looks destined to be built in Qikiqtarjuaq, but the project isn’t guaranteed to go ahead just yet.

Teachers Pam and Craig Walsh arrived in Fort Smith in August 1993, and when they retire in the near future, the community will remain their home.