It is difficult to say when the displaced residents of Enterprise will be able to return, according to the GNWTSA国际影视传媒檚 Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA).

SA国际影视传媒淭he timeline of when residents will return to the community is dependent on a variety of circumstances, including decisions that residents will make for themselves concerning their own plans,SA国际影视传媒� said Jay Boast, a spokesperson for the department.

Last August, much of Enterprise burned down amid wildfires that raged across the territory. The majority of the hamletSA国际影视传媒檚 approximately 120 residents lost their homes.

Nearly six months later, very few of those homes have been replaced, and a significant portion of the population is still displaced.

There is rising frustration among residents in and out of the community. Some feel that Mayor Michael St. Amour and senior administrative officer (SAO) Blair Porter have failed to properly communicate important information to residents. Others jump to the defence of the mayor and SAO, and believe it is MACA that is failing to relay relevant information.

People on both sides of that divide have questions, and in many cases, they are unclear on who should be providing answers.

That depends on a number of factors, most notably whether a residentSA国际影视传媒檚 home was insured or not.

SA国际影视传媒淭here are multiple organizations involved in supporting the needs of Enterprise right now,SA国际影视传媒� said Boast.

SA国际影视传媒淢ACASA国际影视传媒檚 role is to implement the Disaster Assistance Policy and provide assistance for essential items, the loss of which was neither preventable or insurable. Where homeowners have insurance, they are working with their insurance provider for assistance. MACA is providing assistance to uninsured primary residents.SA国际影视传媒�

The GNWT is assisting uninsured residents in a number of ways, most notably by providing them with temporary accommodation and by enlisting a dedicated pathfinder, an individual who is available to assist those residents and answer their questions. The pathfinder can be contacted at 867-874-2193 or disasterassistance@gov.nt.ca, or visited at MACASA国际影视传媒檚 Hay River office.

SA国际影视传媒淭he department is also working closely with Public Safety Canada to determine eligibility of uninsured home and business losses under the federal Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangement (DFAA),SA国际影视传媒� Boast added.

According to Public Safety CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 official website, SA国际影视传媒淒FAA has contributed over $7.9 billion in post-disaster assistance to help provinces and territories with the costs of response and of returning infrastructure and personal property to pre-disaster condition.SA国际影视传媒�

MACA is also in charge of the cleanup of the charred lots of uninsured Enterprise residents. The department has contracted that substantial task to Colliers Project Leaders.

SA国际影视传媒淐olliers is working with several sub-contractors to clean up hazardous materials, such as asbestos and heavy metals, concrete, hazardous trees, other metals and general construction debris, as well as ash,SA国际影视传媒� said Boast. SA国际影视传媒淩esults from ash samples collected from fire-affected properties in Enterprise have shown that several metal and petroleum parameters exceed GNWT Tier 1 guidelines and cannot be disposed of at the Enterprise landfill, therefore contaminated waste will need to be transported outside the NWT.

SA国际影视传媒淐olliers also issues a weekly newsletter on the status of the debris clean-up project, which the department provides directly to all registered Enterprise residents and businesses.SA国际影视传媒�

Colliers will complete its initial cleanup of contaminated materials in Enterprise soon, according to Boast, and those materials are expected to be moved to qualified landfills before the end of the winter.

SA国际影视传媒淐lean up of other materials and final grading of sites will be undertaken in the spring,SA国际影视传媒� he said, which should make the burned lots of uninsured homeowners SA国际影视传媒渁vailable for new homes during the summer of 2024.SA国际影视传媒�

The communitySA国际影视传媒檚 mayor expressed concern about who will clean the lots of several insured residents who, after almost six months away from Enterprise, have decided to take insurance payouts and buy homes elsewhere.

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SA国际影视传媒淲e have two or three properties that havenSA国际影视传媒檛 been cleaned up that are insured properties, and I get the contractors here saying that SA国际影视传媒榯heySA国际影视传媒檙e insured properties, weSA国际影视传媒檙e not touching them,SA国际影视传媒橲A国际影视传媒�

According to Boast, MACA SA国际影视传媒渉as asked its contractor on the debris clean-up project to coordinate work with insurance companies on the remediation of their clientsSA国际影视传媒� properties, where possible, to help reduce costs and improve efficiencies.SA国际影视传媒�

Boast added that MACA will continue to work with St. Amour, Porter, and the municipal office SA国际影视传媒渁s recovery activities progress,SA国际影视传媒� and that the department has been SA国际影视传媒渃onducting site visits and meeting with impacted residents and businesses.SA国际影视传媒�

Former Enterprise SAO Tammy Neal suggested that SA国际影视传媒淢ACA should take overSA国际影视传媒� hamlet operations SA国际影视传媒渦ntil the community is rebuilt,SA国际影视传媒� and one other displaced resident called for the same action under the condition of anonymity. However, Boast stated that MACA SA国际影视传媒渋s not contemplating administration of the hamlet at this time.SA国际影视传媒�