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ItSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s very timely that work is progressing on a new Wind Turbine power system near Inuvik.

Pairijait Tigummivik, or the Iqaluit Elders Society SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½“ the former operators of the Iqaluit Elders Home, has published an open letter to Nunavut Health Minister John Main criticizing the treatment of Inuit Elders from Nunavut at OttawaSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Embassy West, saying they have been padlocked in their rooms, given limited access to liquids other than water, unable to access country food and are dealing with a staff who wonSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™t even learn their names.

As caribou herds in the Northwest Territories continue to struggle with critically low populations, MLAs and environment officials are divided over the correct balance between conservation, hunting rights and development.

Following two drug-related deaths in Hay River late last month, a member of the Legislative Assembly is calling for the GNWT to lobby for the federal decriminalization of drugs.

With plumbing and drinking water problems continuing to plague residents of Edzo, the MLA for Monfwi has called for the GNWT to declare a state of emergency.

Gryphon, a 14-year-old Labrador retriever therapy dog, died on March 7 and some students and school staff in Yellowknife are heartbroken.

Three quarters of employees of the GNWTSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Covid-19 secretariat will cease to be territorial government employees once the secretariat dissolves, while one quarter will be transferred to other departments, according to territorial health officials.

Benefits come into effect June 13

After transportation services for seniors in the Northwest Territories were called into question through CanAge, CanadaSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s National SeniorsSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™ Advocacy Organization, the NWT Seniors Society agreed that systems in the territory are indeed lacking.

Downtown YellownifeSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s 50 Street is in for a makeover this spring SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” a welcome change for at least one area property owner who says sheSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s been waiting on the upgrade for nearly a decade.