People have been actively collecting trash from Latham Island to Kam Lake, making sure every piece of garbage gets canned.
The Victoria Day long weekend saw City of Yellowknife crews split up into 35 teams, tasked with the duty of stewardship as they cleaned up garbage ridden areas around the city.
This year a lot of labour has been put in by 700 volunteers, translating to a collective amount of 1,200 SA国际影视传媒� 1,500 hours of labour cleaning over the course of seven days, said facilities manager David Hurley.
Spring clean-up is an annual chore in Yellowknife, cleaning up waste that emerged after the snow melts.
Cpl Roseanna Brake (front), Joint Task Force (North) HQ Clerk, Capt Ellick Pau (behind), Joint Task Force (North) HQ J6 Communication Plans Officer, and other JTFN members participate in Yellowknife Spring Cleanup along the Ingram Trail near Chateau Nova on 18 May 2018.
Community organizations can obtain a service contract with the city. They are then assigned an area of the city to clean and earn $500 per area. Some groups tackle multiple areas and use the work as a fundraiser.
City Coun. Adrian Bell said progress is being made SA国际影视传媒� most notably downtown.
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Before the spring clean up officially began last Friday, city employee Lawrence Choquette had been collecting waste along Old Airport Road since April 23.
In just over three weeks, he said he collected 120 bags of garbage.
A ten-year employee with the city's facilities division, Choquette became a local celebrity, Hurley said with a laugh, after a Facebook post from the city gathered over 300 likes and 60 shares.
A majority of the comments were people displaying their gratitude for Choquette.
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The spring clean-up will continue into the summer as summer students are now being tasked with the duty of spring cleaning.
