North News

YELLOWKNIFE — Several communities in the Northwest Territories have broken temperature records in recent days as residents try to beat the heat.

INUVIK, N.W.T. — Several people wander into Hope House at lunchtime for a warm bowl of caribou stew, fresh baked bread and reprieve from the early July heat in Inuvik, N.W.T.

TULITA, N.W.T. — The Northwest Territories government says several cabins near Tulita have likely been destroyed by a wildfire burning in the area.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says it plans to increase the minimum wage by almost 5.6 per cent to reflect an increase in the consumer price index. The territory says its minimum hourly wage will increase from $15.20 to $16.

IBEX VALLEY, Yukon — The Yukon government has issued an evacuation alert for two communities as wildfires burn nearby. An alert was issued Sunday for residents in the Ibex Valley adjacent to the Alaska Highway.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says there is a suspected anthrax outbreak among the Slave River Lowlands bison population.

WEKWEÈTÌ, N.W.T. — Residents of a community north of Yellowknife are returning home after the territories' wildfire agency decided a wildfire burning near the community is now under control.

YELLOWKNIFE — The head of the RCMP in the Northwest Territories says one of his top priorities is recruiting more Indigenous members and staff.

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. — A construction company in the Northwest Territories has been fined $100,000 after a worker was killed at a site outside Fort Simpson in 2020. Nogha Enterprises Ltd.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon is "patiently waiting" for federal funding that could come this fall to help build critically needed climate-mitigation infrastructure in the wake of recent severe flooding.