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Ontario women accused of fraud after Inuit status with Nunavut groups questioned

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut RCMP have charged three women after receiving a complaint that they used Inuit status to defraud two organizations.

Sep 21, 2023 3:29 PM Read more >

Residents of Hay River and surrounding communities return after month-long evacuation

HAY RIVER, N.W.T.

Sep 18, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., allowed to return home starting Saturday

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are being allowed to return home on Saturday. Hay River's 3,500 residents will be able to come home starting at 9 a.m.

Sep 15, 2023 8:58 PM Read more >

Essential workers to come back as Hay River, N.W.T., eyes Sunday for public's return

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — The 3,500 residents of Hay River, N.W.T., could be returning home on Sunday if all goes well. Essential workers are being allowed to return starting Wednesday at 9 a.m.

Sep 12, 2023 9:14 PM Read more >

Pre-registration for re-entry flights set to begin for some N.W.T. communities

YELLOWKNIFE — It remains unclear when residents in the Northwest Territories' South Slave region will be allowed to return home, but officials are set to open pre-registration for re-entry flights in anticipation.

Sep 11, 2023 8:52 PM Read more >

Town of Hay River, N.W.T., releases plans for structured return for wildfire evacuees

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — It will likely be next week before wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., learn when they can return home.

Sep 8, 2023 5:20 PM Read more >

Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities

YELLOWKNIFE — Thousands of people from the Northwest Territories have returned home this week after a wildfire evacuation order was lifted for Yellowknife's 20,000 residents.

Sep 7, 2023 9:57 PM Read more >

Only media report spurred Yukon to tell parents of sexual abuse in school: ombudsman

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's ombudsman said in a new report Thursday the territory's government had a policy and legal duty to notify parents at a school where a child was sexually assaulted, but instead delayed revealing the information for 19 months.

Sep 7, 2023 5:54 PM Read more >

'Safe travels': Evacuation order lifted for N.W.T. capital after weeks of fire danger

YELLOWKNIFE — Angela Canning rushed to the highway Wednesday morning to wave at the stream of vehicles heading back to Yellowknife as an evacuation order was lifted three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city's 20,000 residents out of their h

Sep 6, 2023 3:19 PM Read more >

'A very long wait': Yellowknife prepares for people to return home

YELLOWKNIFE — The shelves have been filled with food at the Yellowknife Co-op and the grocery store is preparing for thousands of people to return as an evacuation order is scheduled to be lifted Wednesday.

Sep 5, 2023 5:27 PM Read more >