Missing woman walked into command post under own control

Testing shows that another school in the city of Yellowknife has elevated levels of lead and testing also confirmed elevated levels of copper present in water from some of its drinking taps. With 33 tested school site results announced to date, 27 have tested positive for elevated levels of lead in some of their drinking water fixtures. Of the school test results announced to date, Sir John Franklin High School is the first school with elevated copper in water.

Housing NWT has implemented a smoke-free policy in all Housing NWT owned-and-operated units, including social housing, starting on April 1.

Police in Fort Smith are seeking the assistance of the public in locating an Indigenous man who was reported missing and was last seen on Sunday.

The Northwest Territories is updating its Fire Danger system to better align with the systems used by other Canadian agencies.

Highway 1 is closed to drivers as of Wednesday morning and the Edzo-Rae Ice Road will see a planned seasonal closure this afternoon. The planned closure was announced earlier this week and is part of seasonal changes that will also see the Dettah Ice Road close later this month.