UPDATE: YK teen located by RCMP

The Northwest Territories department of Infrastructure has closed the Nahanni Butte Winter Road.

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has announced the launch of a new nursing pilot program to take place in the Yellowknife area. The pilot is part of the medical travel program.

Dene National Chief George Mackenzie has issued a statement in support of the Manitoba Chiefs and the Assembly of First Nations who are calling for reforms to the policing of Indigenous communities. In March, journalists with CBC Indigenous released a report of covert surveillance operations on First Nations, Inuit and Métis rights movements beginning in the 1960s.

The RCMP is making the public aware of police operations that are currently underway in Hay River, on Pine Cresent.

Premier R.J. Simpson has announced that the Northwest Territories will no longer observe seasonal time changes.