UPDATE – Armed and Barricaded event ends safely – Iqaluit

Elder Angelina “Angie” Hazel Crerar, a respected Métis leader and community advocate was born in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., on July 3, 1936, and died on Jan. 9, 2026, at age 89. She moved to Grande Prairie in 1966 with her children. Shannon Dunfield, a longtime friend, said Crerar took many people under her wing and was widely respected. “She was well known in a lot of places because of who she was,” Dunfield said. “Her loss is being felt all over.”

The GNWT’s Chief Environmental Health Officer has issued a boil water advisory for the community of Wekweètì following "freezing damage" to the water treatment plant. “This advisory is precautionary in nature and is due to freezing damage to infrastructure in the community water treatment plant associated with an extended recent power outage. The treatment plant currently cannot properly treat the water,” read a statement released on behalf of Dr. Chirag Rohit this afternoon.

Power has now been fully restored to the community of Wekweeti following an outage that began yesterday afternoon. This morning, Vic Barr, Manager, Naka Power Utilities reported electricity had been restored to about approximately 75 per cent of the community. Barr said the outage was caused by a mechanical issue with two of the community’s three generation units. Crews remain on site and are working to restore full power. Temperatures in the region are currently in the minus 35 zone.

The Government of the Northwest Territories has launched a one-year pilot program using Mika AI Scribe to help health-care providers with note taking and record keeping.

Chief Environmental Health Officer Chirag Rohit says the growing list of active water advisories in the NWT, with the latest one active in Wrigley, are caused by a host of issues, including aging infrastructure and climate change. “These are not related to one single issue or one single situation,” says the Chief Environmental Health Officer.