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Yellowknife holds second community safety meeting Tuesday

Yellowknife, NWT – Yellowknifers were invited to a conversation on public safety Tuesday night.

The city’s Senior Administrative Officer, Dennis Kafalas, says it waays it’ministrative Officer — s a follow-up to a similar meeting last October.

“At the original meeting we wanted to hear concerns from the public as it relates to safety in the city and then work to address them. We’ve created a working taskforce between the city, the R.C.M.P and the G.N.W.T and looked at programs and initiatives we could put in place to address some of those concerns.”

Kafalas says initiatives aimed at making the Frame Lake Trail and other areas of the city safer are underway.

He says residents also had the opportunity to voice any further concerns they may have.

The meeting was hosted by the city, Mayor Mark Heyck, Superintendent Ron Smith of R.C.M.P G Division and Justice Minister David Ramsay among others.

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