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PM Mark Carney committed $90 million into the Wood Buffalo National Park and wood bison recovery. This is part of $3.8 B strategy” to “protect and restore” habitats and find ways for industrial strategies to “complement” conservation announced Tuesday. Indigenous and local leaders have been calling on the feds and provincial and territorial governments to take more measures to clean up industrial wastes of the region including the Peace-Athabasca waterways of Treaty 8.

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. Last week, testing showed that three Yellowknife area school buildings and a school in Behchokǫ̀ showed elevated levels of both copper and lead in water from some drinking water fixtures.

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 appealing to the public for information to help locate an Indigenous man reported missing and last seen this weekend.

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