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“Water levels and flow rates are very low across most of the NWT,” say scientists with the government of Northwest Territory’s Environment and Climate Change centre. Data collected last month continued to show that water levels and flow rates for lakes and rivers remain “very low” across much of the N.W.T. Climate change scientists anticipate temperatures will vary between northern and southern regions of the N.W.T. but predict colder temperatures across the territory for March.

Over $24 million in federal funding has been announced for the 54th Avenue Housing Project in Yellowknife.  

Two people are facing charges following an alleged incident involving a handgun, a fake pistol and bear spray in the city of Yellowknife. RCMP officials state, officers reported that the alleged incident is likely connected to the illegal drug trade. According to the report, police arrived on scene on Feb. 12 at an apartment building in the city after being notified of one suspect who was allegedly “carrying a pistol and bear spray” outside an apartment building.

The father of a student killed in the 1999 Taber school shooting said the pain facing families of the eight victims in the recent Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting is not something he would wish on anyone. Dale Lang, whose son Jason Lang was shot and killed at W.R. Myers High School in Taber, Alta., said he and his family understand what the families and community are going through.

Yellowknife RCMP has arrested a suspect they believe is connected to two break-ins earlier this week.   

The B.C. RCMP said officers were fired upon within seconds of entering Tumbler Ridge Secondary School during Tuesday’s mass shooting and said the suspect died shortly after police arrived.

The B.C. RCMP has released the names of six children and two women killed in this week’s shooting in Tumbler Ridge, as the small northeastern community mourns.

Flags at the B.C. legislature flew at half-mast Thursday as leaders mourned eight people killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

In the wake of a deadly shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a psychologist is advising guardians to check in with themselves before talking to their children.