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Two youths are facing charges in relation to an alleged incident involving AI and the alteration of photos. Officers allege that the two youths used artificial intelligence to alter photos obtained on social media of other youths.

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.

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

Highway 1 is closed to drivers as of Wednesday morning and the Edzo-Rae Ice Road will see a planned seasonal closure this afternoon. The planned closure was announced earlier this week and is part of seasonal changes that will also see the Dettah Ice Road close later this month.

RCMP in the Northwest Territories is working to modernize officer uniforms with a new navy-blue uniform shirt.  

Francophonie month is ushering in April with a much-anticipated poetic trail, as Festival de poésie arctique Mots dans la taïga at École Allain St-Cyr returns to Yellowknife. “We tried to put some seeds of magic in the Taiga,” says André Beaupré.

The Tłı̨chǫ Government has announced the creation of the Tłı̨chǫ Giant Minds Scholarship Program.