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Residents in the Northwest Territories who travel to Alberta to receive healthcare will now be able to access a MyHealth Alberta Account, giving them access to online records of the care they’ve received in the province.

The Tłı̨chǫ Government is hosting a special opening ceremony tomorrow at the Culture Centre in Behchokǫ̀ to celebrate the second year of their major reforestation project. 

Yellowknife officials plan to test the Voyent Alert! emergency notification system next week.The city is testing the effectiveness of the app in delivering critical information to registered users. A test of the system is scheduled for June 19 at 11:00 a.m.

Folk On The Rocks has announced their 2026 Festival Raffle, giving participants the chance to win incredible travel experiences as well as support the greatest party under the midnight sun. 

Crews report they have made progress containing the wildfire on the northeastern side of Wood Buffalo near the Whooping Crane nesting area. Bucketing helicopters were used to try to contain the fire along its north and south borders. The wildfire, located about 21 kilometres northeast of Highway 5, was last estimated at about 53,124 hectares

The Government of the Northwest Territories has signed a new two-year Non-Insured Health Benefits agreement with Indigenous Services Canada to ensure short-term funding stability for these benefits.

The N.W.T.’s Power Corporation plans to replace 74 hydro poles this year, all of which are located in the town of Hay River. Poles due for replacement include those in the area of Ptarmigan and Robin where a set of extended unplanned outages happened last month. To begin what the company reported is “critical maintenance work,” they are planning a power outage for this weekend.

The Government of the Northwest Territories has introduced a new Encampment Response Framework to help guide the response to encampments in Yellowknife.  

The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has announced a number of planned outages that will occur in several communities around the territory over the next week.