A fire information update has been released for the Wood Buffalo National Park. The fire danger level in the park is Very High. Currently, there are four new fires active in the park. All four are currently believed to be caused by lightning strikes in the area.
Robert Beaulieau is being honoured with a prestigious Sport North award and ceremony recognizing the N.W.T’s legend’s athletic excellence, sportsmanship and community service. Beaulieau, a distinguished member of the Salt River First Nation, has been recognized across the territory not only for sports excellence, but dedication to sport and community throughout his career. The athlete and leader is being honoured at a special ceremony this week in Yellowknife.
Environmental scientists with the territory’s Environment and Climate Change department said that ice break-up along the Peel River is “near complete.” Data collected as of this morning showed that ice break up continues along the Mackenzie Delta, with water levels "above average" in Aklavik.
The territorial government and the Northwest Territories Fire Chiefs Association have just unveiled a new program that formally integrates N.W.T. wildfire and community emergency response. While the Wildland Urban Interface program is aimed at responding to a need for “stronger integration” between wildland and structural firefighting during wildfire threats, some responsibilities remain delegated to the municipal level.
It will be “several” more days before more is known about a reported leak at the Taltson Station’s surge tank. South Slave hydro customers were transfered to diesel fuel this weekend as N.W.T.’s Power Corporation inspects the Talston surge tank, after some water was observed leaking from the tank.
The Government of the Northwest Territories is notifying users of the Canvas learning management platform of a security incident involving Canvas’ parent company, Instructure.
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation is warning residents of Inuvik that during planned work on the local power plant the community may experience short intermittent power outages.
Wildfire prevention activities are taking place in southern regions of the territory this week. Crews are working on tree line remediation and wildfire prevention in Hay River, while Fort Smith saw a prescribed burn Wednesday. Today, territorial officials plan to announce a new wildfire prevention program.
Skills Canada NWT has announced Team NWT, 19 competitors from the territory who will be travelling to compete in the Skills Canada National Competition next week.