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The latest spring break up report for Hay River shows that ice has started to push in at the N.W.T. / Atla. border and ice movement has begun near the town of Hay River. 

With warmer weather hitting Yellowknife that means food truck season is getting into gear. And for food truck vendors it all begins with the Food Truck Lottery, which sets the order for vendors to be able to choose preferred parking locations.

Three more schools show high levels of lead in drinking water, testing so far confirms that 35 of 45 schools sites in the N.W.T. have elevated levels of lead, about 78 per cent. Two more schools in the territory showed elevated levels of copper in drinking water.

Alison McCreesh’s “bite-sized” comic treasury celebrates the long and sweet whirlwind, those “short years” of raising small children. The Yellowknife artist, cartoonist and illustrator says her new book about parenting three small children is about all the moments of humour and love as well as heartbreak over the years.

The Northwest Territories department of Infrastructure has closed the Tsiigehtchic Main Ice Crossing and the Arctic Red River / Mackenzie River (Hwy 8) Crossing for the season.

Construction is underway on two new duplexes in Fort Simpson, an important milestone in the delivery of the territory’s modular housing project.

A 21-year-old from Ont. and a 24-year-old from Alta. are facing drug trafficking charges after police executed a search at an Inuvik apartment Tuesday.

According to data collected by scientists with the territory's Environment and Climate Change Department, the spring break-up of ice on the Hay River continues with water levels remaining “well below average.” As of 2 p.m. today, the data collected also showed that break-up risk has passed for the community of Fort Liard.

McHappy Day in Yellowknife has been supporting a cause close to the hearts of Northerners for more than three decades now..