Photos! Team NWT at the Canada Winter Games – day one

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.