The CEO of Nighthawk Gold, a junior mining company advancing a gold project near Wekwet, N.W.T., called the Tch Highway a smart investment. Keyvan Salehi said he hopes a highway extension through his companys project and into Wekwet might also make financial sense down the road.

With more cases of the Omicron variant suspected in the N.W.T., Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola says people need to test themselves for COVID-19 when they arrive in the N.W.T. and urges them to lay low for 72 after they arrive in the territory.

In the last three years, federal inspections of contaminated sites the Canadian government is responsible for cleaning up in the N.W.T. have decreased, based on inspection report filings to territorial regulatory agencies. The federal department said with less work happening on the sites, fewer inspections are needed.

On Monday, there were zero COVID-19 in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., for the first time since Nov. 8 when four residents tested positive. "The community stepped up and that was the biggest thing," says mayor Erwin Elias.

The first stage of the new campground at North Arm Territorial Park is done, but N.W.T. campers might have to wait until 2023 before they can book a spot on the shores of the Great Slave Lake.

Barb Adjun said her family has received an outpouring of love and appreciation from her fathers fans across the North - and especially from their home community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut. 'Everyone in town knows how to jig, Im sure, she said, referring to his legacy.

Jessica Clillie was kicked out of a Mine Training Society program two weeks before it ended, without warning or recourse for appealing the decision, and must now pay back thousands of dollars in support to the training organization.