The department of Infrastructure says the MV Lafferty ferry on the Liard River near Fort Simpson is closed “until further notice”. The department tweeted a notice earlier today, saying the closure was due to high water levels and debris. “Our staff are on site monitoring the situation, but operations can’t…
The Department of Infrastructure has published an update to its website saying construction of the Tłı̨chǫ all-season started up again on May 15. As a result, the department says the Whatı̀ community access road will be closed from the winter road junction. It does not say how long the road…
The Department of Infrastructure has posted an update to its website outlining changes to the ferry operations in the NWT. All ferries will now have a passenger limit (see below), and passengers will need to remain in their vehicles. Ferry services will also operate “on-demand” during the hours shown below….
RCMP says one woman has died, two people are in hospital and two others left the scene after a car rolled over on Highway 3 yesterday about 5 p.m. The crash happened near Mosquito Creek, about 15 kilometres south of Behchokǫ̀. In a news release, RCMP says officers “located a…
The Dettah ice road is now closed for the season. The territorial Department of Infrastructure made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday. It said the closure was due to the “rapidly warming weather.” While the road closed a few days later than the 20-year average of April 16, its opening…
The winter roads serving the three remote Tłı̨chǫ communities of Whatì, Gamèti and Wekweètì will be closing tomorrow, April 10, at noon. The roads are closing a few days earlier than the historical average. The #Tłı̨chǫ winter roads to #Whatì, #Gamètì, and #Wekweètì̀ will close for the season tomorrow (Friday)…
Canadian North Earlier this week, Canadian North announced it is reducing the Edmonton-Yellowknife-Inuvik passenger flight to once a day and cancelling the flight once to three time a week. The notice adds smaller communities are likely to see their passenger service reduced to one flight every two days. And for…
As if dealing with the threat of coronavirus wasn’t bad enough, residents in parts of the Northwest Territories have had to deal with Mother Nature over the past few days as well. Blizzard conditions have wreaked havoc in the northern part of the Northwest Territories. At one point, the school…
The NWT RCMP is investigating a traffic incident after a tractor-trailer hauling two tanker trailers ended up in the ditch at the junction of highway 3 and highway 4 in Yellowknife on Monday. It appears the driver of the truck couldn’t make the turn in time and lost control ending…
The new Canadian North airline will no longer be publishing the lowest return airfare on its website. The change comes after the airline merged with First Air last year. CBC first reported this story after Yellowknife tax consultant Andy Wong said he received the schedule of the lowest return airfare…