NWT Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) officials are warning residents that it is illegal under the territory’s Wildlife Act to intentionally allow edible wild meat to spoil. The warning, posted to Facebook, comes after ENR officers recovered an abandoned freezer from a gravel pit along Highway 3, between Yellowknife and…
The NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is sending firefighting resources to assist the Government of Alberta with its wildfire situation near High Level. According to an email from ENR spokesperson Joslyn Oosenbrug, three firefighting crews from the South Slave region and two crews from the North Slave…
Residents of High Level, Alberta, not far from the NWT border, are reportedly being told to be ready to evacuate at any time as an out-of-control wildfire, fanned by strong winds and dry conditions, continues to grow. The Town of High Level announced Sunday that residents should fill their gas…
Officials from the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have destroyed a bear near Fort Liard, not far from where a man’s body was found last Wednesday. It is still unclear whether a bear is responsible for the man’s death. His body has been sent to Edmonton…