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The pending closure of the NWT’s three huge diamond mines will certainly reduce direct taxation revenues for the territorial government, but it’s the ripple effects through the private sector that could really hurt our economy, says the minister in charge. During a virtual town hall Thursday night — the first…

A traffic stop in Inuvik led to the arrest of a 25-year-old man and the seizure of a loaded handgun, RCMP say. According to a Monday news release, police received multiple reports of an erratic driver in the community around 10:30 p.m. on April 11. When officers attempted a traffic…