The summer is coming and with very little rain in the forecast of an already dry spring the danger for a fire has reached an extreme. The Town of Hay River has issued a fire ban effective immediately for the town that includes campfires and backyard fire pits. The release states that the ban will [...]
Environment and Natural Resources officials said they are cautiously optimistic that the anthrax outbreak among bison in the Slave River Lowlands may be over. Ella Stinson, an ENR spokesperson, said 45 bison carcasses have been located within the eight kilometer area since the outbreak was first detected in June. Two carcasses were located recently, though [...]
The number of bison affected by anthrax in the Slave River Lowlands has jumped to 42, up from the seven found in early June. According to Judy McLinton, spokesperson for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the infection rate has slowed down. “It seems that the active infections have slowed down,” she said Monday [...]
The Government of the Northwest Territories announced last week that it will no longer ask the NWT Supreme Court whether or not it has the authority to regulate subsistence hunting of barren-ground caribou. Instead, GNWT officials and regional Aboriginal leaders will come to an agreement and when, and how, caribou hunting should be managed.
