Elevated lead levels found in school drinking water in Aklavik, Fort Simpson, and Tsiigehtchic
A Wednesday news release from the territorial government says higher levels of lead were found in fixtures at Moose Kerr School in Aklavik, Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ Regional High School and ...
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Boil water advisory issued for Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T.
In a public health advisory Thursday afternoon, the office of the chief public health officer said there is higher than normal turbidity in the water, or muddiness, and the water boil advisory is just a precaution. 
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Man charged after weapons threat leads to lockdown in Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T.
Police officers from the detachment in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., received a complaint Thursday afternoon that a person had made threats to get a firearm and "discharge it around town," RCMP said in a news release Friday morning. 
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Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T., has mayor and council for 1st time ever
People in the Gwich'in community of Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T., voted nearly two years ago to become a hamlet after petitioning for the change.
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