Beatrice Lepine News Today

Critics of the new public behaviour bylaw call the town council’s decision narrow minded

Lower water levels on the Mackenzie River and an average amount of snow in the Hay River area have officials in Hay River and Fort Simpson feeling optimistic about spring breakup.

Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are answering fear with action in learning to manage the town's drug crisis. Last week, residents learned that six people in the town of 3,200 had died last year from opioid use.

Elders living in Hay River, N.W.T., and on the K'atl'odeeche First Nation reserve have formed a new group to tackle what they say is the biggest problem plaguing their communities: addiction.

Many Hay River, N.W.T., residents are tense after drug deaths, violence, break-ins, and the spread of deadly carfentanil in the community.

The Chief of West Point First Nation in Hay River wants to move his 88-member community to a more suitable location, after flooding compounded its already dire housing crunch.

The chief of K'atl'odeeche First Nation in Hay River, N.W.T., wants residents to move to high ground before flood waters get worse. Residents of Paradise Valley are surveying the damage to their homes and businesses.

Friends are remembering the impact a well-known N.W.T. carver had on them and the North. Sonny MacDonald, born May 26,1939, died Tuesday evening with family by his side in Okotoks, Alta.