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The election results for hamlets in the Northwest Territories reveal some communities saw competitive races, but others saw acclamations

As of Sept. 30, the N.W.T. government had spent just $6 million of more than $31 million in emergency funding it approved last June to help victims of the spring’s severe flooding. It also has contracts in place to spend another $20 million of the funding.

As infrastructure becomes increasingly susceptible to floods and fire, Det'on Cho Management says an underwater fibre line connecting the North and South Slave regions will help protect against outages.

The majority of cases continue to be in the Yellowknife area where health officials now say an outbreak in the underhoused community has 'peaked.'

The territory will be getting the money to repair homes from the Disaster Assistance Policy, which offers either 80 per cent of the total cost of structural repairs or up to $100,000 dollars for those that do not have their own home insurance. That funding cap is being removed for this year's 2021 flood season, so those without insurance will have the full value of their damage assessment paid for by the N.W.T. government.  Under this policy, victims can also file claims for any essential items they might have lost in the floods. The territory won't be lifting the funding cap for those cla...