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The final barge sailings to Norman Wells and Tulita have been cancelled due to low water levels on the Mackenzie River. It's prompted renewed calls to speed up the proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway.
A coast guard vessel that was stuck in a sandbar in the Hay River, N.W.T. harbour over the weekend, highlighting the communities long running request for the federal government to dredge the waterway.
Lindsey McDonald, a spokesperson for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, said in an email that the Dumit was "safely floated off the sandbar" on Sunday night.