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One Yellowknife thrift store is offering an even thriftier option for back to school shopping this fall — free clothes.

Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is asking hunters to send in moose heads from South Slave Region during moose season.

The legal firm hired by Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn and Chief Electoral Officer Nicole Latour took aim this week with a fiery retort to the summary of the workplace review of the Office of the Clerk of the Northwest Territories released by Quintet Consulting.

Lea Morrison has been chosen as the Conservative’s choice to run against the NDP’s Kelvin Kotchilea, the Liberal Party’s Michael McLeod and the Green Party’s recently-announced candidate, Roland Laufer.

Covid

The Explorer Hotel on 49 Avenue has been added to the NWT COVID-19 exposure notices list.

Health Canada has authorized the use of the Moderna vaccine in people ages 12 to 17.

A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at the Meadowbank Complex and a Nunavummiuq worker who may have been exposed to the virus already left the mine site on Aug. 21, the Department of Health stated on Aug. 27.

The NWT announced 18 new cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 26, bringing to total to 264 active cases in the NWT. 262 of the cases are residents of the territory.

The current treasurer for the YK Artists Co-Operative, Roland Laufer, is named the NWT Green Party candidate on Aug. 26.