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.
Phase one of the Prohibition Creek Access Road will cost $25.5 million and was contracted to HRN Contracting Ltd. The company is registered under the Business Incentive Policy but has ties to non-N.W.T. businesses.
Omar Alghabra, Canada's transportation minister, was in Yellowknife on Wednesday to tout a new critical minerals strategy for which the federal budget allocates $3.8 billion.