After four children got frostbite during a school trip, some policy changes include making sure kids have the right gear and requiring parental consent before letting children drive snowmobiles.
Parents in Colville Lake, N.W.T., speak out about school trip that gave their kids serious frostbite cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
School boards in the N.W.T. say they expect to be fully staffed by the first day of school at the end of August despite school boards across Canada reporting struggles to hire staff amidst teacher shortages.
School attendance has been an issue in the N.W.T. for years but superintendents throughout the territory say the pandemic has added an extra layer of difficulty to keeping students in school.