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YELLOWKNIFE — The premier of the Northwest Territories has announced she won't be running for re-election in November. Caroline Cochrane says representing the N.W.T. has been among the highest honours of her life.

CARCROSS, Yukon — Yukon First Nation elder Sandra Johnson says the discovery of 15 potential graves near the site of a former residential school has “uncovered long-buried wounds.

YELLOWKNIFE — Smoke has forced Yellowknife to cancel a celebration marking the return of residents to the city after a wildfires-prompted evacuation that lasted for weeks.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier says meetings in India aimed at attracting more workers to the territory went very well, but the path forward is murky after the prime minister suggested India was involved in the death of a B.C. activist.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut RCMP have charged three women after receiving a complaint that they used Inuit status to defraud two organizations.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are being allowed to return home on Saturday. Hay River's 3,500 residents will be able to come home starting at 9 a.m.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — The 3,500 residents of Hay River, N.W.T., could be returning home on Sunday if all goes well. Essential workers are being allowed to return starting Wednesday at 9 a.m.

YELLOWKNIFE — It remains unclear when residents in the Northwest Territories' South Slave region will be allowed to return home, but officials are set to open pre-registration for re-entry flights in anticipation.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — It will likely be next week before wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., learn when they can return home.