N.W.T. gov’t rejects call to declare state of emergency in Norman Wells
N.W.T. gov’t rejects call to declare state of emergency in Norman Wells

A bright orange sign declares a local state of emergency on the side of a blue building, while snow falls.

The Government of the Northwest Territories says that rising costs in Norman Wells do not meet the territory's definition of an emergency, and that declaring a state of emergency in the Sahtu community wouldn't help residents much anyway.