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News Briefs: Friday, July 22, 2011
Bear roams downtown
A black bear was spotted in a residential neighbourhood near Bison Hill Apartments on 52 Street on Thursday morning.
Peter Hanlon, who works for Northern Property REIT, said he did not see the bear himself, but was at a nearby construction site when it roamed past.
"Workers say the bear went around the back of the building, and headed towards Tin Can Hill," he said.
RCMP spokesperson Const. Kathy Law confirmed there was a bear in the area, and Hanlon did see the police response.
"There were about eight RCMP officers that showed up with rifles - it was quite the show," he said.
- Sarah Ferguson
Lightning causes outage
A power outage Tuesday night is being blamed on the thunderstorm in the Yellowknife area.
"Lightning caused a disturbance to the transmission, which caused a city-wide outage," said Kevin Lailey, operations superintendent with Northland Utilities, adding that lightning tripped the feeders on the line.
- Tim Edwards
Premier attends federation meet
Premier Floyd Roland is in Vancouver this week attending the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation. The federation includes all 13 provincial and territorial premiers and is intended to strengthen the Canadian federation by improving communication and relationships among the provinces and territories and with the federal government.
- Heather Lange
Yk hosts ungulate conference
Yellowknife hosts the 13th international Arctic Ungulate Conference Aug. 22-26. The conference is co-ordinated by all three territorial governments and this year's theme is "Challenges of Managing Northern Ungulates."
The conference brings together biologists, aboriginal groups, co-management boards, researchers, industry and community representatives from nine circumpolar countries.
Ungulates include all types of hoofed mammals, with caribou and reindeer being of particular interest at the conference. The registration deadline is Aug. 5.
- Sarah Ferguson
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