Over half of Behchokǫ̀'s housing needs repairs. The work is 'almost overwhelming,' N.W.T. housing minister says

OTTAWA — Eleanor Olszewski jokes that, like most good Albertans, she originally comes from Saskatchewan. Born in Swift Current, Sask., Olszewski called the small city home for only a couple of years. Her family moved to Medicine Hat, Alta. where she was raised, before leaving for Edmonton to attend university, achieving degrees first in pharmacy and then later law, eventually settling down to raise her own two children in the provincial capital. Now serving as federal minister for emergency management, the MP for Edmonton Centre is bracing for another wildfire season, one that she...