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By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio Fort Simpson is starting work to rename village streets and assign addresses after emergency responders reported difficulty figuring out where callers live. Village councillors voted on Monday to work with consultants on a project that will rename streets and assign addresses on the Northwest Territories community’s island. In an update to council earlier this month, Tyler Pilling, director of protective services for the village, described two fires that took place in September. “We were driving all around trying to find it. They told us one address, it was a different address. That was kind-of common with both of those fires,” Pilling told council. “We were told one address and we started going towards it. We got another call saying no, it’s… <\/p>\n

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By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio Fort Simpson is starting work to rename village streets and assign addresses after emergency responders reported difficulty figuring out where callers live. Village councillors voted on Monday to work with consultants on a project that will rename streets and assign addresses on the Northwest Territories community’s island. In an update to council earlier this month, Tyler Pilling, director of protective services for the village, described two fires that took place in September. “We were driving all around trying to find it. They told us one address, it was a different address. That was kind-of common with both of those fires,” Pilling told council. “We were told one address and we started going towards it. We got another call saying no, it’s... <\/p>\n

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