FORT MCPHERSON - The Yukon government cancelled the Peel watershed open house it had planned to hold in this community today.
It said it was too cold for its employees to make the three-hour drive from Inuvik for lunch and an afternoon meeting.
Equally cold temperatures on Tuesday didn't stop those same six officials from making the two-hour drive from Inuvik to Tsiigehtchic.
The Tsiigehtchic open house went for a few hours in the afternoon. When it was over the Yukon officials returned to Inuvik rather than carrying on down the road another 57 kilometres to nearby Fort McPherson.
They could have spent the night at the community's Peel River Inn and been ready for the community lunch and open house today.
This morning the First Nation was told the government was cancelling.
But since the food had already been prepared, the community lunch went ahead anyways. About 100 people turned up. Most didn't know the meeting had been cancelled.
Although the government has promised to reschedule its Peel open house in Fort McPherson, it didn't tell the community when that might be.
Meanwhile the Invuik open house on the Peel plan is still scheduled for Thursday. It's at the Mackenzie Hotel boardroom from noon to 6 p.m.
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