Local businesses appear to be on their own this year when it comes to the removal of graffiti.

The Canadian Mental Health Association usually runs a graffiti cover-up program during the summer months offering their services free of charge, but were unable to this year.

Deputy Mayor Colleen Smook spoke to Arctic Radio News, and said that she thinks the City should look into developing their own cover-up program in the, at least temporarily, absence of the CMHA-run program.

Smook added that the cover-up program was great, but that the CMHA struggled last year in hiring and retaining workers.

According to the 2018 fee and fine schedule, failure to remove graffiti within three days could result in a 157 dollar ticket.