The Government of the Northwest Territories is extending COVID-19 relief modifications to income assistance until the end of September. Income assistance was modified by the GNWT in March to exempt the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit from income assistance calculations. Additionally, the reliefs allow monetary…
A more inclusive approach to setting financial policy is coming to the NWT through a public online budget dialogue with several online sessions planned to discuss the budget for 2021. The Government of the Northwest Territoires is hosting online sessions that will take place between July 20th-August 4th, where residents…
The Edmonton CFL team has dropped the word Eskimo from its name. The club made the announcement on Tuesday, issuing a press release stating “Recent findings demonstrate that views regarding the team name are shifting.” The word Eskimo has been criticized as racist for years, but the club previously defended…
A wildfire discovered over the weekend outside Norman Wells is believed to be human caused. The department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) says on its NWT Fire page the wildfire was discovered on Saturday, July 18 around 7 p.m., approximately eight kilometres southeast of Norman Wells. (Un message en français…
The Aurora College Research Institute has been awarded over $44,000 to help address the gaps in COVID-19 information, protocols, and training for both residents and small businesses in the NWT. “Our main goal is to help manufacturers and small businesses understand the labeling, safety, and legality of all medical…
A search group in Tuktoyaktuk has no deadline for ending its mission to find community member Ernest Raymond, who has been missing since last week. The search is a community effort — with countless cooks donating food to the volunteers walking along the shores, flying drones and out in boats…
“Blood money.” That’s how Nadine Delorme-Simon characterizes the payments from the Sixties Scoop settlement. It’s also a recognition of the “cultural genocide” she had to endure as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. Across Canada, survivors like Delorme-Simon have started receiving interim payments of $21,000 from the settlement. These are…
Aaron Kay, a 38-year-old Inuvik man, is facing charges of attempted murder, according to an RCMP press release. Police responded to a report of a stabbing in the parking lot of the Nova Apartments in Inuvik around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. A man was taken to the Inuvik Regional Hospital…
An easier transition from work to home is coming for NWT residents. Resident flight crews/employees and supply chain workers traveling domestically will no longer have to isolate upon return to the NWT, but any international travel will still be required to self-isolate. Amendments to public health orders have been issued…
An increase in testing and improved personal protective equipment procurement are some of the objectives of a federal investment. The federal government is providing $19 billion in funding to assist provinces and territories navigate the next six to eight months of reopening. The funding under the Safe Restart Agreement will…