The Town of Hay River has issued an evacuation notice for residents of Vale Island and West Channel. The town issued the notice about 9 p.m. on Monday evening due to a “flood threat”. In the notice posted to its Facebook page, the town is asking all residents to register…
Sixties Scoop survivors will still have to wait for an unknown period of time before seeing the money they’re owed through the federal settlement. Collectiva, the administrator of the settlement, said it is putting payments on hold due to COVID-19. In a notice posted to the settlement’s official website, the…
The Tłı̨chǫ Government is providing emergency child care in Behchokǫ̀ for essential service workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release, the Tłı̨chǫ Government says it is responding to “a critical need for emergency daycare services” in the community. The Tłı̨chǫ Government says this is not a regular…
An educator in Fort Simpson has found moving her language lessons online a necessary and important step in ensuring her students keep up with their language education. Sharon Allen, an educator at the Líídlįį Kúę high school in Fort Simpson, said her decision to start an online page for her…
Police have found the body of 60-year-old Sladjana Petrovic, who has been missing for four months. In a news release, Yellowknife RCMP said officers responded to a call about 9:10 p.m. on Friday. “Officers attended the scene, and confirmed a deceased person had been located just off the pat McMahon…
The Solid Waste Facility (SWF) in Yellowknife will have a ‘limited reopening’ on Monday, May 4th, for reduced hours. The SWF was closed to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will now be accepting trash in a designated public drop-off (PDO) area only from 1:00 p.m. till…
Any NWT residents that were at the Kearl Lake oilsands site in Alberta in the past month may have been exposed to COVID-19. The territory’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola is ordering any workers that returned to the NWT from the site, including sub-contractors, must now self-isolate for…
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has confirmed it is a victim of a cyberattack. If residents visited NTPC’s website on Thursday afternoon, they were met by a ransomware message. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts files preventing a person or company from accessing them. The attacker asks to…
Recycling depots are getting a financial boost to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has announced it will offer a one-time payment of $5,000 to processing centres in the NWT. There are only three processing centres eligible for the money, in Inuvik, Yellowknife and Hay…
A 35-year-old man in an apartment in downtown Yellowknife has died and police are investigating what they are calling a “suspicious death.” According to an RCMP news release, police were called to an apartment unit on Tuesday, April 28, around 53rd Street and 50th Avenue at 2:22 a.m. Upon arrival,…