The RCMP across the Northwest Territories is warning residents about fraud schemes related to COVID-19. According to police, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has created a list of scams people should watch for, including selling COVID-19 tests and other fake products to treat the virus. There are other cases of fraudsters…
The North’s main Internet provider says it will extend the current Internet usage relief measures for another month, pending approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The relief measures remain the same and depend on the type of service in your community. The table below was taken from a…
The Dettah ice road is now closed for the season. The territorial Department of Infrastructure made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday. It said the closure was due to the “rapidly warming weather.” While the road closed a few days later than the 20-year average of April 16, its opening…
Taiga Environmental Laboratory now has authorization from the Chief Public Health Officer to make an alcohol-based hand sanitizer for the Government of the Northwest Territories frontline workers. The government says the lab has already produced more than 1,700 litres of hand sanitizer. The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has led…
NWT residents who have been laid off or had a “significant decline” in their income due to COVID-19 are allowed to request their rent be deferred. Tenants in this situation are now allowed to write to their landlord explaining the reason they cannot pay rent and how they plan to…
The new 8-1-1 phone number will allow residents to connect to the existing self-isolation, enforcement and accommodations lines. Operators will be able to share the latest COVID-19 information and help residents through the territorial government’s self-assessment tool. Below is a list of possible reasons for calling the line. Answering questions…
Two rapid-result testing technologies will be coming to the Northwest Territories. The NWT’s Medical Director Dr. Sarah Cook confirmed the information during a news conference on Wednesday. Spartan Bioscience is an Ottawa-based company that has developed a coffee-cup-sized portable DNA analyzer called the Spartan Cube. Earlier this week, Health Canada…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will now limit the amount of alcohol that customers can purchase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers are now limited to a maximum daily purchase of $200 and daily purchase limits will take effect as of today April 16. Customers will also be limited…
This year’s Folk On The Rocks music festival in Yellowknife has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release sent Wednesday, organizers were “hopeful” that the festival which is, three months away, would go ahead as planned. But as the public health emergency continues in NWT,…
The health research network Hotıì ts’eeda has published a series of posters with advice for communities on COVID-19. The posters were created with FOXY (Fostering Open Expression in Children and Youth) as a simple way to share federal and information on protection during the pandemic. The group developed two posters:…