GNWT requiring all employees be vaccinated against COVID
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is now requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of November. Previously the…
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GNWT introduces at-home COVID-19 testing pilot project for students
The territorial government is hoping to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in schools with a new pilot project for students to be tested for the virus at…
Fort McPherson issues travel advisory
Amid the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Inuvik, residents in Fort McPherson have grown concerned for their safety – leading community governments to issue a…
COVID-19 vaccine stolen from Yellowknife hotel: RCMP
Jeremy Kuneyuna, 27, is facing charges related to an alleged break and enter, and theft at a Yellowknife hotel on Sept. 28. “A nursing station…
CPHO says Inuvik experiencing COVID community transmission
Booster shots availability was also expanded this week.
The territorial chief public health officer (CPHO) says there is community transmission in Inuvik as the number of COVID cases continues to increase. “Individuals in…
Community elections begin in Fort Smith, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Fort Simpson and Hay River
Today is election day in Fort Smith, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Fort Simpson and Hay River; and residents are gearing up to choose the best-suited candidate. …
Woman found injured, lying on highway near Big River gas station
Police are looking for anyone with information.
A woman was found seriously injured in the middle of Highway 3 near Fort Providence Thursday night. The RCMP say in a press release the…
Yamoga Land Corporation election to be held Monday
On Monday, beneficiaries in Fort Good Hope will go to the polls to vote in a president and six directors for the Yamoga Land Corporation….
Indigenous creator highlight: DYLN
“That was the first thing that made me realize that I could do something with this music stuff...make a change if I do it well enough,” says Dylan Hope.
This week, CKLB reached out to Yellowknife artist Dylan Hope, 20, otherwise known by his stage name, DYLN. Hope grew up listening to classic rock…
Modular structures at old visitor centre will serve as temporary day shelter after state of emergency declared
For the second year in a row a state of emergency was declared in order to establish a temporary day shelter in Yellowknife. On Friday…