The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce has decided to cancel the 2020 Spring Trade Show because of COVID-19 and all vendors will receive full refunds. “With 185 exhibitors and over 6000 attendees – the Spring Trade Show can certainly be classified as a mass gathering”, Deneen Everett, Executive Director of the…
NWT residents who live in public housing will now be granted extra time to pay their rent because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Tenants of rental programs are permitted to delay their payments to Local Housing Organization (LHO) offices until a later date,” the NWT Housing Corporation said. “These measures will…
Starting on Monday all NWT Liquor Stores will have reduced hours to help ensure staff availability throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. All stores will remain open Monday through Saturday with the following hours in effect: • Yellowknife, Inuvik and Hay River will be open from 12:00 p.m. (noon) until 7:00 p.m….
The RCMP are doing their part to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the NWT by wearing face masks also known as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). “We want to assure the people of the NWT that public safety remains our focus,” Superintendent Jeff Christie, NT RCMP Criminal Operations Office…
The NWT’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola will be ordering the restriction of all travel into the territory to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Kandola will also order those returning to the NWT to remain in one of the regional centres (Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River or Fort…
To plan for The potential impacts of COVID-19, the City of Yellowknife has closed several facilities and asking residents to be mindful of their waste practices. In a news release, the city stated, “To help our staff continue to deliver essential services, including residential and commercial waste and organics collection”…
The National Chief Norman Yakeleya of the Dene Nation advises his people that he is gone to live on the land and that they should do the same to protect themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are responding to the storm that is coming,” Chief Yakeleya said. “The Dene Nation…
Chief Wilbert Kochon of Colville Lake is helping community members with supplies to prepare them to head out on the land during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are planning to go out on the land and we are helping people in our community with gas and groceries in preparation,” Chief Kochon…
The Yellowknife Ski Club is offering free trail use for the remainder of the season to residents to promote social distancing. “The trails are in peak-season condition for both skate and classic skiing,” Sara Minogue volunteer communications director said. Minogue says, the Yellowknife Ski Club has 14 km of trails,…
The NWT still has no confirmed cases of COVID-19. As of 4:00 p.m. today the government has performed 222 tests on NWT residents which all came back negative. This represents point five percent of the population. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola said in a press teleconference yesterday that…