The territorial government’s Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) is now offering virtual care to make sure that health care provides can continue to address the needs of patients safely and effectively while reducing the potential spread of infection. According to an HSS advisory – the department will be…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) has released a letter to its members over COVID-19 and the response from the territory’s diamond mines. It reads… We are in unprecedented times. What has transpired over the past several days with the onset of the COVID-19 virus is something that could not…
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) has now developed a risk assessment tool to guide employers in determining if a worker can safely be on the worksite under the current direction of the Chief Public Health Officer of the Northwest Territories. In a news release, the commission states that…
The Inuvik-based Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) is telling residents of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) that a team of reindeer herders will be out on the land working with the reindeer herd on a regular basis. The IRC adds that it doesn’t want any interference with the round-up and herding…
Criminal defence lawyers in the Northwest Territories have collectively written a letter to the wardens at the three main correctional centres in the Northwest Territories – calling for prisoners to be released on temporary absences due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The letter went to the wardens in Fort Smith, Hay…
The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) is advising residents and organizations in the Northwest Territories to cancel all gatherings effective immediately. Dr. Kami Kandola is doing so to help limit the spread of COVID-19. She says the size of the gathering is irrelevant as is whether they are held inside…
The federal minister of northern affairs wants to reassure residents of the Northwest Territories that they are not being forgotten by the Government of Canada during the coronavirus outbreak. There are still no confirmed cases in the NWT. Minister Dan Vandal appeared live by phone on Denendeh Sunrise—CKLB’s morning show…
A young Yellowknife mother has been sentenced to 21 months in jail after she pleaded guilty to robbing two Yellowknife convenience stores – one at knifepoint – and assaulting two jail guards at the Fort Smith correctional centre for women. Cynthia Lafferty, 21, appeared in territorial court Friday by telephone…
A man has been sentenced to four months in jail after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a female Elder at a small house party in Fort Simpson last month and assaulting the two RCMP officers who had come to arrest him Joey Moses, 25, appeared via video in territorial court…
The Northwest Territories Liquor and Cannabis Commission (NWTLCC) will keep all its liquor stores and its one cannabis outlet open – at least for the time being – despite the coronavirus threat. In an email to CKLB, a government spokesperson stated that the commission is actively monitoring the developments related…