A pediatrician who practices in the Northwest Territories as well as Alberta says the risk of contracting diseases or viruses far outweighs the risks associated with vaccines meant to prevent illnesses. Dr. Sam Wong is also the incoming president of the Canadian Pediatric Society. He says the percentage of vaccine-hesitant…
The Sahtú Renewable Resources Board (SRRB) is holding a hearing or “Public Listening Session” in Colville Lake on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to look at the most effective way to approach caribou harvesting and address conservation pressures on the caribou herds in the region. According to a news…
The Chief Public Officer of the Northwest Territories has declared a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak in the Yellowknife and the Tlicho regions. Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease, according to a news release from the NWT Department of Health. It is a contagious infection of the lungs and airways caused…
A half million dollars in funding is going to be used to help the Northwest Territories provide mental health services for children, youth, adults and families throughout the NWT. The funding was announced Wednesday morning at the Legislative Assembly. The funding initiative is a collaboration between the GNWT in partnership…
Four firefighting specialists from the Northwest Territories are to leave Thursday and Friday for Australia to help battle the devastating wildfires Down Under. The Government of the NWT is sending the four wildfire personnel as part of a Canadian contingent traveling to Australia to help with efforts to contain wildfires…
Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane and several members of her cabinet met with Tłı̨chǫ Government Grand Chief George Mackenzie as well as regional Chiefs Clifford Daniels, David Wedawin, Charlie Football, and Alfonz Nitsiza in Yellowknife last week to discuss issues of common interest. That included Tłı̨chǫ Government Priorities to Inform…
Two NWT residents remain “persons of interest” after a homicide late last year in northern Alberta. That’s according to RCMP Sgt. Mark Sloan of Alberta RCMP’s Major Crimes North Division. He says no arrests have been made in the suspicious death of a man whose body was found near Red…
After almost two and a half weeks as a missing person, there is still no sign at all whatsoever of Yellowknife resident Sladjana Petrovic. The 60-year-old woman, originally from Serbia, hasn’t been seen or heard from since Boxing Day, December 26. That’s despite extensive ground and aerial searches conducted by…
Friends and family in the Sahtú, and across the Northwest Territories, are mourning the death and celebrating the life of highly-respected and beloved Elder Therese Pierrot. Her son Ronald Pierrot says Therese was 85-years old when she died peacefully of natural causes on Tuesday at the long-term healthcare facility in…
A sexual assault trial ground to a halt on Tuesday in Yellowknife after the accused asked for a Tlicho interpreter. Leon Nasken, 65, is facing a single count of sexual assault. According to RCMP, he was charged in May of 2018 after a complaint from a woman. It is not…