It’s a cold grey morning in “tent city”, Wally Antoine is making rounds ensuring about 100 displaced Fort Simpson residents have everything they need. “Getting coffee, refuelling the generator, checking the oil and just seeing how people are doing”: an average day for him at the camp. “People keep bringing…
Fort Resolution is advising residents to be responsible for their own fire safety as the community is temporarily without a volunteer fire department. “I’ve officially resigned,” said former Fire Chief Arthur Sanderson. Five other members resigned with him, while two members remain in the department. Patrick Simon, mayor of…
Two more Yellowknife residents have tested positive to COVID-19. This brings the city’s total to 51 confirmed cases with three probable cases awaiting confirmation. The office of chief public health officer released the updated numbers in a press on Monday evening. Over 1,500 tests have been completed since May 1,…
Around 700 residents from the island in Fort Simpson have been displaced from flooding. Łı́ı́dlı̨́ı̨́ Kų́ę́ First Nation Chief Gerald Antoine says the situation is “devastating.” However, he credited the actions of the emergency response team who led the evacuation. “They’ve been really been very professional,” he says, “they’ve been…
Most of Fort Resolution’s volunteer fire department resigned Sunday night due to a disagreement with the community’s SAO, says the former fire chief. Arthur Sanderson was the first to resign after what he describes as an issue around the department’s phone alert system. Deninu Kųę́ First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie,…
Jean Marie River (TthedzehK’edeli) First Nation Chief Stanley Sanguez says his community is devastated by flooding. “Everybody downtown lost everything,” Sanguez says with emphasis. The flooding started on Friday as water levels quickly rose to a height not seen since 1963. Sanguez says the community was prepared for the situation….
A mandatory evacuation order was issued for island residents in Fort Simpson on Sunday as water levels reached 15 metres. Łı́ı́dlı̨́ı̨́ Kų́ę́ First Nation Chief Gerald Antoine says the young people in his community have never seen flooding like this. But the Elders did in 1963. “For the years after,…
Public health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 in Yellowknife Friday evening. This brings the territory’s total up to 48, with three probable cases awaiting confirmation, a press release says. Of those who tested positive, 92 per cent are under the age of 18 — the release says the…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is encouraging everyone eligible across Denendeh to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, to protect loved ones and allow life to return to normal. “The only way to protect ourselves is to get the vaccine,” he said at a press conference on Friday. No region across the…
Public health is reporting 13 new COVID cases related to the outbreak at a Yellowknife school. This brings the territory’s total up to 47, with three probable cases awaiting confirmation, a press release says. PHA: There are now a total of 47 confirmed COVID-19 infections in Yellowknife and 3 probable…