Articles by Luke Carroll





Twenty-nine new COVID cases reported across the NWT

The territorial government is reporting another 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That brings the total number of active cases in the Northwest Territories to 198. There are 86 cases in Fort Good Hope, 73 in Colville Lake, eight in Délı̨nę, 10 in Norman Wells, one in Inuvik and 20 in…




Should vaccines be mandatory for GNWT employees?

The territorial government says it is assessing the federal government’s plan on mandatory vaccines for public servants before it takes a position on the subject.  In an email, a cabinet communications spokesperson wrote that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will be conducting “jurisdictional scans” to determine what other…


Colville Lake hit hard by COVID as cases keep rising

Around a third of the population of Colville Lake has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from the territorial government. A press release says 55 people have tested positive in the community that has a population of 151. Colville Lake has the lowest vaccination rate in the…


109 COVID cases in the Sahtú, more hospitalizations reported

The territorial government is reporting that there have been more hospitalizations as a result of the COVID outbreak. However, no exact number was provided as a press release reads there are currently less than five hospitalizations. Some of the cases have been confirmed as the Delta variant, which first originated…