Inuvik residents don’t seem keen on sitting on council. The town extended its deadline for the municipal election nomination period as not enough people put their name forward for councillor and district education authority positions. The town council is made up of one mayor and six councillors. Chidi Amobi, returning…
Public health officials have updated the COVID-19 exposure list with two locations in Hay River. Both exposure were on Friday, Sept. 17. Chase the Ace event at the Legion, between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Dog House Sports Pub, between 9:45 p.m. and 11 p.m. Public health officials are asking…
Grant Carey, 44, is an out-of-territory worker now facing charges related to sexual interference for incidents that happened in Norman Wells. In a news release, Norman Wells RCMP says the detachment received a report of alleged sexual offences between a man and a youth on June 24. The man had…
There has been one confirmed case of COVID-19 at Diamond Jenness Secondary School in Hay River. The school posted a letter to its Facebook page informing residents yesterday. Contact tracing has begun and exposure notification letters are being sent to students, teachers and staff affected. “We ask for your support…
The territorial government has proposed a new location for a temporary day shelter, but staffing, capacity and opening date are still up in the air. On Monday, Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services (HSS), sent an open letter to media saying the department wants to use the former…
Kelvin Kotchilea and the NDP are pledging to have a national Indigenous-led housing strategy within their first 100 days if they win the upcoming federal election. Kotchilea, the NDP candidate in the Northwest Territories, held a press conference Tuesday morning making the announcement. “I’m hearing that people are worried more…
Dr. Kami Kandola, the NWT’s chief public health officer, says Yellowknife Public Health can’t keep up with testing and contact tracing demand. That’s led her to order the closure of all schools in Ndilǫ, Dettah, and Yellowknife. The latency in testing and contact tracing means public health can’t “reliably prevent…
There are 10 probable or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Whatì. Public health issued an advisory Saturday evening, saying the community is “in the early stages of community transmission.” Public health officials have traced the source of the outbreak likely being a community BBQ on Sept. 6. The notice says…
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and containment order in Behchokǫ̀, the Tłıchǫ grand chief election has been postponed. The new election date is Nov. 18. Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott, the election registrar, issued notice of the postponement after discussions with the office of the chief public health officer. “Safety of Tłıchǫ…
Updated Saturday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m. Both the Yellowknife day shelter and sobering centre are now closed for an undetermined amount of time. On Friday, the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority announced the closure of the day shelter but said the overnight sobering centre would remain open. That…