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Canada Day celebration goes virtual

The Rotary Club of Yellowknife is hosting a virtual Canada Day celebration where participants can win prizes. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual Canada Day festivities — including the parade — are canceled, the Rotary Club announced in a press release. So the organization is encouraging people…


NorthwesTel pandemic data limits to become permanent

The North’s largest telecommunications company says the changes to data usage it introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will become permanent. Following an application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, NorthwesTel removed the data usage limits for many clients and boosted the limit for others from March to May. In…



South Slave under boil water advisory again

Three days after lifting the boil water advisory, the chief environmental health officer has reinstated it for the communities of Hay River, K’atl’odeeche Reserve, Enterprise and Kakisa. Similarly to the first advisory, this one is also due to high levels of turbidity (debris and sediment) and is “precautionary in nature.”…



YK Food Bank hopes to start taking donations next month

The YK Food Bank is hoping to begin accepting food donations in the next month, the vice president says. The news comes at a good time as food supplies are beginning to run low, says Coleen McClean-Cham, volunteer coordinator. “We’re still not taking any food donations, and our stock pile,…


NWT schools discuss new plan for education

A new education plan will allow NWT schools a more blended and flexible learning approach. Minister R.J. Simpson met with education leaders and the NWT Teachers’ Association (NWTTA) via teleconference yesterday, to discuss how learning will be maintained throughout the 2020-2021 school year. Stemming from the precautions of COVID-19, this…




Month-long BWA lifted for Hay River-area

  After a month of preventative measures, the community of Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise, and Kakisa have officially lifted their Boil Water Advisory. As a result, the normal use of drinking water may resume. A public health advisory issued by the GNWT  says there have been no illnesses associated…