An assessment on arsenic contamination caused by Giant and Con Mine found the risk to public health to be low around Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ. A panel consisting of researchers was held last Thursday to discuss the Legacy Arsenic Health and Human Risk Assessment. This includes Harriet Phillips, the risk…
An elections appeal committee ordered the chief election held in Acho Dene Koe First Nation (ADKFN) to be annulled and for another one to be held “as quickly as can be reasonably done.” Garth Wallbridge, the one person member of the elections appeal committee, issued his decision on Wednesday. The…
A part of Highway 1 has been washed out due to flooding. The section of flooded highway is near kilometre 42, about halfway between Enterprise and the NWT-Alberta border. A video posted to social media yesterday shows water rushing across a broken section of highway The Department of Infrastructure installed…
The community of Inuvik is getting another sizable investment towards its airport. Both territorial and federal governments are collectively investing $42 million dollars into a new air terminal at the Mike Zubko airport. This new structure is expected to improve airport capacity and operations facilities, and in addition withstand extreme…
COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available in health centres across the territory. The Government of the Northwest Territories announced the news in a press release on Tuesday afternoon. As a result of the complex vaccine storage and handling, both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines may not be available in all communities…
Hundreds gathered at Yellowknife River at the Wiilliideh site to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day – an annual event that happens every June 21. “It has been a long time since we gathered like this,” says Chief Ernest Betsina for Ndilǫ, Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN). This year’s festivities were particularly…
A deceased man was found in downtown Yellowknife early Friday morning. The man was discovered unresponsive around 2:50 a.m., said Marie York-Condon, spokesperson for NT RCMP, in an email. The RCMP would not provide a location of where the body was discovered, other than downtown. The man did not respond…
Dr. Kami Kandola, the chief public health officer, has announced that as of 5 p.m. Monday, NWT residents, non-essential workers and other exempted, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to self-isolate upon entry into the territory. Kandola also removed her long-standing recommendation of only travelling when necessary. These changes…
A 22-year-old man from Behchokǫ̀ died at the scene of a crash on Highway 3 early Sunday morning, according to RCMP. In a news release, police say they received a call about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday of a crash near marker 253. Officers arrived on scene with Behchokǫ̀ EMS, which…
Fort Smith RCMP is investigating two incidents police say “appear to be related.” About 12:15 a.m. on Monday, June 21, police say a suspect attempted to use bear spray on other people. “A short while later, one of the individuals involved in the bear spray incident, called to report that…