Almost 300 NWT residents have received both doses of the Moderna vaccine. However, the majority of residents still await their first dose. Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer was joined by Dr. AnnMarie Pegg, territorial medical director, in a virtual media briefing on Feb. 10. Dr.Pegg says there is…
According to the office of the chief public health officer, a new case of COVID-19 has been identified in Yellowknife. Health officials say the individual travelled from Calgary, Alta. on Feb. 8. Residents on WestJet flight #3359 from Calgary in rows 2 to 15 are considered to be at risk…
Behchokǫ̀ residents will need to wait until 2025 for a new school in their community — and that’s if “everything goes smooth.” R.J. Simpson, minister of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE), said the project hinges on federal funding. But that work is on hold as the territorial government and Tłı̨chǫ…
Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services, apologized for her comments to Katrina Nokleby a day after saying the Great Slave MLA was “soliciting horror stories” on social media of people’s experience with the mental health system. Green also removed her point of order. Below is CKLB’s original story….
Dolly Pierrot says she was overwhelmed with emotion upon hearing the sound of her sons voice after weeks of him being hooked up to a ventilator. “I was just so, so happy,” she says. Myrine Kakfwi, a 30-year-old man from Fort Good Hope and Pierrot son, was diagnosed with COVID-19…
Natasha Kulikowski wants women who are on a journey to sobriety to know they’re not alone. “Just knowing that there’s other people out there going through the same thing is very important,” she says. That is why she launched the Facebook group Arctic Circle Sobriety last week, where sober women can…
“I remember looking at the firefighters saying ‘I don’t know what we’re going to do with our folks’,” says Jason Brinson, executive director for the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army has temporarily closed its doors after a flood occurred Sunday morning. “It was raining in the shelter,” he adds, which…
Frieda Martselos wants to take advantage of the progress fellow MLA Jackson Lafferty has made in working towards safer highways in the NWT. Martselos wants the territorial government to extend cellular coverage along Highway 5. Lafferty has long called for cellular coverage along Highway 3. Caroline Wawzonek, minister of Finance,…
“There’s an awakening happening all across Canada.” Dahti Tsetso is no stranger to Indigenous issues. This year, she joins the Indigenous Leadership Initiative (ILI) as its new deputy director. As part of the ILI, Tsetso will now be responsible for leading a network of Indigenous initiatives from all over Canada…
Medical staff at Gahcho Kué mine have identified six new presumptive cases of COVID-19. This is in addition to the two confirmed cases identified last week, when Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola declared an outbreak at the mine. Health officials have sent confirmatory tests for analysis at Stanton…