The chief public health officer has confirmed four cases of whooping cough in Fort Simpson as of Jan. 4. Whooping cough or pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that is highly contagious, a press release reads. It is caused by a bacteria that infects the lungs and airways and is most…
The NWT has begun vaccinating residents against COVID-19. This comes after Health Canada approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 23. In a press release, the chief public health officer says this is a turning point in the pandemic and the territory is expected to vaccinate around 75 per cent…
A non-resident traveling into Yellowknife for work tested positive to COVID-19 last week. The individual is asymptomatic and currently self-isolating. The chief public health officer announced the news in a press release on Jan. 1. The individual arrived in Yellowknife by domestic air travel, but the release says there is…
The Town of Hay River announced the opening of a new day shelter, only to find out there is still work to be done. Charles Sanders, spokesperson for the NWT Housing Corporation, says, 23 people have applied for access to the shelter so far. “The shelter has [the] capacity to…
The NWT Supreme Court lifted a publication ban on an agreed statement of facts from a trial of two people found guilty for being accessories to the murder of Breanna Menacho. The trial found Lisa Brule and Jordan Nande sentenced to 10 months in prison for being accessories to murder,…
Students and those legally required to travel will continue to have their stay at isolation centres covered by the territorial government. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the territory requires anyone entering the NWT to self-isolate for 14-days. If the person does not have a place to self-isolate, the…
The K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) chief says a poverty report shows the territorial government needs to do more to address a housing crisis in the communities. The Alternatives North NWT Poverty Report Card found that in 2018, 79 per cent of households in KFN identified at least one housing problem….
Two more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. One is a Yellowknife resident, the other is a non-resident worker at Gacho Kué mine. The Yellowknife case is travel-related and they have been self-isolating since their arrival. Health officials say there is no community exposure risk, but there may have been…
Yellowknife has come to expect the walls, turrets and bastions that make up the Snowcastle on Great Slave Lake. While there will be a snow structure next March, “it won’t be quite likes castles of years past,” say organizers. There will also be a “winter garden”, essentially an ice playground…
The Dene national chief is calling for a water summit after learning that toxic oil sands waste in Alberta is leaking near the Athabasca River. This comes after the Narwhal published an article confirming the oil sands stored in tailings ponds near Alberta’s Athabasca River, are leaking. “In 2017, Environmental…