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Featured, Health, News December 11, 2020

NWT to receive 51K doses of COVID vaccines in early 2021

The territory is aiming to vaccinate 75 per cent of the adult population within the first three months of the year.


The NWT chief public health officer (CPHO) says the territory will be receiving thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines within the first few months of 2021.  The territory is expecting over 51,000 doses — enough to vaccinate 75 per cent of NWT residents aged 18 and older. Each person will…

Community, Featured, News December 11, 2020

One person dead in excavator accident in Fort Simpson

RCMP are reporting a “sudden death” following an apparent excavator accident in Fort Simpson. In a news release, police say officers in the community received a call about 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 8. They attended the scene on the Mackenzie Highway and found an excavator had “gone into standing water…

Featured, News December 10, 2020

Western Arctic Youth Collective a finalist for AIP youth category

The Arctic Inspiration Prize is an annual competition aimed at supporting and bolstering innovative projects in the North to benefit northerners.


A youth-led organization from the Northwest Territories is a finalist for the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP). The Western Arctic Youth Collective was started in 2018 by a group of Inuvialuit and Gwich’in youth from the Beaufort Delta, aiming to provide youth-led programing and support. Alyssa Carpenter is one of the…

Community, Featured, Health, News December 9, 2020

Hundreds currently in self-isolation to be tested following positive COVID-19 wastewater results

The chief public health officer is asking people in self-isolation between Nov. 30 and Dec. 9 to get tested, even without symptoms.


Dr. Kami Kandola says the request for everyone currently in self-isolation to get tested for COVID-19 is being done out of an “abundance of precaution.” The chief public health officer issued an advisory earlier Wednesday saying traces of the virus were found in Yellowknife’s wastewater. At least one undetected case…

Community, Featured, News, Politics December 9, 2020

Acho Dene Koe sets date for election

After two delays, Acho Dene Koe First Nation has finally set a date for its next election. The band passed a resolution saying the election would on April 14, 2021. ADKFN leaders have repeatedly cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the cause for the election delays. Federal legislation allowed bands to…