World Autism Day is celebrated every year on April 2nd to raise awareness about people with autistic spectrum disorders throughout the world. This year’s World Autism Awareness Day 2020 theme is ‘The Transition to Adulthood”. The National Autistic Society explains, “Autism is a lifelong disability which affects how people communicate…
It’s the 40th anniversary for Folk on the Rocks music festival being held in Yellowknife and they have just announced their final lineup despite an uncertain future because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Folk On The Rocks has not received direction from public health officials with regards to the COVID-19 public…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola has confirmed a second case of COVID-19 in the territory. The individual travelled to British Columbia earlier this month before flying back to Inuvik on March 21; the individual and other members in their home have been self-isolating since then. Dr. Kandola…
The RCMP in Yellowknife is investigating a shooting incident that occurred in a downtown apartment building yesterday. According to an RCMP news release,” On March 31st, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the Yellowknife RCMP received calls regarding gunshots coming from an apartment building on 53rd Street, in downtown Yellowknife.” “When officers…
Suncor Energy in Alberta is doing its part to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by donating 40,000 N95 masks to the Federal Government which have found their way to the North. “The Federal Government reached out and identified communities that desperately needed medical supplies,” Erin Rees, a spokesperson from…
The Inuvik RCMP are looking for the public’s help to solve an alleged mischief incident that caused extensive water damage to an apartment building on Mackenzie Road last Dec. According to an RCMP news release, when police arrived at the building on the morning of Dec. 21, 2019, a large…
First Nations in the Northwest Territories will be getting just over $6 million, while the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will be receiving $5.85 million to address coronavirus concerns. That funding is part of the $305 million dollars that the federal government announced last week specifically for Indigenous communities across Canada. A…
Yesterday evening, Fort Smith RCMP asked residents to stay inside as a “situation was unfolding.” That situation turned out to be the arrest of a one youth in connection to an armed robbery. In a news release, police said two youths have been arrested for the robbery. Police first received…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) announced an additional $8.259 million today to help businesses and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caroline Wawzonek, Minister of Finance and Katrina Nokleby, Minister of Infrastructure and Industry, Tourism and Investment said the funds are in addition to the $13.2 million relief package…
The K’asho Got’ı̨nę Housing Society will be building 20 new homes and repairing another 50 to improve housing in Fort Good Hope. The projects are part of a five-year strategic and housing plan recently adopted by the housing society. Last year, the NWT bureau of statistics identified Fort Good Hope…