Businesses and artists interested in manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE) for the NWT can now apply for government funding. According to a news release, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) is accepting proposals that show a business case for the development of PPE and cloth facemasks within the…
More than a dozen fly-in communities across the Northwest Territories will be getting funding to make it easier for residents to harvest traditional food. The funding is coming from the Harvesters Support Grant, a new addition to Nutrition North. The grant provides $40 million over five years to Indigenous governments…
The Northern Federation of Labour (NTFL) and the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) will observe a minute of silence tomorrow for the National Day of Mourning for workers injured on the job. The event will take place on April 28, at noon and is an annual celebration of remembrance…
Residents renting in the private market that are struggling to make ends meet may be eligible for the Transitional Rent Supplement Program. Housing Minister Paulie Chinna announced the NWT Housing Corporation has extended the program to the end of August. The program was supposed to end on March 31, but…
RCMP believe 44-year-old Steven Theriault was at the wheel of a car that ended up upside down near Highway 3 last Wednesday. A young woman from Behchokǫ̀ died in the crash. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Theriault and are requesting the public’s help in finding him. RCMP say…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is providing additional child care support for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It announced $5.1 million on Friday, to create four temporary child care initiatives to help support parents providing essential services in the NWT. In a news release, the GNWT says…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has started culling wolves from helicopters. Department officials say the killing is to protect the declining Bluenose-East and Bathurst caribou herds. According to Joslyn Oosenburg, ENR communications officer, the aerial cull started on April 22. “We would have preferred to begin sooner, but…
The Acho Dene Koe First Nation in Fort Liard has postponed its election because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The First Nation announced the postponement in a news release sent Wednesday April 22. The election was originally planned for June 8, but leaders fear that the pandemic could risk introducing the…
RCMP says one woman has died, two people are in hospital and two others left the scene after a car rolled over on Highway 3 yesterday about 5 p.m. The crash happened near Mosquito Creek, about 15 kilometres south of Behchokǫ̀. In a news release, RCMP says officers “located a…
The owner of the Ekati diamond mine, the largest in the Northwest Territories, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta has granted Dominion Diamond Mines protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The company said in a news release that it would use the…