The requirement for GNWT employees to be fully vaccinated is now in effect. With more than 6,500 government employees in the NWT, about 20 per cent have yet to show proof of vaccination – which was due Nov. 30. Staff who do not provide proof of vaccination will be required…
According to the chief public health officer, two cases of COVID-19 have been identified at Mildred Hall School on Dec. 1. Letters have been sent home to parents with children in the affected classrooms and are asked to follow the advice outlined. All staff and students, regardless of vaccination status…
If communities knew the effects of mining on caribou, they never would have supported the development. That comment came up from Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation during last week’s public hearing on Ekati’s proposed Point Lake project. The statement echoed many concerns from other Indigenous governments around the project’s effect…
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) has filed nine charges against Diavik Diamond Mine. In a news release, WSCC says the charges relate to an incident on Nov. 16, 2020 where a “worker was injured when a slab of rock fell on the excavator machine he was operating. He…
High school students will now be able to get credits for learning to hunt. The territorial government says the hunter education course will “provide new hunters with the fundamental knowledge and basic skills needed for them to become respectful and safe hunters.” The course will be offered to Grade 10…
MLA Thebacha Frieda Martselos was named the new caucus chair at the legislative assembly on Nov. 30. Martselos takes over the position from MLA Yellowknife North Rylund Johnson. Johnson served in this role for two years and says it’s been a “wild ride,” on social media. “I find there (is)…
JULE$, 15, is an aspiring artist from Tulita hoping to make it out of the North with his music. “I want to take my name bigger than the Northwest Territories,” says JULE$. He got interested once the pandemic was announced with more time on his hands, he began rapping for…
The GNWT announced an Indigenous employability framework and action plan, geared at giving residents the opportunity to advance in the public sector. This trend follows heavy criticism on the lack of Indigenous representation in the workforce and has been an ongoing debate of the legislative assembly. “A public service that…
Addictions recovery is different for every individual, which is why the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will not be building a treatment centre, as the NWT consists of different cultures and languages. It’s National Addictions Awareness Week and the GNWT published the report for Addictions Recovery Experiences Survey that…
Residents in Tuktoyaktuk should be on the lookout for aggressive foxes. According to public health, two foxes recently tested positive for rabies in the community. There have also been reports of foxes attacking dogs. “If you have been bitten, scratched or in contact with a fox or bitten by a…