According to the chief public health officer, no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the territory. This brings the total active cases to 64, with two coming from out of territory workers. Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ have 30 cases, Behchokǫ has 16 and Hay River and K’atl’odeeche First…
The nomination period for hamlet elections in the NWT opened this week. The communities headed to the polls later this year are: Aklavik Enterprise Fort Liard Fort McPherson Fort Providence Fort Resolution Paulatuk Sachs Harbour Ulukhaktok Hamlets must post their voter lists by Nov. 13. Residents interested in being part…
Julian Atigikyoek is a 24-year-old youth from Yellowknife and in less than a year, he will no longer qualify for youth services. This is Atigikyoek’s last chance at an opportunity for housing before he ages out of the system. This comes after Home Base YK bought Yellowknife Apartments on 53…
According to the chief public health officer, seven new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the territory since Nov. 2. Bringing the total active case count to 73, with seven coming from Inuvik, 32 from Dettah, Ndilǫ and Yellowknife, 13 from Hay River and K’atl’odeeche First Nation and 21…
A handful of COVID-19 exposure locations have been identified in the territory, following nine new cases of COVID-19 reported over the weekend. Most of them come from Yellowknife and Inuvik. The latest comes from Inuvik’s Children First Society daycare. Any resident or child who was at the facility on either…
The next Dene national chief will be decided on Dec. 9. The upcoming election will be taking place online, according to the Dene Nation executive committee. The committee announced the date, saying “all election related activities” are open, but did not offer info on how the online system will work….
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing near the community of Fort Providence on Monday evening about 7 p.m. According to Deh Gáh Got’ı̨ę First Nation Chief Joachim Bonnetrouge, it was an Air Tindi plane on its way to Yellowknife. According to RCMP, there were five people on…
Starting next year, the Tłı̨chǫ Government will require all employees, contractors and participants in on-the-land program to be vaccinated. As part of the new policy, employees can take one additional day of paid leave to go get vaccinated. The Tłı̨chǫ Government is requiring all staff receive a first dose by…
A mother from the NWT has started a GoFundMe page to help raise money for her family as they prepare for their son’s surgery in B.C. Cassandra Blondin Burt, is a 32- year-old Dene woman, whose family is originally from Délı̨nę, and she is reaching out to communities, far and…
As fire season comes to a close, the department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is thanking residents for limiting human-caused fires this past year. Mike Westwick, a spokesperson for ENR, says only about 12 per cent of the fires this season were human-caused. This number is typically around 15…