The Yellowknives Dene First Nation daycare in Ndilǫ will be closed until further notice. Jennifer Drygeese is the director of health and wellness for YKDFN. She posted to social media saying an individual at the daycare last week has tested positive for COVID-19. The post does not specify which day…
Public health officials have updated the COVID-19 exposure list with two locations in Hay River. Both exposure were on Friday, Sept. 17. Chase the Ace event at the Legion, between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Dog House Sports Pub, between 9:45 p.m. and 11 p.m. Public health officials are asking…
The territorial government has proposed a new location for a temporary day shelter, but staffing, capacity and opening date are still up in the air. On Monday, Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services (HSS), sent an open letter to media saying the department wants to use the former…
Dr. Kami Kandola, the NWT’s chief public health officer, says Yellowknife Public Health can’t keep up with testing and contact tracing demand. That’s led her to order the closure of all schools in Ndilǫ, Dettah, and Yellowknife. The latency in testing and contact tracing means public health can’t “reliably prevent…
There are 10 probable or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Whatì. Public health issued an advisory Saturday evening, saying the community is “in the early stages of community transmission.” Public health officials have traced the source of the outbreak likely being a community BBQ on Sept. 6. The notice says…
Updated Saturday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m. Both the Yellowknife day shelter and sobering centre are now closed for an undetermined amount of time. On Friday, the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority announced the closure of the day shelter but said the overnight sobering centre would remain open. That…
The cause of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Behchokǫ̀ is still unknown and health officials say they expect the case count to continue to rise. In a press conference, Premier Caroline Cochrane, Health and Social Services Minister Julie Green, and Behchokǫ̀ Chief Clifford Daniels addressed media on the recent outbreak…
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has put the NWT’s health care system “on a critical precipice,” says Kim Riles. Riles is the CEO of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA). On Wednesday morning, she told reporters the health care system was not yet overwhelmed but that NTHSSA would…
The Dene Nation is kicking off a project to document the building of the Canol Pipeline from the Shútagot’ıne perspective — and the grandson of one of the original guides is leading the way. Edward Blondin, George Blondin, Paul Wright, these were some of the guides that helped the American…
According to the Office of the Chief Public Health (OCPHO), the latest COVID-19 exposures have been linked to a couple of flights from Yellowknife to two of the communities. “The beginnings of community transmission is occurring in Yellowknife,” reads the public exposure webpage. “Residents should consider all public spaces as…