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Featured, Health, News October 31, 2024

Pop-up flu and COVID vaccination clinics in Yellowknife

Seniors, children and vulnerable population are encouraged to get immunized


Several pop-up clinics in Yellowknife will be offering flu and COVID vaccinations starting this week, according to the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA). Seniors can receive their vaccines at the Baker’s Community Centre on Thursday or at Aven’s Manor on Friday, both open from 10 a.m. to…

Featured, Health, News, Politics October 30, 2024

Could a similar Stanton Renewal Project debacle happen again?

'Northerners have been saddled with hundreds of millions of dollars of debt for the next 30 years,' says MLA Kieron Testart


Yesterday’s bombshell report from the Auditor General of Canada showing the territorial government was oblivious to a hospital renewal contract that swelled 62-per-cent over-budget to more than $1.2 billion, drew some expected reaction in the NWT Assembly today. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart was in the 18th Legislative Assembly in…

Featured, Health, News, Politics October 29, 2024

Old Stanton hospital renewal a pain in the wallet for taxpayers, says Auditor General of Canada

The GNWT and health authority 'could not show the project provided good value for money on behalf of the residents of the Northwest Territories,' reads report


The actual and projected costs over the 30-year life of the Stanton hospital renewal project have ballooned by 62-per-cent to more than $1.2 billion. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada found taxpayers did “not get good value” for their money with the project that saw a new $315…

Featured, Health, News, Politics October 23, 2024

Going off the deep end arguing for a new all-season pool for Behchokǫ̀

Tłı̨chǫ residents shouldn't have to drive to Yellowknife to have healthy family recreation, says MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong


A swimming pool is needed to serve the four Tłı̨chǫ communities to provide family recreation and employment opportunities, says Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong. She floated several proposals to two different cabinet ministers today in the NWT Assembly, but their answers left her feeling high and dry. “I can tell…

Featured, Health, News, Transportation October 22, 2024

Campus of Care move created ‘lasting chaos, inefficiency and burnout,’ says MLA

Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan says 'significant' number of Primary Care health-care practitioners have left their jobs


The Campus of Care model that saw Primary Care services combined with the $350-million Stanton Territorial Hospital was given a failing grade by Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan today in the NWT Assembly. The moving of integrated care teams from Yellowknife Primary Care Centre and Frame Lake Community Health Clinic,…

Featured, Health, Housing, News, Transportation October 11, 2024

Youth sobering centre and street outreach program needed in Yellowknife, says group

HomeBase YK says there is a gap for the 'crisis our youth are facing' when experiencing homelessness, addiction or both


An organization working with vulnerable youth in Yellowknife says there is a need for a Safe Sobering Site for youth, especially as winter approaches. HomeBase YK says youth under the age of 19 experiencing homelessness, addiction or both do not have any type of street outreach program or sobering space…

Featured, Health, News October 8, 2024

Dental patients in Beaufort Delta advised to get tested for Hepatitis and HIV

‘The risk of exposure to infections is very low,’ says the Chief Public Health Office


Anyone who received dental care in five health-care centres in the Beaufort Delta region between March and April are being advised to get tested for infections, says the Chief Public Health Office (CPHO). The CPHO stated that dental equipment in these facilities was not properly cleaned, disinfected and sterilized as…

Featured, Health, News, Police October 4, 2024

Inquest rules Tuk woman accidentally died of alcohol poisoning while in RCMP custody

Sylvia Panaktalok, 54, was found extremely intoxicated on the steps of a residence on a summer night in 2021


A coroner’s inquest has found a Tuktoyaktuk woman accidentally died of alcohol poisoning while in RCMP custody in 2021. The jury at the hearing in Inuvik this week also made 11 recommendations for the RCMP, territorial government and NGOs. Shortly before 10 p.m. on July 31, 2021, a call was…

Featured, Health, News September 23, 2024

Prepare for poisonings, overdoses with influx of contaminated illegal drugs, says Dr. Kami Kandola

'Drug dealers prey on those seeking to belong, and those needing relief from pain,' the Chief Public Health Officer tells wellness symposium


The illicit drug crisis in the Northwest Territories has only worsened since the pandemic, when there was an increase in physical and emotional trauma combined with boredom, some of the key underlying causes of addiction. NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola has also found the crisis led to…