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Featured, Health, News November 16, 2020

COVID cases in Nunavut rise to 60, travel bubble with NWT suspended

Nunavut has imposed a shutdown on non-essential business.


All non-essential services across Nunavut will be required to close to limit the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, the travel bubble between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories is officially suspended. Dr. Kami Kandola, the NWT’s chief public health officer, confirmed in a press release that starting Tuesday, Nunavut travelers are subject…

Community, Featured, Health, News November 13, 2020

Emergency shelter opens in Hay River

An emergency overnight shelter has opened in Hay River. The shelter is in the Kujat building on Industrial Drive and can receive up to 15 people. The shelter comes as a partnership between the NWT housing corporation and the Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities. “This project is critical…

Community, Featured, Health, News November 12, 2020

Four additional COVID cases in Fort Smith

Four more people have gotten COVID-19 in Fort Smith. They are all connected to the individual case announced earlier this week. Public health officials say the transmission is travel-related. “All individuals continue to isolate and recover safely at home,” reads a public health notice. Dr. Kami Kandola’s office, the chief…

Community, Featured, Health, News November 11, 2020

NWT’s 11th COVID case confirmed in Fort Smith

The chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kandola, has announced the NWT’s 11th confirmed case of COVID-19. In a notice sent Wednesday morning, public health officials say the case is travel-related and the individual is isolating with their household. They add there is no risk to the community as there…

Featured, Health, News November 10, 2020

Public health emergency extended

The territorial government has extended the public health emergency until Nov. 24. The extension comes as cases of COVID-19 increase across Canada, a press release reads. “The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated considerably across Canada in recent weeks as the country’s caseload surged to its highest point in the pandemic.” The…

Community, Featured, Health, News, Politics October 28, 2020

Residents should get community support for self-isolation exemptions: health minister

CPHO has sole authority to accept or deny self-isolation exemptions.


Ron Bonnetrouge, MLA for Deh Cho, says community leaders in his region are concerned they are not consulted when Dr. Kami Kandola approves exemptions for self-isolation. Under the current public health orders, all residents returning to the NWT must self-isolate for 14 days in either Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River or…