Fort Good Hope gets plan to address housing needs
The K’asho Got’ı̨nę Housing Society will be building 20 new homes and repairing another 50 to improve housing in Fort Good Hope. The projects are…
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Feds give $2.6 million for Indigenous people to go out on the land during coronavirus pandemic
Indigenous Services Canada is supporting Indigenous residents going out on the land during the COVID-19 pandemic. It announced $2.6 million in funding that will flow…
Chief public health officer calls out resident defying travel restriction orders
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola is denouncing a resident that ignored her orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For the past…
GNWT declares ‘proactive’ state of emergency
The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Paulie Chinna declared an NWT-wide state of emergency earlier this week. It took three days for the government…
City of Yellowknife closes all city playgrounds
The City of Yellowknife would like to advise residents that effective immediately, all City Playgrounds will be closed until further notice. In a news release,…
Federal Government addressing urgent needs in Indigenous communities related to COVID-19
The Government of Canada announced $305 million today for the new distinctions-based Indigenous Community Support Fund, to address the immediate needs in First Nations, Inuit…
Temporary absences being considered for non-violent inmates amid coronavirus concerns
Earlier this week, more than a dozen NWT lawyers called on corrections facilities to release inmates temporarily to protect them from an outbreak while in…
Alberta residents near NWT border can enter for essential services
The Government of the Northwest Territories has clarified travel restrictions for Albertans near the border. Smith’s Landing First Nation and Fort Fitzgerald residents are only…
Arctic Indigenous Wellness Camp closes, staff available by phone
The Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation has closed its urban healing camp in Yellowknife to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The camp directors decided to do…
NWT Health and Social Services now offering virtual COVID-19 care
The territorial government’s Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) is now offering virtual care to make sure that health care provides can continue to…