Leaders from the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and Vuntut Gwitchin Government (VGG) are urging Canadian banks to follow their American counterparts in banning oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Last December, representatives from the GTC, VGG and the Yukon chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness…
Despite having no active cases of COVID-19 in the NWT, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola has tightened the travel restrictions at the border. In an amended order that kicked in on Monday at 4 p.m., essential workers, corrections officers and construction workers that come into the NWT must…
Businesses and artists interested in manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE) for the NWT can now apply for government funding. According to a news release, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) is accepting proposals that show a business case for the development of PPE and cloth facemasks within the…
More than a dozen fly-in communities across the Northwest Territories will be getting funding to make it easier for residents to harvest traditional food. The funding is coming from the Harvesters Support Grant, a new addition to Nutrition North. The grant provides $40 million over five years to Indigenous governments…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is providing additional child care support for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It announced $5.1 million on Friday, to create four temporary child care initiatives to help support parents providing essential services in the NWT. In a news release, the GNWT says…
Territorial Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola says it’s still going to be four to six weeks before she even starts thinking of relaxing the current public health orders. During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, CKLB asked Dr. Kandola to explain why residents should still respect the orders despite…
The Northwest Territories officially has no more active cases of COVID-19. The department of health and social services’ virus webpage was last updated on Monday at 9 a.m. and showed all five people have recovered. In past news conferences, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola explained that a person…
The North’s main Internet provider says it will extend the current Internet usage relief measures for another month, pending approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The relief measures remain the same and depend on the type of service in your community. The table below was taken from a…
Taiga Environmental Laboratory now has authorization from the Chief Public Health Officer to make an alcohol-based hand sanitizer for the Government of the Northwest Territories frontline workers. The government says the lab has already produced more than 1,700 litres of hand sanitizer. The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has led…
NWT residents who have been laid off or had a “significant decline” in their income due to COVID-19 are allowed to request their rent be deferred. Tenants in this situation are now allowed to write to their landlord explaining the reason they cannot pay rent and how they plan to…