More than 300 families have benefitted from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation’s Child First Initiative (CFI) funding during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the IRC now says that funding has come to an end after it provided $448,000 to local stores to support the families. The funding for CFI came from the…
Less than 72 hours after the third and fourth confirmed cases, the Northwest Territories now has had five total cases of the COVID-19. In a notice sent Sunday evening, the office of the chief public health officer says the individual travelled to Latin America. “There remains no evidence of community…
“Knowing what communities COVID-19 is in will not make you safer.” Premier Caroline Cochrane said this while addressing media and residents Saturday morning after the previous day’s confirmation of two more cases of the virus in the NWT. “What makes you safer is respecting the orders of the chief public…
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Shane Thompson, Lutsel k’e Dene First Nation Chief Darryl Marlowe and Tlicho Grand Chief George Mackenzie are calling for more responsible harvesting. ENR officers say the caribou were killed within the Mobile Bathurst Caribou Management Zone. They also found wasted meat from 12 caribou outside…
The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) has extended a thank you to an Alberta company and the federal government for a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donation. Suncor Energy from Alberta donates 40,000 N95 masks to the North “We want to thank Suncor and our partners at the…
There are now four total confirmed cases of the virus in the territory. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola’s office says both cases are linked to travel outside of the territory. One person went to Europe before returning to Yellowknife on March 20. They have been self-isolating since then….
The one-time emergency allowance distributed as part of the NWT COVID-19 relief package should be in residents’ bank accounts soon says Education, Culture and Employment Minister R.J. Simpson. Simpson spoke with CKLB Radio on Thursday, April 2nd about the one-time emergency allowance. Residents who qualify will get $500 for a…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola said “nothing is off the table” when it comes to enforcing her orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, she stopped short from saying she’d issue an outright ban on all gatherings. For now, her office has only recommended residents not…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola has confirmed a second case of COVID-19 in the territory. The individual travelled to British Columbia earlier this month before flying back to Inuvik on March 21; the individual and other members in their home have been self-isolating since then. Dr. Kandola…
Suncor Energy in Alberta is doing its part to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by donating 40,000 N95 masks to the Federal Government which have found their way to the North. “The Federal Government reached out and identified communities that desperately needed medical supplies,” Erin Rees, a spokesperson from…