The Assembly of First Nations is either postponing or cancelling all in-person meetings due to the coronavirus outbreak. That fellows the Dene Nations’s decision this week to do virtually the same. In a news release, the AFN states that this includes, but is not limited to, all Chiefs Committees, Tri-Councils,…
The City of Yellowknife, which has both a manager of public safety and an emergency preparedness manager, says it is doing what it can to be ready in case coronavirus comes to the city. In a news release issued Thursday, the city states that as the Novel Coronavirus: COVID-19 outbreak…
The coronavirus is sweeping across the world, therefore today the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a pandemic. Dr. Tedros is the Director-General of the World Health Organization. “We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action,” Dr. Tedros said on Twitter. “We have rung…
The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) would like to provide an update to NWT residents on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “As of March 10, no one in the NWT has tested positive for COVID-19,” Dr. Kami Kandola, CPHO of the GNWT said. “To date, 24 tests have been performed.” The…
Updated Feb. 21 to reflect budget and spaces available in each community. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority is launching a two-year pilot project to provide caregivers for elders, seniors and people with disabilities. The project will be in six NWT communities including: Behchoko, Dettah, Ndilo, Yellowknife, Tuktoyaktuk…
Local climate activists are patting themselves on the back after MP Michael McLeod has said he will support a motion in the House of Commons to introduce a Green New Deal. The motion proposes swift changes to cut emissions, while transitioning workers into a green economy, all while respecting the…
The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has released 11 videos to help residents understand various cancers. According to a news release, the videos come from a handful of community consultations across the NWT. So far, only five of the 11 videos have been released, including “What is Cancer?”,…
Foster families in the Northwest Territories may be breathing a little easier now that they have the ear of the territory’s health and social services minister. It comes after foster parents told the territorial government earlier this month that foster children’s well being was being jeopardized by some uncaring and…
“The Project is likely to result in significant adverse impacts.” Those words are bolded in a recent report issued by the Mackenzie Valley Review Board on a proposed change to Diavik mine’s closure plan. That change would see 5 million cubic metres of processed kimberlite—the material that contains diamonds—stuffed back…
When Conrad Prince was two years old, he was sent to Germany as part of the Sixties Scoop. He also only met his sister four years ago, who, he says, didn’t know she was Ojibwe. While each survivor’s experience is unique, this loss of place and identity is common among…