A new policy aiming to help only homeless clients of the Yellowknife Sobering Centre goes into effect today. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority and the NWT Disabilities Council, the operator of the Sobering and Day Centre issued the statement on Sunday. It reads – “This change is…
There have been over 750 calls to 911 in the first two weeks since the emergency number launched at the start of November. But many of those were people and companies testing if the number worked. Ashley Geraghty is the 911 program manager under the Department of Municipal and Community…
Hannah Taneton says there’s a disconnect between people calling for youth input and the effort in getting that input. “We noticed that every time people talk about youth, they always say they should get involved,” she says. “But no one is really reaching out to the youth and asking them…
Paul Nutarariaq says picking a single message when it comes to youth mental health in the North is tough. Nutarariaq is an actor best known for his role in The Grizzlies, a film with a strong theme of mental health. This past weekend, he gave a keynote speech at the…
When Shania Young was in her second year of nursing school, she started struggling with her mental health. She also came to a realization. “There are so many barriers,” she says, “a lack of resources in our area.” Young is from Yellowknife and after seeing an email from a professor…
The Northwest Territories Disability Council will continue to run the Yellowknife Day Shelter and Sobering Centre in the city’s downtown. The NWT’s Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) announced Friday that the disabilities council is the successful proponent after a request for proposals seeking bids for an operator for the…
Environment and climate change is one of the most important issues to Canadian voters; the same cannot be said for most of the NWT candidates in the upcoming federal election. Liberal Michael McLeod, Conservative Yanik D’Aigle, and People’s Party candidate Luke Quinlan all skipped out on a debate centred around…
The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) for the Northwest Territories has some very simple advice for people who vape or who are thinking about trying it. Dr. Kami Kandola says it you’ve already started – stop, and if you are thinking about trying a vapourizer, think carefully again. Kandola’s advice…
Warning: This story discusses domestic violence and homicide. It’s a well-known fact in the Northwest Territories that Indigenous women suffer disproportionate rates of domestic violence. Now there’s a Canada-wide study with a chapter in the NWT that is hoping to speak to survivors of “extreme domestic violence,” and friends and…
If Lianne Mantla-Look had listened to a doctor in Edmonton, she may have come back to Yellowknife without ever treating her stomach cancer. Instead, she stuck around and was convinced there was something wrong with her. She had to fight to have a series of biopsies done—more than 50 cross-sections…