The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) warns that measles has been detected in Canada and other countries and could be brought back to the NWT by spring-break travellers. Measles is one of the most transmissible and highly infectious diseases. It is spread easily through the air when an infected person…
Two years’ worth of Northwest Territories Outstanding Volunteer Awards winners were announced this week. Recipients of the NWT Outstanding Volunteer Awards for 2022 are, Diane Hache, of Yellowknife, in the category of Outstanding Elder, Nicole Spencer, of Yellowknife, in the category of Outstanding Individual, and the Yellowknife Ultimate Club Board…
There are tears mixed with anger in Whatì after the passing of 24-year-old Rachel Simpson in an Edmonton hospital Tuesday night with her family by her side. And security measures and staffing protocols at the Lac le Marte Health Centre are under review, “to ensure the safety of both staff…
Seniors living in the Dehcho and Sahtu regions can now rest easy in the evenings with their home-care worker under a new pilot program by the GNWT. NWT Health and Social Services Authority has added a few extra hours on evenings and even weekends, which are outside of the traditional…
The creation of a Territorial Addictions Medicine Team to increase coordination of treatments, and more culturally appropriate mental wellness and suicide prevention programming, were part of a $36 million health-care announcement today. Through the Working Together Agreement, the Government of Canada will first provide more than $24 million to support…
A nursing shortage at the Inuvik Regional Hospital will mean changes to how pregnancies are handled now through the weekend. From now until Sunday at midnight, only emergency labour and delivery services will be available in the Beaufort Delta. Northwest Territories Health and Social Services (NTHSSA) announced the reduction in…
For the first time ever, the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease has been identified in the Northwest Territories. That’s according to the territory’s Department of Health and Social Services on Thursday. As of yet, there are no confirmed human cases of the disease. But earlier this month, a Fort Simpson-area…
Until recently, Brandon Buggins didn’t really know the other men in his community, even the ones he would casually greet out in public. Buggins was a closed book too, even when struggling with mental illness, addiction, and the pressures of fatherhood: “It’s really tough to be able to come out…
For Sir John Franklin High School Student Reanna Brownlee, addictions and mental health are issues that hit close to home. “I’m doing it for the kids around me, all the kids I work with,” she says. “There’s so many kids with parents that struggle from addiction and suffer — my…
The Chief Public Health Officer has issued a health advisory over a confirmed case of hepatitis A (an infection of the liver), coming from a food handler working at two restaurants inside the Edmonton International Airport. Any residents who ate at the Belgian Beer Café or Boston Pizza in early…