The Government of the Northwest Territories says a public health advisory due to wildfire smoke has now been lifted. The territory’s acting chief public health officer had issued the advisory on Tuesday. It was issued for Behchoko, Fort Providence, Hay River, Fort Resolution, Kakisa, Enterprise, Dettah and Yellowknife. The air…
Eight communities in the Northwest Territories are now under a public health advisory due to smoke exposure from wildfires in Alberta. The advisory was issued Monday night by the NWT’s acting chief public health officer. In a news release, it’s stated that the amount of smoke may change due to weather…
Residents of Indian Cabins, Alberta have been forced to leave the community. Mackenzie County issued a mandatory evacuation order on Monday due to a wildfire in the area. Byron Peters is the deputy chief administrative officer of Mackenzie County. He said the county spoke with residents, who said they preferred…
Folks in Gameti are getting off the couch and getting active! With less than a week to go in the Participaction Community Better Challenge , the fly-in Tlicho Community is ranked 12th in the top 20 communities from across Canada in the running for the healthy competition. $150,000 dollars is…
When Lesa Semmler was eight years old, her mother, Joyce, was murdered by her common-law partner. Semmler was one of the first women to testify when the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry was in Yellowknife last year. Now, a year and a half later, the inquiry has…
Updated on June 13 to reflect the changes to the event Cindy Caisse says the event, which will take place June 15 and 16 at the Yellowknife River, is to help bring closure and healing to the families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Caisse works as…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has announced that it will now financially cover the cost of a birth control drug for residents with a valid NWT Health Care Card who do not have full coverage for prescriptions under another program or group insurance plan. Mifegymiso is a prescription…
The Kas’ho Got’ine Men’s Transition Home in Fort Good Hope and the Sahtu’ot’ine Nats’eju Initiative on Reconnecting with Ourselves in Deline are just two of the recipients that will share in $400,000 in territorial government funding. In a news release, the Department of Health and Social Services stated that 12…
The testimony of more than 2,000 family members, survivors, experts and knowledge keepers has resulted in the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report. The report, titled Reclaiming Power and Place, was presented publicly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior cabinet members during…
Parasites take over a body—or host—multiply, weaken the host and drain it of its nutrients. That’s exactly what happened when colonizers came over from Europe to Turtle Island, says Dr. Donna May Kimmliardjuk. And she would know, Dr. Kimmliardjuk is both a physician and Indigenous—she’s the first Inuk heart surgeon…