NWT organizations receive funding through GNWT’s Healthy Choices Fund
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…
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MMIWG inquiry delivers 231 ‘Calls to Justice’ in final report
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…
The parasite called colonization
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…
New Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife opens this weekend
It is going to be a history-making weekend as Yellowknifers says goodbye to the old Stanton Territorial Hospital and hello to the spanking new facility….
Changes coming to nurse registration in NWT
To kick off National Nurses Week, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (RNANT/NU) signed…
Mock patient move held at Stanton Territorial Hospital ahead of actual move on May 26
May 26th at 6:00 am. You might want to mark that on your calendar – that’s three weeks from this Sunday. That’s when the emergency…
Indigenous people much more vulnerable to FASD than rest of population: study
Indigenous people and people in custody are identified in a new report as more vulnerable to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder than the rest of the…
NWT residents eligible for increased medical travel payments
It’s no secret many people across the territory need to travel for medical reasons. Starting in June, the Department of Health and Social Services is…