Friday, May 15 is the crucial day to see whether the public health orders in the NWT will begin to relax. If there are still no active cases by then, it would mark two incubation periods, or 28 days, since the last confirmed case recovered. According to the territorial government’s…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is providing rent relief for some renters on public land until March 2021. The decision was made by the government due to the economic burdens created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Lands announced this decision in a news conference held Monday,…
Any NWT residents that were at the Kearl Lake oilsands site in Alberta in the past month may have been exposed to COVID-19. The territory’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola is ordering any workers that returned to the NWT from the site, including sub-contractors, must now self-isolate for…
In an ironic twist during a committee meeting on Wednesday, MLAs and cabinet members had to battle through connectivity complications while discussing how to address those exact kinds of issues. Improving connectivity was one of several goals that Premier Caroline Cochrane touched upon while presenting her government’s COVID-19 recovery plan…
Leaders from the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and Vuntut Gwitchin Government (VGG) are urging Canadian banks to follow their American counterparts in banning oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Last December, representatives from the GTC, VGG and the Yukon chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness…
The owner of the Ekati diamond mine, the largest in the Northwest Territories, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta has granted Dominion Diamond Mines protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The company said in a news release that it would use the…
Eligible businesses can get between $2,500 and $100,000 to cover expenses like rent and utilities. (The full list can be found in the link to the guidelines below.) The grants are through the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency’s (CanNor) Northern Business Relief Fund. According to the fund’s guidelines, it is…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than $125 million in funding to help the territories during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is allocated to four areas: $72.6 million for health and social services Up to $17.3 million for air carriers to help with food supply, medical supplies, and other…
The Chief Public Health Officer of the Northwest Territories Dr. Kami Kandola will be issuing a new public health order banning all indoor gatherings and restricting those outdoors. Under the order, residents will not be allowed to host friends or family who do not live with them in their home….
The territorial government has announced a slew of measures to support the NWT economy through the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of those measures are aimed to help businesses weather the economic storm that is not likely to ease any time soon. The total “relief package”, as the government calls it,…