“Knowing what communities COVID-19 is in will not make you safer.” Premier Caroline Cochrane said this while addressing media and residents Saturday morning after the previous day’s confirmation of two more cases of the virus in the NWT. “What makes you safer is respecting the orders of the chief public…
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Shane Thompson, Lutsel k’e Dene First Nation Chief Darryl Marlowe and Tlicho Grand Chief George Mackenzie are calling for more responsible harvesting. ENR officers say the caribou were killed within the Mobile Bathurst Caribou Management Zone. They also found wasted meat from 12 caribou outside…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola said “nothing is off the table” when it comes to enforcing her orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, she stopped short from saying she’d issue an outright ban on all gatherings. For now, her office has only recommended residents not…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola has confirmed a second case of COVID-19 in the territory. The individual travelled to British Columbia earlier this month before flying back to Inuvik on March 21; the individual and other members in their home have been self-isolating since then. Dr. Kandola…
Indigenous Services Canada is supporting Indigenous residents going out on the land during the COVID-19 pandemic. It announced $2.6 million in funding that will flow through the territorial government to its Indigenous partners. In a news release, the federal government says the funding is to “support families who would not…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola is denouncing a resident that ignored her orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For the past week, all NWT residents returning to the territory need to spend 14 days in self-isolation in either Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik or Fort Smith. As…
Two hunters have been found safe near MacKay Lake, northeast of Yellowknife. The hunters, one from Hay River and the other from Lutselk’e, were part of a larger group of caribou hunters that left their base camp near MacKay Lake on snowmobiles on Saturday, March 21. They were expected to…
Smith Landing First Nation is offering financial support to its members during the coronavirus pandemic. The help is for food and utilities. The first nation is offering between $200 and $500 per household depending on how many people are in the home. $200 for one person in a single household…
It took health officials about 12 hours to inform the public about the first case of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories. During a press conference Saturday afternoon, the territory’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola said she received confirmation of the case late Friday evening. She said officials needed…
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,…