COVID-19 vaccinations begin in NWT
The NWT has begun vaccinating residents against COVID-19. This comes after Health Canada approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 23. In a press release,…
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Non-resident worker tests positive to COVID-19
A non-resident traveling into Yellowknife for work tested positive to COVID-19 last week. The individual is asymptomatic and currently self-isolating. The chief public health officer…
New Hay River day shelter already has a wait-list
An Internal government report confirms seven people are on a wait-list daily to access services.
The Town of Hay River announced the opening of a new day shelter, only to find out there is still work to be done. Charles…
GNWT to continue covering isolation centre costs for people legally required to travel, students
Students and those legally required to travel will continue to have their stay at isolation centres covered by the territorial government. As a result of…
Alternatives North report finds housing crisis a major cause of poverty in smaller communities
The report includes eight recommendations for how the territory can address the issues.
The K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) chief says a poverty report shows the territorial government needs to do more to address a housing crisis in the…
Two separate cases of COVID-19 identified, possible travel risk
Two more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. One is a Yellowknife resident, the other is a non-resident worker at Gacho Kué mine. The Yellowknife…
Snowkings Winter Festival to feature ‘winter garden’ and snow structure for 2021
Yellowknife has come to expect the walls, turrets and bastions that make up the Snowcastle on Great Slave Lake. While there will be a snow…
Yakeleya calls for water summit after news of leaking oil sand waste
The Dene national chief is calling for a water summit after learning that toxic oil sands waste in Alberta is leaking near the Athabasca River….
Ni Hat’ni Dene Guardians will patrol with new, nearly ‘indestructible’ sleds
Anyone enjoying Thaidene Nëné this winter may see the Ni Hat’ni Dene Guardians sliding by in some new and nearly indestructible sleds. Iris Catholique, manager…
One person diagnosed with COVID-19 in Fort Smith
The territory’s new rapid test machines have diagnosed on case of COVID-19 in Fort Smith. In a public health advisory, officials say the individual recently…