The office of the chief public health officer has confirmed seven cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in Fort Simpson and Jean Marie River, and has declared an outbreak in the region. The number of cases has grown since an initial advisory earlier this month. Health officials are advising residents in…
Air Canada is suspending flights to Yellowknife beginning Jan. 23. In a press release, the airline wrote its “overall network capacity” is down about 80 per cent from 2019. “Operating in this environment is not sustainable and we have made difficult decisions to suspend all passenger operations to Yellowknife airport…
An NWT organization is reminding residents to share their thoughts on the quality of telecommunications services in the North. DigitalNWT.ca’s campaign #NWTDigitalDivide, reminds residents of the Jan. 20 deadline for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) online public consultation. Kyle Napier, of Fort Smith, is a spokesperson for DigitalNWT.ca….
One man has been charged with homicide after a body was discovered in Yellowknife last Friday. Moran Nitsiza of Yellowknife was arrested, the RCMP say in a press release. Police say the incident occurred near one of the city’s shelters in a building in the area of 50 St. and…
The Department of Lands’ offices were closed Monday morning due to an individual entering the space over the weekend that was supposed to be self-isolating. The individual had previously left the Northwest Territories. In a press release, the Government of the Northwest Territories says workers on the first floor of…
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief George Mackenzie says he has requested a meeting with the department of infrastructure after the New Years Eve fatal collision on Highway 3. “We cannot take this accident lightly. It was a very serious, bad accident,” Mackenzie says. On Dec. 31 at approximately 5 p.m., RCMP received…
Lesa Semmler says she feels like the territorial government is trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to administering the COVID-19 vaccine. The Inuvik-Twin Lakes MLA says the GNWT should do more to leverage local healthcare workers in the regional centres to get the vaccine to communities. The COVID-19…
Police are investigating after a 38-year-old man was found dead in a Yellowknife building. In a press release, the RCMP say they responded to a call to service regarding a “sudden death.” The man was found unresponsive on Jan. 8 around 7:30 a.m. in a building in the area of…
On Saturday, Dec. 5 Myrine Kakfwi felt sick. “By Monday, he said he was coughing so bad that he started coughing up blood,” says Dolly Pierrot, Myrine’s mother. Now just over a month later he sits in the Intensive Care Unit of an Edmonton hospital, diagnosed with COVID-19. Myrine grew…
The COVID-19 testing site in Yellowknife has moved for the sake of space. The NWT Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) announced the move from the primary care clinic to 108 Archibald Street. The move is to ensure the testing site has adequate surge capacity and reduces the impact on…