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19 Indigenous participants training to become wellness counsellors

Northern Indigenous Counsellor Training program theme song about need for Indigenous counsellors and hope.


Nineteen Indigenous participants are in the process of becoming trained wellness counsellors. This is part of the Northern Indigenous Counsellor Training (NICT) program run by Jean and Roy Erasmus, owners of Dene Wellness Warriors, an Indigenous-run counselling service in Yellowknife. The NICT is being offered in partnership with Vancouver-based Rhodes…


Individual diagnosed with COVID-19 in Hay River

One person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Hay River. A public health notice says the person was tested after returning from domestic travel. They are now isolating and doing well, according Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer. Her office identified two flights with possible exposure risk stemming from…


NWT to receive 51K doses of COVID vaccines in early 2021

The territory is aiming to vaccinate 75 per cent of the adult population within the first three months of the year.


The NWT chief public health officer (CPHO) says the territory will be receiving thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines within the first few months of 2021.  The territory is expecting over 51,000 doses — enough to vaccinate 75 per cent of NWT residents aged 18 and older. Each person will…


One person dead in excavator accident in Fort Simpson

RCMP are reporting a “sudden death” following an apparent excavator accident in Fort Simpson. In a news release, police say officers in the community received a call about 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 8. They attended the scene on the Mackenzie Highway and found an excavator had “gone into standing water…






Western Arctic Youth Collective a finalist for AIP youth category

The Arctic Inspiration Prize is an annual competition aimed at supporting and bolstering innovative projects in the North to benefit northerners.


A youth-led organization from the Northwest Territories is a finalist for the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP). The Western Arctic Youth Collective was started in 2018 by a group of Inuvialuit and Gwich’in youth from the Beaufort Delta, aiming to provide youth-led programing and support. Alyssa Carpenter is one of the…


Six communities get rapid COVID tests 

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has sent rapid COVID tests to every region of the NWT. According to the NTHSSA, the Abbot ID Now machines can return results within 15 minutes. The NWT now has 21 of these machines. They will be available in Hay River, Fort…