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…
Inuvik residents have grown accustomed to the darkness but say they’re excited to welcome back the light. This year residents cant gather for its annual festival, instead, they meet online. Today at 1:39 p.m. begins the first sunrise of a new year for the community. “It just becomes a pattern…
Residents in the NWT’s most remote communities should expect to see mobile vaccination teams arrive starting next week. On Tuesday, the territorial government released its strategy to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. While the majority of doses will be kept for priority groups over the next two months, some communities will…
Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation has confirmed Chief Darryl Marlowe was in a accident but is recovering. ŁKDFN SAO Hanna Catholique confirmed Marlowe was in a snowmobile accident and is at the Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife. But she says he is doing well. With updates. More details to come.
Starting today, residents traveling outside the Northwest Territories for leisure will be responsible to cover the cost of their stay at a self-isolation centre. Premier Caroline Cochrane announced the territorial government would no longer cover the costs in a press conference on Dec. 1. As the changes go into effect…