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Featured, Health, News, Politics September 25, 2020

COVID-19 secretariat: smaller staff, more efficient, more expensive

Russell Neudorf, associate deputy minister, says it will cost $2.6 million more on top of the GNWT's current pandemic response to establish the secretariat.


The territorial government acknowledges it needs to improve its communications around COVID-19, especially regarding its proposed secretariat. Speaking with reporters Thursday morning, Russell Neudorf, the man in charge of the project, said all these questions are partly the government’s fault. “I believe this is in part because we may not…

Featured, Health, News September 25, 2020

GNWT holds survey on vaping regulations

The Government of the Northwest Territories is holding a survey to determine new regulations around vaping products. The survey is being done in an effort to reduce the number of youth whose health has been affected by vaping or smoking, a press release says. The survey is being run by…

Featured, Health, News September 24, 2020

Mandatory masks coming to YK Independent grocery stores

Customers and staff will soon be required to wear a face covering while inside all Independent grocery stores in Yellowknife. Loblaw Public Relations says the decision was made as guidelines from public health determine wearing a mask is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially…

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Community, Featured, Industry, Life Style, News, Politics September 24, 2020

Gwich’in Tribal Council supports Mi’kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia

Newly-elected Gwich’in Grand Chief Ken Smith has thrown his support behind Mi’kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia exercising their “inherent and constitutionally protected” treaty rights. In a statement on Thursday, the Gwich’in Tribal Council said it stood in solidarity with the Sipekne’katik First Nation. A conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers…

Community, Featured, News September 24, 2020

Indigenous wellness company nominated for Business Resilience Awards

"We had to look at creative ways to deliver our programs and services," says Jean Erasmus, co-owner of Dene Wellness Warriors.


For the first time, Dene Wellness Warriors have been nominated for the Indigenous Entrepreneurship Resiliency Award and the Community Impact Award by the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce. Jean and Roy Erasmus – owners of Dene Wellness Warriors company have been in operation since 2014 and have never thought of having…

Featured, News, Politics September 24, 2020

What the throne speech means for the NWT

Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and reconciliation were major components of the speech.


“Now is not the time for austerity,” was one of the key lines from the Liberal government’s throne speech on Wednesday. The speech addressed the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, reconciliation and several other major issues affecting the Northwest Territories.   Officially called the Speech from the Throne, this is a practice…

Featured, News September 24, 2020

City council narrows list of possible temporary homeless shelter locations

Yellowknife City Council are ruling out several locations for a temporary homeless shelter. The temporary shelter is needed for the winter months as COVID-19 restrictions limit the amount of people able to use other shelters. Government of the Northwest Territories representatives, including Sara Chorostkowski, the NWT’s director of mental wellness…

Featured, Health, News September 22, 2020

Diavik COVID-19 case cleared

The office of the chief public health officer (OCPHO) says the investigation into a case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine is over. The case was confirmed positive on Sept. 10. Dr. Kami Kandola’s office sent a public health advisory saying the mine’s medical team tested the person’s contacts and…

Featured, News September 22, 2020

Feds invest $8M into NWT green energy products

Several green energy initiatives are launching across the territory as a result of federal funding. The federal government is investing $8 million into eight projects, Michael McLeod, MP for the NWT, announced in a press release on Tuesday. Recipients include the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation who are using the funding to…

Featured, News, Politics September 22, 2020

What an Erin O’Toole government would mean for the NWT

Supporters say O'Toole will provide more responsibility to the territory, opponents say he will be the same as Stephen Harper.


Wally Schumann, a former territorial cabinet minister, says he is considering running as a member of the Conservative Party in the next federal election. “I’m having a good, hard look at it,” he says. Schumann says he’s never been a member of a political party, but adds he trusts the…