Families that are expecting to have a baby in the next three months in Yellowknife will now need to go to Edmonton. On Monday afternoon, the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority announced it would be reducing birth services to emergencies only at Stanton Territorial Hospital due to staff…
Health officials are anticipating they will receive doses of the Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) COVID-19 vaccine in the “coming weeks” and then start vaccinating children ages five to 11. Health Canada approved the vaccine for use in children last Friday. The doses for children under 12 are one-third the strength of adults…
Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for children between five and 11-years old. It’s the first vaccine to be approved for children in that age group. Health Canada made the announcement Friday morning, saying the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks in children. The approved doses are…
After a grueling two-month postponement, Jackson Lafferty has been elected Tłı̨chǫ grand chief. Unofficial results came in past midnight to find Lafferty and his community Drum dancing in and around his home. Dozens gathered to congratulate the new chief as he embarks on this new chapter. “It feels great this…
Steve Norn says he isn’t going anywhere — for now. During a news conference on Thursday afternoon, the Tu Nehdé-Wiilideh MLA said, “I’m still going to be doing my job here until I’m voted out or told otherwise.” The remark came a day after the sole adjudicator that oversaw the…
Raised by her grandparents, Suzanne Boucher-Hanna gained her beading skills from her grandmother as well as traditional knowledge. K’estuwé Pieces is run by Boucher-Hanna and her daughter Skye, currently going to school for social work. Beading can mean different things for different people; for K’estuwé Pieces, based in Hay River,…
The Tulít’a land corporation has announced the results of its election on Wednesday evening. David Menacho has been elected as president. He was previously the organization’s vice president. Menacho received 122 votes to Douglas Yallee’s 56 votes Three people were also vote in as directors, including: Janet Bayha, Lee Ann…
The sole adjudicator that oversaw the public hearing into the conduct complaints against Steve Norn has recommended the Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA lose his seat in the Legislative Assembly. In a 191-page report, Ronald Barclay, a retired judge from Saskatchewan, wrote that Norn had “betrayed the trust and confidence of the…
After a year and a half of no COVID-19 cases in Tuktoyaktuk, Jackie Jacobson says the current outbreak has left the community feeling like “a deer in the headlights.” Making sure the community sticks together is the best way through the ongoing outbreak, says the Nunakput MLA. Extra nurses and…
Yellowknife RCMP is looking for a person that allegedly carried out a shooting last Thursday. It took police more than 48 hours to notify the public of the incident. In the early morning of Nov. 11, officers arrived at the scene in the area of 51A Ave. and found a…