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Tłı̨chǫ family ask for prayers, support as daughter hospitalized with severe COVID

"I've gone through some hardships in my life. But COVID took a toll on me and my family,” says Norma Zoe.


Norma Zoe says she is living every parent’s worst nightmare. She spoke with CKLB over the phone on Monday afternoon while sitting in an Edmonton hospital beside her 13-year-old daughter Julissa Mantla, who has a severe case of COVID-19. “She wants to go home,” Zoe says, “if I could, I…





GNWT requiring all employees be vaccinated against COVID

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is now requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of November. Previously the GNWT only required employees who worked with vulnerable populations to be fully vaccinated, but the GNWT announced in a press release the policy would be…



Fort McPherson issues travel advisory

Amid the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Inuvik, residents in Fort McPherson have grown concerned for their safety – leading community governments to issue a travel advisory. Gary McBride is the senior administrative officer for the Hamlet and he’s concerned for residents, especially Elders. “A lot of our population does…


COVID-19 vaccine stolen from Yellowknife hotel: RCMP

Jeremy Kuneyuna, 27, is facing charges related to an alleged break and enter, and theft at a Yellowknife hotel on Sept. 28. “A nursing station situated within the hotel had been breached and among the items that were missing were vials of COVID-19 vaccine,” reads and RCMP news release. Police…