Chief Public Health Officer

Community, Featured, Health, News December 9, 2020

Hundreds currently in self-isolation to be tested following positive COVID-19 wastewater results

The chief public health officer is asking people in self-isolation between Nov. 30 and Dec. 9 to get tested, even without symptoms.


Dr. Kami Kandola says the request for everyone currently in self-isolation to get tested for COVID-19 is being done out of an “abundance of precaution.” The chief public health officer issued an advisory earlier Wednesday saying traces of the virus were found in Yellowknife’s wastewater. At least one undetected case…

Featured, News August 21, 2020

What classes will look like in each school across the NWT

With the first day of school only 10 days, here is what the education leaders have planned.


Re-opening plans for all 49 schools in the territory have been formally approved by Government of the Northwest Territories. The department of Education, Culture and Employment, and the chief public health officer has released plans for the school year which features masks, physical distancing and scheduling changes. The majority of…