Residents in Tulita, Délı̨nę and Fort Good Hope now have specific dates for when the mobile COVID-19 vaccination teams will visit their community. A team will be in in Délı̨nę on Jan. 19 and 20; in Tulita on Jan. 21 and 22; and finally, in Fort Good Hope on Jan….
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…
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…
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…
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…
Premier Caroline Cochrane defended the fact three senior government officials traveled outside the territory over the holidays despite her urging of residents not to do so. “While all residents were encouraged to avoid unnecessary travel, travel outside the NWT is not restricted,” she said at a press conference on Tuesday….
The NWT has begun vaccinating residents against COVID-19. This comes after Health Canada approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 23. In a press release, the chief public health officer says this is a turning point in the pandemic and the territory is expected to vaccinate around 75 per cent…
A non-resident traveling into Yellowknife for work tested positive to COVID-19 last week. The individual is asymptomatic and currently self-isolating. The chief public health officer announced the news in a press release on Jan. 1. The individual arrived in Yellowknife by domestic air travel, but the release says there is…
The Town of Hay River announced the opening of a new day shelter, only to find out there is still work to be done. Charles Sanders, spokesperson for the NWT Housing Corporation, says, 23 people have applied for access to the shelter so far. “The shelter has [the] capacity to…