The annual Slave River Paddlefest is cancelled this year because of COVID-19. Paddlefest’s website describes it as a celebration of the Slave River, one of the world’s best lesser-known whitewater paddling destinations. John Blyth, president of the Fort Smith Paddling Club, said the event would’ve been difficult to host while…
Well it’s official. There have been no COVID-19 cases in the Northwest Territories for 28 days, meaning the first phase of the territorial government’s plan to relax the public health orders can begin immediately. Under the first phase of the Emerging Wisely plan, residents can now have up to five…
Friday, May 15 is the crucial day to see whether the public health orders in the NWT will begin to relax. If there are still no active cases by then, it would mark two incubation periods, or 28 days, since the last confirmed case recovered. According to the territorial government’s…