As speakers mostly chose to pat themselves on the back in completing the $350-million Stanton Territorial Hospital “on time and on budget” as Minister Caroline Cochrane repeated on behalf of the premier, the staffing shortages and service interruptions went largely unmentioned. Cochrane added that the new hospital is designed to…
Folks in Gameti are getting off the couch and getting active! With less than a week to go in the Participaction Community Better Challenge , the fly-in Tlicho Community is ranked 12th in the top 20 communities from across Canada in the running for the healthy competition. $150,000 dollars is…
Parasites take over a body—or host—multiply, weaken the host and drain it of its nutrients. That’s exactly what happened when colonizers came over from Europe to Turtle Island, says Dr. Donna May Kimmliardjuk. And she would know, Dr. Kimmliardjuk is both a physician and Indigenous—she’s the first Inuk heart surgeon…
To kick off National Nurses Week, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (RNANT/NU) signed and Memorandum of Understanding to introduce a single regulatory body for all nurses in the territory. Right now, nursing positions are registered differently—if at all—in…
It’s no secret many people across the territory need to travel for medical reasons. Starting in June, the Department of Health and Social Services is making changes to the Medical Travel Program, which pays a portion of the travel costs for NWT residents who need to access insured health services…