Arctic Indigenous Wellness Camp takes its breakfast program to the streets
Due to a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Yellowknife, many businesses and organizations have had to close their doors temporarily, and the Arctic Indigenous Wellness…
Homelessness
New Hay River day shelter already has a wait-list
An Internal government report confirms seven people are on a wait-list daily to access services.
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…
Emergency shelter opens in Hay River
An emergency overnight shelter has opened in Hay River. The shelter is in the Kujat building on Industrial Drive and can receive up to 15…
Territorial government goes back to the drawing board after rejected day shelter proposal
"The day shelter is temporary, the best thing we could do is to have housing for everybody," says Rebecca Alty, mayor for Yellowknife.
Since the proposal for a temporary lease of the lower level of the former side door centre for at-risk youth was rejected by the city…
Fort Good Hope gets plan to address housing needs
The K’asho Got’ı̨nę Housing Society will be building 20 new homes and repairing another 50 to improve housing in Fort Good Hope. The projects are…
Lack of support from housing corporation leads to funding rejection for Arnica Inn transition to affordable housing
Bree Denning says she was surprised to hear the NWT Housing Corporation didn’t support the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s project to turn the Arnica Inn into…
Day Shelter and Sobering Centre policy changes coming into effect
A new policy aiming to help only homeless clients of the Yellowknife Sobering Centre goes into effect today. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services…