Schools in Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilo and Behchokǫ̀ will be able to reopen for in-person learning as early as Monday, May 17, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola told reporters during a Wednesday news conference. Kandola did say, however, that while she is lifting the order to close schools it…
Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer, said “about 90 per cent” of COVID-19 infections from the N.J. Macpherson school outbreak in Yellowknife are in youth with the remaining being household contacts. There are still 47 positive COVID-19 cases and three presumptive cases related to the outbreak. “There have been…
Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer, has confirmed there are now eight active cases of COVID-19 and 12 probable cases related to an outbreak at N.J. Macpherson School in Yellowknife. “We are on the brink of community spread,” Kandola told reporters in a press conference on Monday. “When we…
In a press conference Monday morning, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola urged residents not to panic amid the new cluster of cases in Yellowknife. Dr. Kandola said there are 90 contacts related to confirmed cases from the Yellowknife cluster. She said many are isolating, 85 have been tested…
After three rounds of voting, members of the 19th Assembly have elected the first woman to be Premier since division of the NWT in 1999. Range Lake MLA Caroline Cochrane will officially become the new premier on Friday through a motion during the first session of the new assembly. Speaking…
Investing in Women and Gender Equality in Territorial politics. That is what NWT MP Michael Mcleod announced alongside NWT Status of Women Minister Caroline Cochrane. THe northern investment totals just over a millions dollars with $525,000 for the NWT with the territory kicking in another $121,000. Nunavut will receive $600,000….
For the first time in the Northwest Territories, the federal Green Party has two people seeking the nomination to run in this fall’s general election. The two candidates are former City Councillor and lawyer Paul Falvo and William Gagnon. Green members will be voting on Friday May 10th at the…