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Community, Featured, Health, Life Style, News January 15, 2021

‘I know it’ll be better for us in the future’: Dettah residents lineup for COVID-19 vaccine

Public health travelled to the community with 190 doses.

Therese Sangris laughed through her mask as she held her arm, faking pain after receiving her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Therese and her husband, Modeste, were among dozens of residents that lined up for the vaccine in their home community of Dettah on Friday. Therese says she was…

Community, Featured, Health, News January 13, 2021

Pertussis outbreak in Dehcho

The office of the chief public health officer has confirmed seven cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in Fort Simpson and Jean Marie River, and has declared an outbreak in the region. The number of cases has grown since an initial advisory earlier this month. Health officials are advising residents in…

Community, Featured, Health, News December 18, 2020

Two separate cases of COVID-19 identified, possible travel risk

Two more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. One is a Yellowknife resident, the other is a non-resident worker at Gacho Kué mine. The Yellowknife case is travel-related and they have been self-isolating since their arrival. Health officials say there is no community exposure risk, but there may have been…

News December 10, 2020

Six communities get rapid COVID tests

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has sent rapid COVID tests to every region of the NWT. According to the NTHSSA, the Abbot ID Now machines can return results within 15 minutes. The NWT now has 21 of these machines. They will be available in Hay River, Fort…

Community, Featured, Health, News November 11, 2020

NWT’s 11th COVID case confirmed in Fort Smith

The chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kandola, has announced the NWT’s 11th confirmed case of COVID-19. In a notice sent Wednesday morning, public health officials say the case is travel-related and the individual is isolating with their household. They add there is no risk to the community as there…

Community, Featured, Health, News October 20, 2020

Inuvik COVID case confirmed; Yellowknife still waiting

The territorial government has received confirmation that an individual in Inuvik has COVID-19. “This individual… is recovery safely at home,” reads a GNWT public notice. On Friday, the government announced three presumptive cases — one in Inuvik and two in Yellowknife. The person in Inuvik drove to the community from…

Featured, Health, Industry, News July 31, 2020

COVID-19 case at Diavik mine confirmed

Twenty-seven people remain in isolation at the site.

One individual has been confirmed to have COVID-19 at the Diavik Diamond Mine. Yesterday, the NWT government announced a presumptive case; it has since been confirmed by an Alberta lab. “The individual remains self-isolated in a designated isolation area onsite and continues to show no symptoms,” says the territorial government…

Community, Featured, Health, News May 6, 2020

CPHO says NWT in ‘home stretch’ to easing public health orders, plan still to come

In a half-hour long news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola did little more than tease an upcoming plan to ease the public health orders that have been in place for more than a month in the NWT. Dr. Kandola said the easing of those…

Community, Featured, Health, Life Style, News, Politics April 8, 2020

GNWT ramps up public health orders enforcement with new taskforce

The Government of the Northwest Territories is toughening its response to people disobeying the public orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the GNWT announced it was putting together a taskforce responsible for enforcing the orders. According to Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola, the taskforce is a “direct…

Featured, Health, Life Style, News March 28, 2020

Chief public health officer calls out resident defying travel restriction orders

NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola is denouncing a resident that ignored her orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For the past week, all NWT residents returning to the territory need to spend 14 days in self-isolation in either Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik or Fort Smith. As…