Edwin Erutse, the 15 year incumbent president of the Yamoga Land Corporation, was re-elected on Monday according to the preliminary results. The results were posted on the Yamoga Land Corp. Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon. Curtis Manuel, Robert Bourassa, Daniel Jackson, Tammy Proctor, Darcy Edgi and Shawn Grandjambe were elected…
Fourteen more cases of COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday, including one in Tulita. Additionally two Yellowknife high school students have tested positive, one attends École St. Patrick High School and another who attends École Sir John Franklin School. “The two cases are unrelated and the infections were not acquired at…
The NWT is reporting 53 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. A press release says Yellowknife had the biggest jump in cases going from 42 on Friday to 59 Monday. The chief public health officer previously said there was low level community transmission in Yellowknife. In the Dehcho, Fort…
As Fort Good Hope navigates the COVID-19 outbreak, community members continue to do what they can to contribute. One of those is Brenda T’seleie-Pierrot, the former coordinator of emergency response. T’seleie-Pierrot has always contributed to her home of Fort Good Hope, including managing the men’s shelter, the first of its…
Norman Wells Mayor Frank Pope says his community had been cautious for the past 18 months, but just like the rest of the territory when summer came, restrictions began relaxing. “Right up to maybe a month or so back, and then we got this false sense of security that things…
There are now 265 active cases of COVID-19 across the Northwest Territories. Eighteen new cases were reported on Thursday, 12 of which were in Norman Wells bringing its total active case count to 41, the community was placed in a containment order for 10 days starting on Aug. 25. Behchokǫ̀…
Local Canadian Rangers from the Sahtú have been activated to help with the ongoing COVID outbreak, but the region is still awaiting more support. Fort Good Hope Chief Tommy Kakfwi says the community’s two local Rangers have begun assisting, but are waiting for five additional staff to be activated. On…
Colville Lake’s chief says the best thing he can do for the community is prevent panicking. Behdzi Ahda First Nation (Colville Lake) has 74 active cases of COVID-19. As the community continues to navigate the outbreak, Chief Wilbert Kochon says he had some good news on Monday. “We just went…
The territorial government is reporting another 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That brings the total number of active cases in the Northwest Territories to 198. There are 86 cases in Fort Good Hope, 73 in Colville Lake, eight in Délı̨nę, 10 in Norman Wells, one in Inuvik and 20 in…
North-Wright Airways is offering a discount for anyone hoping to ship supplies, including groceries, to those in the Sahtú. From Aug. 20-30 North-Wright Airways will be offering 30 per cent off on general and priority cargo rates for shipments from Yellowknife to all Sahtú communities. The airline says it is…