Yellowknifer

Registration is now open for the 49th Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum, Nov. 24 to Nov. 26.

The NWT experienced the worst wildfire season in its history in 2014, having seen 3.5 million hectares burned, 11 communities threatened, two community evacuations, three evacuations of remote cottage areas, two extended territorial park closures, numerous highway closures and threats to hydroelectric generation facilities and critical communications infrastructure.

City facilities will open for business Monday after being shuttered for weeks in response to the community-spread outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant.

The health authority is reminding those applying for exemptions to vaccine mandates that there are only two reasons public health will issue a medical vaccine exemption: a severe allergic reaction to a previous dose of the vaccine (anaphylaxis) inflammation of the heart or thin wall surrounding the heart as a result of a previous dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, referred to medically as myocarditis or pericarditis

“Water, water everywhere, and nary a drop to drink”

The recent inquiry into the behaviour of Tu Nedhé-Wıı̀lıı̀deh MLA Stephen Norn has unearthed other questions about the outsized influence of the clerk’s office.

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) is advising that the Yellowknife Public Health Unit will be operating at reduced services from Oct. 21-Nov. 5 to facilitate seasonal flu vaccine clinics alongside Covid-19 vaccine clinics at Centre Square Mall.

Residents in several NWT communities will be able to bring an expanded list of electronics and electrical products to their recycling depots over the next two years.

Trustees with the Yellowknife Catholic School board have unanimously endorsed the creation of a vaccine mandate for teachers and staff.

Yellowknife schools will return to in-person learning on Oct. 25.