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Yellowknife’s 51 Street day and sobering shelter now open following COVID-19 outbreak

Yellowknife’s 51 Street day and sobering shelter now open following COVID-19 outbreak

NWT health authority says more space still needed to house city’s homeless
Behchokǫ̀ public health order extended, expanded

Behchokǫ̀ public health order extended, expanded

The chief public health officer of the Northwest Territories has extended emergency order limiting travel to and from Behchokǫ̀.
Notes from the trail: Does the 10-day lockdown target small business?

Notes from the trail: Does the 10-day lockdown target small business?

No one denies that we needed immediate and determined action to turn the tide of COVID sweeping through the territories around. However, this 10-day lock down seems to target the private sector most of all at a time when it was trying so hard to get back on its feet.
UPDATED: Norn lawyer says date of hearing, days before MLAs return to session, is ‘politically motivated’

UPDATED: Norn lawyer says date of hearing, days before MLAs return to session, is ‘politically motivated’

The first day of an inquiry into a complaint about the conduct of MLA Steve Norn ended with procedural wrangling, accusations of political motivation and a still-missing Steve Norn.
Covid-19 ‘boosters’ available to some seniors in North Slave, including Yellowknife

Covid-19 ‘boosters’ available to some seniors in North Slave, including Yellowknife

Seniors in the North Slave are set to receive a third Covid-19 vaccine booster, according to the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA).
New exposure notices for Yellowknife include grocers, downtown restaurant

New exposure notices for Yellowknife include grocers, downtown restaurant

Public health officials have updated their list of Covid-19 exposure notices to include new times and locations including both Independent grocers.
Book review: laying in the grass

Book review: laying in the grass

Self-described as “small compared with the magnitude of its themes,” Trevor Herriot’s book Towards a Prairie Atonement fuses the conventions of historical and ecological writing to craft a book that insightfully explores both the land and people of the Canadian Prairies.
Counsellor’s corner: the art of grieving during a pandemic

Counsellor’s corner: the art of grieving during a pandemic

Like most of us, I have been mourning what I thought to be constants that I thought all of us understood to be true, before the pandemic struck in March of 2020.
YK Seniors’ Society director confirms Baker Community Centre is COVID-19 exposure location

YK Seniors’ Society director confirms Baker Community Centre is COVID-19 exposure location

The Baker Community Centre at Aven Manor has been listed as a Covid-19 exposure location.
Letter: In Yellowknife, our history is our present

Letter: In Yellowknife, our history is our present

Dear editor,