Yellowknifer

YK Cupcake Queens stopped taking orders during the summer for some much needed time off with family.

The day shelter on 50 Street is closing due to a staffing shortage linked to the pandemic.

When I read the news that the courthouse in Yellowknife had been issued a covid advisory for three consecutive days, I thought ‘OK that is a little ironic and rather symbolic, that the horrible Covid had invaded the Halls of Justice. That is a bit of a milestone, or kilometre marker. I’m sure it was no fun for those who work there, but it does show that no place that people go is completely safe from the dreaded covid.

Several City of Yellowknife programs, facilities and services are changing in line with public health orders announced on Sept. 8 by chief public health officer Dr. Kami Kandola.

As cases of Covid-19 rack up in Behchokǫ̀ and the community comes under containment order, GNWT leaders are calling on citizens to follow health guidelines and get vaccinated if they haven’t done so already.

The Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation has received a $50,000 estate donation in memory of Avis “Mavis” Luella Lillegran, the foundation said in a news release on Sept. 9.

On Sept. 8, on the corner of Franklin Avenue and 49 Street, around 12 p.m., a group of protesters varying in ages from high schoolers to adults, protested about climate change.

Frame Lake MLA Kevin O’Reilly is an earthy guy.

The legislative assembly building in Yellowknife is closed to the public until further notice amid the latest public health orders, the assembly said in a news release Sept. 9.