Posted: Apr 26, 2021 7:44 AM CT | Last Updated: April 26
N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane said there will be consequences for those who get caught breaking COVID-19 public health orders. She also urged people to show compassion and kindness to those who have the disease.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
Premier Caroline Cochrane says there are no excuses for breaking COVID-19 public health orders, as a cluster of cases in the city of Yellowknife continues to grow.
"I want to be clear that there are consequences when people don't follow [the rules]" she said in a statement Sunday.
The comments come amid a controversy surrounding Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn, who identified himself as one of the cases and who, by Sunday, had been linked to a cluster of four other cases and 90 contacts.