Eighty-five prisoners from jails in the Northwest Territories are being transferred to Alberta s correctional system as wildfires bear down on Yellowknife one of the first times in Canadian history a natural disaster has forced a large-scale movement of prisoners between jurisdictions.
YELLOWKNIFE - Residents of the Northwest Territories capital and some neighbouring communities have been ordered to evacuate the area by Friday because of an encroaching wildfire.
A 37-year-old case manager at the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre in Hay River, N.W.T., is charged with voyeurism, sexual assault, sexual interference and child luring after an investigation that began in 2020.
N.W.T. correctional centre inmates receive COVID-19 vaccine this week
Inmates at the North Slave Correctional Complex in Yellowknife and the Fort Smith Correctional Complex wanting the COVID-19 vaccine were able to receive it Wednesday.
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Posted: Jan 20, 2021 3:59 PM CT | Last Updated: January 20
Inmates at the the North Slave Correctional Complex in Yellowknife recieved their COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday. Vaccine clinics are being held at jails across the N.W.T. this week. (Walter Strong/CBC)
Inmates at the North Slave Correctional Complex in Yellowknife and the Fort Smith Correctional Complex wanting the COVID-19 vaccine were able to receive it Wednesday.