All Yellowknife schools to close as 6 new cases and 10 probable cases of COVID-19 identified
Several public exposure notices have been issued following news that the outbreak at N.J. Macpherson School now includes six cases of COVID-19 and 10 probable cases of the illness.
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Posted: May 02, 2021 11:09 PM CT | Last Updated: May 3
The city of Yellowknife on May 2, 2021. Schools in Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah move to remote learning on Monday, May 3, as public health officials grapple with a growing cluster of COVID-19. (Sara Minogue/CBC)
Several public exposure notices have been issued following news that the outbreak at N.J. Macpherson School in Yellowknife now includes six cases and 10 probable cases of COVID-19.
N.W.T. health officials address Yellowknife school COVID-19 outbreak
Public health officials will address the COVID-19 situation in Yellowknife at 11:30 a.m. MT. An outbreak was announced at N.J. Macpherson School over the weekend.
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Officials give update on COVID-19 outbreak in Yellowknife
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LiveOfficials with the government of the Northwest Territories update the public on the COVID-19 outbreak in Yellowknife.0:00
Public health officials will address the COVID-19 situation in the Northwest Territories Monday, after an outbreak was declared at a school in Yellowknife over the weekend.
The two-week closure of N.J. Macpherson School was announced by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) late Saturday night after identifying one case at the institution and four other probable cases closely linked to the first.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 1:42 PM CT | Last Updated: April 30
Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn will be a topic of discussion at a caucus meeting Tuesday, an email sent to members Thursday suggests.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
Northwest Territories MLAs will meet Tuesday to discuss the case of an MLA who identified himself as a positive COVID-19 case and who was later reported to have broken isolation.
An email sent to MLAs Thursday by caucus chair and Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson, and obtained by CBC News, says members will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the recent COVID[-19] situation and more specifically the situation regarding MLA [Steve] Norn.
N.W.T. infrastructure minister says she was potentially exposed to COVID-19
Minister Diane Archie says she was among the passengers on an inbound flight to Inuvik that had a passenger infected with COVID-19, and that she was sitting in in one of the affected rows.
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Posted: Apr 27, 2021 6:53 PM CT | Last Updated: April 28
The Inuvik airport in this 2016 file photo. N.W.T. cabinet minister Diane Archie says she was on the Canadian North flight over the weekend from Edmonton to Inuvik which had a public exposure notice for COVID-19.(CBC)
Politicians are not allowed to break the law says N.W.T. premier
N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane doubled down on her comments that there are consequences for breaking COVID-19 protocols on The Trailbreaker Tuesday morning.
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Posted: Apr 27, 2021 10:21 AM CT | Last Updated: April 27
N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane spoke with CBC s The Trailbreaker on Tuesday morning. She says no one is above the law in the territory.(Walter Strong/CBC)
N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane is doubling down on her comments that there are consequences for breaking COVID-19 protocols.
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The Trailbreaker on Tuesday morning, Cochrane said no one is above the law in the territory.