Posted: Jan 23, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 23
A file photo of solar panels in Colville Lake, N.W.T. Nihtat Energy Ltd. was recently awarded $800,000 for two solar projects in and around Inuvik. (John Last/CBC)
Less gas, more green.
That is the motto behind the Indigenous Off-Diesel Initiative, a federal program that recently awarded $800,000 toward green energy projects in Inuvik one of the biggest consumers of diesel in the north.
The money was awarded to Grant Sullivan, president of Nihtat Energy Ltd., a Gwich in development corporation.
Sullivan said he is hopeful to put the money to use this summer.
The N.W.T. s top doc on why you shouldn t hesitate to get the COVID-19 vaccine
While the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is being administered to residents of the Northwest Territories over the next three months, many people across the territory, including in Indigenous communities, are saying they won t take it or are not sure it s a good idea to take it.
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Posted: Jan 12, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 12
Caroline Douglas, a resident of the Jimmy Erasmus Seniors Home in Behchokǫ̀, gives the thumbs up sign after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She was the first person to receive the vaccine at the long-term care facility on Dec. 31. (N.W.T. Department of Health and Social Service)
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MLA Lesa Semmler, who is a nurse and worked in health promotion for 20 years, said the government of the Northwest Territories should have provided more public health education before the vaccine arrived so it could gain wider acceptance.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
As the Moderna vaccine rolls out in the N.W.T., Indigenous leaders say the territorial government must address vaccine hesitancy if it wants to reach target immunization levels.
The territory received 7,200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, and unveiled its
But Inuvik MLA Lesa Semmler says information sessions should have been conducted earlier by community health nurses to increase confidence in the vaccine.