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New collective looks to change reproductive healthcare in NWT

WEBAfter a first meeting on Flack’s front lawn, the group set to work establishing a shared goal: making perinatal and reproductive health support more accessible in the …

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Photos: Inside new Stanton Hospital, now open for business

WEBYellowknife’s new, $350-million hospital opened its doors to patients for the first time – on time – on Sunday morning. From 6am, patients were told to attend the …

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What the NWT’s chief public health officer learned from the …

WEBDr Kami Kandola: I was the chief medical health officer – that was the term – back during H1N1, so I was the spokesperson for that specific pandemic.So when we …

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Q&A: The future of providing healthcare in the North

WEBAlberta rheumatologist Dr Steven Katz subsequently told Cabin Radio the territory’s health authority had missed opportunities to preserve a program that allowed …

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Celebrating Indigenous Nurses Day in Behchokò

WEBTo all the nurses out there providing the best care they can during this pandemic and especially to the nurses who are working in areas with staffing issues, …

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New non-profit supports NWT residents during medical travel

WEBA non-profit launching in Edmonton says it aims to provide NWT residents on medical travel with “a familiar face” as they receive care in the city. The organization, …

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Keep trying, says NWT as residents wait weeks for flu shots

WEBEarlier this week, the territory’s chief public health officer said there had been a significant increase in flu across the NWT but particularly in Yellowknife. Wastewater …

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Old Stanton renamed łıwegǫ̀atì Building as reopening is delayed

WEBThe territory opened a naming process for the building in December last year, and said this week it had received 150 suggestions. Frame Lake is the lake beside …

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Feds announce $24M for Yellowknife wellness and recovery centre

WEBThe federal government say it will invest just over $24 million to help the GNWT build a new wellness and recovery centre in Yellowknife. The centre, to be built …

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‘Significant increase in flu cases’ in Yellowknife

WEBThe NWT – and Yellowknife in particular – is in the grip of a “significant increase” in flu cases, the territory’s chief public health officer says. Dr Kami Kandola’s …

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Midwifery program returns to Fort Smith

WEBNow, the midwifery service will officially resume on February 5 at the Fort Smith Health Centre. “Over the past year, the [Northwest Territories Health and Social …

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Five-year project examines how NWT can increase HPV vaccination

WEBMeaghan Brackenbury · March 23, 2021. A vial of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is prepared in the Northwest Territories on December 31, 2020. Photo: GNWT. More than $2 million …

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UNW and GNWT negotiations appear to stall over agency nurses

WEBIn February, the CBC reported the territory had spent $5.2 million on agency nurses in the past year. The GNWT has said there are no alternatives in situations …

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GNWT confirms 51 St for new YK recovery centre, shares designs

WEBA new wellness and recovery centre for Yellowknife will definitely be built on 51 Street, the NWT government said as it shared videos showcasing the facility’s …

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What healthcare is available for returning Fort Smith evacuees

WEBFort Smith’s midwifery service will return to “pre-evacuation status” on Thursday, September 21. The Northern Lights special care home will remain closed for …

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Addictions awareness week kicks off with wellness walk

WEBMore than 100 students, wellness workers, and community members joined the annual wellness walk in downtown Yellowknife on Monday afternoon, marking the …

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You can now book lab appointments at Yellowknife’s hospital

WEBThe NWT’s health authority has new options for accessing lab services at Yellowknife’s hospital. In a notice on Monday, the health authority said residents can …

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Hospital services reduced, some patients moved as precaution

WEBSome Yellowknife long-term care patients are being moved south and some hospital services reduced in what the NWT’s health authority called a precautionary …

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Doctor who sterilized woman without consent apologizes in …

WEBSteven Cooper, the patient’s lawyer, is part of the team leading a proposed $550-million class action lawsuit in Alberta seeking damages on behalf of Indigenous …

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