The COVID-19 Coordinating Secretariat today released the report What We Heard- Evolving COVID-19 Self-Isolation Policies in the Northwest Territories. The report provides a summary of input received about self-isolation locations and payment for isolation centre stays from Indigenous governments, community governments and business stakeholders.

The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Geoscience Symposium begins today.

The free symposium will showcase approximately 60 research posters and pre-recorded oral presentations online at: www.geosympos.ca.

The symposium has been organized by the Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS), and the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines in place of the NWT/NU Geoscience Forum which was cancelled this year as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. 

Presentations are organized in the following themes:

Providing stable housing solutions for our most vulnerable residents is a priority for this government. The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is dedicated to providing effective and considerate programming that meets the needs of NWT residents facing housing insecurity.

Today, the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, Paulie Chinna in collaboration with the Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities is announcing the opening of the Hay River Shelter for persons experiencing homelessness.

Businesses and residents will receive better service from Protect NWT and 8-1-1 as new call centre technology comes online this week.

The new call centre technology provides assurance that all calls will be answered and none will be dropped from the system while callers are on hold, allows for better data management, and improves call triage procedures. Business callers will also be given an option to connect to an operator who can provide them with business-specific responses.

Infrastructure projects will play a significant role in the economic recovery of the Northwest Territories post-COVID-19. These Estimates inject money into the economy and provide business and employment opportunities for residents, while delivering the critical infrastructure the NWT needs to provide important programs and services.

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the City of Yellowknife and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to announce, in partnership with the Federal government, the successful distribution of $1.583 million in COVID-19 emergency support funding. This funding is being provided for sport organizations by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.

More than 219 kilometres of highways in the Northwest Territories were improved this summer and fall, including:

·       200 kilometres of chipseal overlay

·       19 kilometres of roadway rehabilitation

·       Four bridge rehabilitation/maintenance projects

·       Pre-engineering work for several culvert replacements and one major culvert repair

A new campaign launched by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is calling on everyone across the territory to mask up to protect each other as the COVID-19 risk grows across Canada. 

The Most Important Thing I’m Wearing campaign  encourages residents to wear non-medical masks as a way to take responsibility for protecting each other in situations where it is difficult to follow physical distancing requirements of two meters .

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories.