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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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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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UNW and GNWT negotiations appear to stall over agency nurses

WEBThis practice is consistent with the collective agreement,” the NWT government’s Department of Finance said in a statement last week. “Agency nurses are …

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Yellowknife’s old hospital reopens soon. Here’s what’s moving.

WEBThe refurbished old hospital – replaced by a new one in 2019 – reopens in May as the Łıwegǫ̀atì Building. If you don’t know how to speak Wılı̀ı̀deh yatı, here’s an …

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NWT premier and provinces, territories to meet Trudeau over …

WEB“This per-capita payment is an important piece of what pays for healthcare in the Northwest Territories. However, it does not do enough to address the extraordinary …

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GNWT begins work on new health centre for Tulita

WEBReports several years ago suggested the facility had been bumped to 2022-23 in the territorial government’s financial planning. At the time, then-Sahtu MLA …

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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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Midwifery program returns to Fort Smith

WEBThe midwifery program was scaled back at the beginning of last January when NWT’s health authority was unable to find enough staff. Over the past year, …

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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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Fort Simpson may be waiting till 2029 for new health centre

WEBIn 2015, the CBC reported a planned Fort Simpson health centre had been expected to open in 2016 but was instead pushed back until at least the early 2020s. In …

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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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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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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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Why can’t Hay River find even a single doctor to live in the town

WEBIn the NWT’s legislature, Hay River South MLA Rocky Simpson said Hay River’s inability to hire even a single resident doctor – for years – was “placing residents’ …

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Inuk woman alleges she was sterilized against her will in Yellowknife

WEBAn Inuk woman from Tuktoyaktuk has filed a more than $6.5-million lawsuit alleging she was sterilized against her wishes at Yellowknife’s Stanton Territorial …

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NWT child’s counselling file missing for years in ‘serious breach’

WEBA child’s counselling file has been missing from an NWT health authority office for years after a departing counsellor tried to hand over paper records of their …

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