On Jan. 16 around 4:30 p.m., Iqaluit Emergency Services responded to a kitchen fire in the 900 neighbourhood. Firefighters arrived and soon located the fire, extinguishing it. There was no spread to neighbouring units.

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The emergency department at Stanton Territorial Hospital was the site of Covid-19 exposures three times between Jan. 9 and 11, according to the GNWT.

Nearing the end of January, some NWT residents ages 5 to 11 will be approaching the eight-week window to begin receiving second doses of Covid-19 vaccinations.

Residents of Behchok谦虁 can now sign up for internet speeds that are up to 16 times faster than before thanks to a new full-fibre internet service.

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Clinton Unka, of the Deninu KSA国际影视传媒檜e First Nation in Fort Resolution, has joined the field of candidates running in the byelection to fill the vacant Tu Nedh茅-Wiilideh seat.

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A worker driving a D6 dozer at Sabina Gold and SilverSA国际影视传媒檚 Back River project plunged through the ice near the companySA国际影视传媒檚 port facility at Bathurst Inlet and died on the afternoon of Jan. 17.

Six new locations across the NWT have been identified as Covid-19 outbreak sites, while five others have been identified as exposure sites.