YELLOWKNIFE (December 6, 2023) - The Chief Public Health Officer is issuing an advisory to notify the public of a significant increase in influenza cases in the NWT over the past week, with the...
YELLOWKNIFE (28 November 2023) – The Chief Public Health Officer is advising all residents in the community of Délı̨nę that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Residents who receive...
YELLOWKNIFE - 24 Nov 2023 - The Chief Public Health Officer is advising all residents in Déline to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This advisory is precautionary in nature and is...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (November 11, 2023) – The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) is alerting the public of two recent suspected overdose deaths in the territory. NWT’s Coroner’s...
YELLOWKNIFE – 18 October 2023. The Chief Public Health Officer is issuing a public health advisory related to a case of hepatitis A confirmed in a food handler working at two Edmonton restaurants...
HAY RIVER - (October 13, 2023) – The detection of carfentanil mixed with benzodiazepine in Hay River has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a public health advisory warning the public...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (September 26, 2023) – The Chief Public Health Officer is updating the Air Quality website to simplify information for residents. The new webpage uses information from PurpleAir®...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (September 13, 2023) The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents returning from evacuation with water holding tanks for drinking water in the Hay River and...
YELLOWKNIFE - August 16, 2023: The Chief Public Health Officer is issuing Public Health Advisory for multiple communities due to adverse air quality. Due to wildfire smoke, various regions of the...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (July 31, 2023) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is issuing Public Health Advisory for multiple communities due to bad air quality. Due to wildfire smoke, multiple...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (July 17, 2023) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is issuing Public Health Advisory for multiple communities due to bad air quality. Due to wildfire smoke, multiple...
We recently installed two advanced laser air quality monitors in Sambaa K’e called PurpleAir. Today, these monitors detected high levels of fine particles in the air, known as PM2.5, measuring over...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (May 9, 2023) – The detection of bromazolam in Hay River has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a public health advisory warning the public about the dangers...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (April 13, 2023) – The detection of flubromazepam in suspected fentanyl in Fort Simpson has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a public health advisory regarding...
TUKTOYAKTUK (March 28, 2023) – The Chief Public Health Officer has rescinded the varicella (chicken pox) outbreak declared on February 9, 2023. At this time no new cases have been identified and more...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (February 24, 2023) – The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising that a dog from Fort Good Hope has tested positive for rabies. The dog had contact with a wild fox...
TUKTOYAKTUK (February 9, 2023) – The Chief Public Health Officer is advising the community of Tuktoyaktuk of an ongoing outbreak of varicella (chicken pox) involving multiple individuals in different...