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December 6, 2023

Significant Increase in Influenza Cases in the NWT Over the Past Week (Inactive)

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...
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November 28, 2023

Boil Water Advisory Lifted for the Community of Délı̨ne (Inactive)

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...
Joint Communiqué
November 24, 2023

Boil Water Advisory for Déline (Inactive)

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...
Joint Communiqué
November 11, 2023

Two Suspected Overdose-Related Deaths in the NWT

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...
Public Health Advisories
October 18, 2023

Case of hepatitis A confirmed in a food handler working at two Edmonton restaurants inside Edmonton International Airport (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
October 13, 2023

Carfentanil mixed with benzodiazepine detected in Hay River

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...
Public Health Advisories
September 26, 2023

Wildfire and Smoke Exposure - Public Health Notice (Inactive)

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®...
Public Health Advisories
September 13, 2023

Public Health Notice for Hay River area, Fort Smith and K’atl’odeeche First Nation (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
August 16, 2023

Wildfire and Smoke Exposure (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
July 31, 2023

Wildfire Smoke Exposure Advisory for Residents of the Beaufort Delta, Dehcho, South Slave, North Slave, and Sahtu Regions (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
July 17, 2023

Wildfire Smoke Exposure Advisory for Residents of the Dehcho, South Slave, North Slave, and Sahtu Regions (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
June 29, 2023

Wildfire Smoke Exposure Advisory for Sambaa K'e (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
May 9, 2023

Bromazolam detected in the Northwest Territories

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...
Public Health Advisories
April 13, 2023

Flubromazepam detected in fentanyl in the Northwest Territories

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...
Public Health Advisories
March 28, 2023

Varicella (Chicken Pox) Outbreak in Tuktoyaktuk Rescinded (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
February 24, 2023

Dog Tests Positive for Rabies in Fort Good Hope (Inactive)

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...
Public Health Advisories
February 9, 2023

Varicella (chicken pox) outbreak in Tuktoyaktuk (Inactive)

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...
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