YELLOWKNIFE - June 14, 2022 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents of Hay River, Enterprise, Kakisa and K'atl'odeeche Reserve that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (June 3, 2022) – The detection of carfentanil in Hay River has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a public health advisory regarding the dangers associated with...
YELLOWKNIFE - May 16, 2022 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in the community of Délı̨nę that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Residents who...
YELLOWKNIFE – May 12, 2022 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents of Hay River, Enterprise, Kakisa and K’atl’Odeeche Reserve to boil their drinking water for at least one...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (May 11, 2022) – The recent detection of Flualprazolam, a counterfeit Xanax medication, in the Northwest Territories has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a...
YELLOWKNIFE – 10 May 2022 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Déline to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This advisory is precautionary in nature...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (February 24, 2022) – 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 – February 18, 2022 – The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising that 2 dogs from Tuktoyaktuk have recently tested positive for rabies. Another dog has been sent for testing and is...
YELLOWKNIFE – February 3, 2022 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising that 2 dogs from Tuktoyaktuk showing signs of rabies were seen yesterday. Animals with rabies can have different...
YELLOWKNIFE – November 26, 2021- The Chief Public Health Officer is advising that two foxes from Tuktoyaktuk have tested positive for rabies in the past few weeks. There have been incidents of dogs in...
YELLOWKNIFE – August 3, 2021 – Since January 1, 2021 there have been 37 reported cases of syphilis, with the majority (78%) of those cases in Yellowknife. This represents a significant rate increase...
YELLOWKNIFE – July 12, 2021 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Sachs Harbour that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Residents who receive their...
YELLOWKNIFE – June 11, 2021 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Behchokǫ̀ that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Residents who receive their...
YELLOWKNIFE – June 9th, 2021 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Sachs Harbour to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This advisory is precautionary in...
YELLOWKNIFE – June 9th, 2021 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Behchokǫ̀, whose homes are connected to the piped water system and those who receive trucked water to...
YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2021) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, Kátł’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory...
YELLOWKNIFE – May 17th, 2021 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Fort Simpson to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This advisory is precautionary in...
YELLOWKNIFE – May 16, 2021 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, Enterprise, Kakisa and K’atl’Odeeche Reserve to boil their drinking water for at least one...
YELLOWKNIFE – December 31, 2020 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising that two foxes from Tuktoyaktuk have tested positive for rabies in December. There have been incidents of dogs in...
YELLOWKNIFE (December, 8 2020) – Today’s advisory is to alert the public of two opioid related deaths based on toxicology reports provided by the NWT’s Chief Coroner. The two deaths occurred this fall...