YELLOWKNIFE 20 October 2020 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa that the precautionary Boil Water...
YELLOWKNIFE – September 2, 2020 - 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...
YELLOWKNIFE 06 July 2020 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory...
YELLOWKNIFE (July 1, 2020) – With approximately 5 recent non-fatal overdoses suspected due to opioids in the NWT in the last month, a lab has confirmed the presence of carfentanil in at least one...
YELLOWKNIFE 19 June 2020 – 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 16 June 2020 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory...
YELLOWKNIFE 13 May 2020 – 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 20 March 2020 – A male husky cross dog (named Kit) from Cambridge Bay, was held at the Yellowknife SPCA from March 11 th to March 14 th (Photo below). It developed signs and symptoms of...
YELLOWKNIFE 22 August 2019 – The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) has declared a syphilis outbreak for the Northwest Territories. Further to the Public Health Advisory issued on April 23, 2019, the...
Last Reviewed: May 17, 2024 YELLOWKNIFE – The NWT Chief Public Health Officer is updating the advice provided to residents and visitors about precautions they can take to avoid exposure to elevated...
YELLOWKNIFE 23 April 2019 - The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) has issued a Public Health Advisory on escalating rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the Northwest Territories. The...
YELLOWKNIFE 2 November 2018 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents of Délı̨ne that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Residents of the community of...
YELLOWKNIFE 24 October 2018 – The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Délı̨ne to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This advisory is precautionary in...
YELLOWKNIFE (July 19, 2018) – Dr. Andre Corriveau, Chief Public Health Officer, is advising anyone who purchased the ready to eat pesto prepared by Riverside Growers NT and sold at the Fisherman’s...
YELLOWKNIFE 18 July 2018 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents of Inuvik that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Residents who receive their water from...
YELLOWKNIFE 12 July 2018 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Inuvik to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This advisory is precautionary in nature and...
YELLOWKNIFE 22 May 2018 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory...
YELLOWKNIFE 17 May 2018 - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa to boil their drinking water for at least one...
YELLOWKNIFE (March 29, 2018) - Cases of mumps were recently identified in the NWT, for the first time since 1995. The Chief Public Health Officer is concerned that the virus may be circulating within...
YELLOWKNIFE January 22, 2018 - The office of the Chief Public Health Officer has been made aware that an unlicensed tattoo artist may be practicing in Yellowknife, offering services in private homes...