Jes Amora has spent the pandemic winning almost every contest in Yellowknife. Now, she's running her own giveaway to help a friend recover from brain surgery.
Health
The Northwest Territories reported seven new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, including five in the Beaufort Delta region and two in Yellowknife.
Heightened public health measures are being extended in the Beaufort Delta as the Covid-19 caseload stabilizes in Inuvik but infections increase in Tuktoyaktuk.
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission asked for more feedback about a proposed change to the support people receive after a workplace injury.
The NWT began reporting data related to third doses of the vaccine against Covid-19. Meanwhile, 81 percent of residents aged 12 and up are now fully vaccinated.
In Tuktoyaktuk, which has 99 of the NWT's 136 active Covid-19 cases, the school gym is now an isolation centre. Yellowknife's case count fell from 19 to 14.