For the first time in three decades, the territory is working to modernize its Mental Health Act to bring it up to standards with similar legislation across the country.
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Kohlrabi. Some Yellowknife residents might not know how to pronounce it let alone cook it, but the Yellowknife Farmers Market (YKFM) is hoping to change all that with its Kohlrabi Kraze event this week.
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Athabasca Tribal Council (ATC) members in Fort Chipewyan have partnered up with other community organizations to deliver a new series of grief and loss workshops with residents, in an effort to provide more mental health supports to those who need it most.
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Residents receiving increased Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) payments from the federal government won’t have to claim that money as income under the NWT Income Assistance program, Premier Bob McLeod said last week.
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Retired nurse and former matron Ruth Webb remembers the day Hay River’s health care team moved into the current H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital building.
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The community of Fort Providence celebrated the opening of a new Health and Social Services centre last week, where residents hope modern health practices and traditional healing methods will be used hand in hand.
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