NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - (May 16, 2025) – The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) is proud to recognize and celebrate individuals and teams based in the Beaufort Delta Region who have won various territorial and national health care awards in 2024-2025.
(YELLOWKNIFE, NT), May 6, 2025 – Following notification through a public health advisory (PHA) from the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO), the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) would like to share some important information with residents about accessing services and precautions if exposed to measles.
If you have been exposed to measles and are not vaccinated:
Yellowknife (April 3, 2025) – The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) – Yellowknife Region will observe a half-day civic holiday on Friday, April 4, 2025 in recognition of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation’s (YKDFN) Spring Carnival.
Service adjustments on Friday, April 4, 2025, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., will include the following:
Fort Smith (March 27, 2025) – The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) is pleased to advise residents in Fort Smith that the Child and Family Services and Family Preservation Program are relocating to a new, standalone building in the community. Staff who currently operate out of the Fort Smith Health Centre will move into a nearby building – located at 136 McDougal Road – between March 31 and April 1, 2025.
(March 12, 2025) - The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) would like to provide an update to residents on efforts to enable the future reinstatement of hematology oncology services in the Northwest Territories (NWT), with the support of Alberta Health Services (AHS).
(Yellowknife, March 7, 2025): As part of the work under Primary Health Care Reform (PHCR), the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA), with the Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) are launching a patient satisfaction survey at Yellowknife Primary Care locations.
(Yellowknife, March 1, 2025) - The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) wishes to make residents in Yellowknife aware of an incident that took place this afternoon, at Stanton Territorial Hospital (STH). At approximately 3:00 p.m., a person entered the facility in a hostile state, and RCMP were called. The individual has since been apprehended.
(Yellowknife, January 10, 2025) - The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) knows lactation and infant feeding supports is an important topic across the Northwest Territories (NWT) and is working to add additional supports across the North that will benefit families and newborns.
(Yellowknife, November 29, 2024) – Following notice issued about a confirmed case in a bird of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or Avian flu in the Northwest Territories (NWT) the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) wants to share information about how and when to access health services if you think you may have been exposed to an infected animal.
What is avian influenza and how is it spread?
(Yellowknife, November 20, 2024) – The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) would like to advise residents that Yellowknife Public Health is on reduced services until at least January 6, 2025.
This temporary reduction in services is a result of low staffing and is being done to ensure essential programs offered by Yellowknife Public Health are maintained.
During this time the following measures will be implemented:
