YELLOWKNIFE (February 9, 2026) - 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 and is due to frozen intake and truck-fill pipes following extreme winter conditions.  The treatment plant currently cannot draw water into the plant and therefore cannot treat the water. Manual chlorination is being carried out, and there have been no illnesses associated with drinking water reported in the community. 

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (February 3, 2026) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in the community of Hay River, Enterprise, Kátł’odeeche First Nation and Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation (Kakisa) that the precautionary Public Health Advisory for drinking water has been lifted.

WRIGLEY (26 January 2026) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in the community of Wrigley that the precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted.

Residents who receive their water from the Community Government of Wrigley were asked to boil their water due to a mechanical failure in the water treatment system.

There have been no illnesses associated with drinking water reported in the community.

YELLOWKNIFE (January 16, 2026) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Wekweètì to boil their drinking water for at least one minute.

This advisory is precautionary in nature and is due to freezing damage to infrastructure in the community water treatment plant associated with an extended recent power outage. The treatment plant currently cannot properly treat the water. There have been no illnesses associated with drinking water reported in the community. 

YELLOWKNIFE (January 14, 2026) - The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Wrigley to boil their drinking water for at least one minute.

This advisory is precautionary in nature and is due to a critical mechanical failure in the community water treatment system. The treatment plant currently cannot properly treat the water. There have been no illnesses associated with drinking water reported in the community.