YELLOWKNIFE (July 3, 2024) The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) is issuing a public health advisory to notify the public of potential exposure to an infectious case of Tuberculosis (TB).

Please be advised that this Advisory is issued for precautionary reasons only.

The CPHO would like to inform the public that anyone who attended the Stanton Territorial Hospital Emergency Room (ER) on the following day and time should report their potential exposure to the NWT 8-1-1 nurse advice line for further direction:

HAY RIVER – June 5, 2024 – The detection of “brown crack” cocaine mixed with multiple other substances including fentanyl, fentanyl analogues (norfentanyl), methamphetamine and benzodiazepine found in Hay River has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) to issue a public health advisory warning the public about the dangers associated with the illegal drug supply.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – March 11, 2024 – The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) is alerting the public of a recent suspected overdose-related death in the Northwest Territories.

NWT’s Coroner’s Office has informed the OCPHO that an investigation of the recent death leads them to suspect that it was due to a drug overdose, potentially from cocaine mixed with other substances. With ongoing detections of opioids and other toxic drugs in the territory, the concern is the death is due to toxic contaminants.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – March 6, 2024. The Chief Public Health Officer is issuing an advisory to notify the public of measles circulating in Canada and globally, with the potential introduction into the NWT through travel, especially during spring break.

British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec have confirmed measles cases. Canada has recently seen measles cases that are not linked to travel. This means that there are signs of community transmission which is of immediate concern as more people are travelling out of NWT during March break.

BEAUFORT DELTA REGION – February 23, 2024. The Chief Public Health Officer is issuing a public health advisory to notify the public that influenza cases are rising in the Beaufort Delta region.

The NWT typically experiences two waves of influenza in the respiratory season.  Influenza A tends to circulate from fall to winter and influenza B from winter to spring.