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A 90-second summary of the NWT’s 2023 after-action review

1 day ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

Read our full report here. On this page, you can get a summary that’ll only take you a minute and a half to read. The big news? The reviewers think the NWT needs its own year-round emergency management agency and Indigenous governments need to be full partners in that. There needs to be more training for elected officials and key staff in the Incident Command System, or ICS, which is a nationwide standard for communicating internally and making decisions during emergencies. Advertisement.
NWT’s 2023 wildfire review calls for new approach to emergencies

1 day ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

The review, by contractor Transitional Solutions Inc (TSI), took a year to complete and was released on Wednesday afternoon. More: Get a 90-second summary of the review’s findings“Communities were resilient,” the review stated, “but lacked the systemic support from the GNWT to maintain it.”Advertisement. Advertisement. While the review celebrates some successes, by far the majority of its 164 pages are dedicated to what went wrong and what could be improved.
NWT RCMP ‘ramping up traffic enforcement’ this week

1 day ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

The week-long initiative began on Tuesday and stretches through the Victoria Day weekend. “As part of a targeted effort to improve safety on our roadways this week, Northwest Territories RCMP officers will be ramping up traffic enforcement for the duration of the initiative,” police stated in a Wednesday news release. “Police will be focusing on impaired driving of all types, distracted driving, aggressive driving behaviours and seatbelt violations in particular.”Advertisement. Advertisement.
Advanced Medical Solutions bought by Ottawa-based firm

1 day ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

The firms announced the deal on Wednesday. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Calian is a conglomerate with more than 4,500 staff across divisions like health, manufacturing, defence and technology.
No new cases but NWT ‘one plane ride away’ from more measles

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

In an email to Cabin Radio on Tuesday, the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer said there had been no further confirmed cases. Exposure advisories listing a range of locations were published earlier this month when an initial case of measles was identified in Yellowknife. Two schools were briefly closed and a large soccer tournament was called off. Measles is extremely infectious.
NWT’s wildfire after-action review to be released

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

Transitional Solutions Inc, a management consulting firm based in Edmonton, was selected in June last year to carry out the GNWT’s “2023 Emergency Response After-Action Review.”TSI’s review and its recommendations will become public at 2:30pm on Wednesday after a briefing with reporters ends. The territorial government won’t have a speaking role at that briefing and is expected to respond separately. Advertisement. Advertisement.
‘Cans are going to the landfill. Our aim is to get those in here.’

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

Swim has purchased The Bottle Shop Recycling Depot, Yellowknife’s drop-off point for aluminum cans and beverage containers. The transaction went through at the start of the month. Swim is excited to launch summer pop-up locations across the city so people don’t have to hike out to the Old Airport Road building with their cans. She is also keen to bring in new clients.
Power set to drop out in Yellowknife area on Thursday morning

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

In a notice online, the power corporation said the outage will take place somewhere between 9:30am and 11am. “This outage is related to work being done at our Snare Falls site to address a mechanical issue that has contributed to power outages in the past,” NTPC stated. “This planned outage is being scheduled during daytime hours, allowing for testing when power demand is high.”Advertisement. Advertisement.
Some PowerSchool data breach victims now face ransom demands

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

Late last year, someone with login credentials for PowerSchool – student records software used by many school districts – stole information related to thousands of schools across various countries. More than 35,000 past and current students and staff at Northwest Territories schools are affected. The full number of affected people is thought to be well into the millions.
Greenland minister takes over as Arctic Council chair

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Emily Blake

Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s foreign affairs minister, took over the two-year rotating chair position on behalf of Denmark on Monday from Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s foreign affairs minister. “The Arctic Council must continue to be kept active so that the Arctic can remain a region of stability and constructive cooperation. For this, we will co-operate with all the Arctic Council member states and we trust you will do your part as well,” Motzfeldt stated during a press conference.