http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/english/news/media/default.asp Media Advisories en-ca Government of the Northwest Territories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MDT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MDT http://www.rss-specifications.com/ Members of the media are invited to a Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities in the NWT forum being hosted by the Department of Health and Social Services. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/healthy_aging_and_age_friendly_communities_forum.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/healthy_aging_and_age_friendly_communities_forum.pdf Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MDT “A Foundation for Change – Building a Healthy Future for the NWT, 2009-2012” will be tabled in the Legislative Assembly by Minister of Health and Social Services Sandy Lee on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009. Before session begins, members of the media are invited to join representatives of the Department of Health and Social Services for a briefing about the content of this new plan. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/a_foundation_for_change_health_strategy_release.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/a_foundation_for_change_health_strategy_release.pdf Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:46:00 MDT The Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister of Health and Social Services, Mayor Gordon Van Tighem, City of Yellowknife, and Richard Morland, Interim President and Chief Operating Officer of BHP Billiton’s EKATI Diamond Mine are pleased to announce their partnership with the John Howard Society. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/john_howard_society_partners_for_homeless_day_shelter.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/john_howard_society_partners_for_homeless_day_shelter.pdf Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:25:00 MDT Media are invited to attend the World Breastfeeding Challenge in Yellowknife Saturday (October 3rd). http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/world_breastfeeding_week.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/world_breastfeeding_week.pdf Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:56:00 MDT Northwest Territories Media Representatives are invited to attend a briefing on the status of H1N1 in the NWT. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/h1n1_briefing_for_nwt_media.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/h1n1_briefing_for_nwt_media.pdf Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:25:00 MDT Media are invited to attend a special screening of this year’s Smoke Screening winning ad, Sponge. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/smoke_screening_winning_ad_announced.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/smoke_screening_winning_ad_announced.pdf Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:22:00 MDT The Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities, invites media to the annual Disability Awareness Tea to be held in the Great Hall of the Legislative Assembly on June 5th, 2009. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/disability_awareness_tea.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/disability_awareness_tea.pdf Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:18:00 MDT Media are invited to attend a Crime Scene Investigation scavenger hunt in Yellowknife on June 2nd. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/world_no_tobacco_day_scavenger_hunt.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/world_no_tobacco_day_scavenger_hunt.pdf Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:33:00 MDT Media are invited to attend the official launch of www.practicenorth.ca, the new Recruitment and Retention website being launched by the departments of Health and Social Services and Human Resources. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/launch_of_the_new_recruitment_and_retention_website.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/launch_of_the_new_recruitment_and_retention_website.pdf Fri, 29 May 2009 09:37:00 MDT The Hon. Sandy Lee, Minister of Health and Social Services, Mayor Gordon Van Tighem, City of Yellowknife, and Richard Morland, Interim President and Chief Operating Officer of BHP Billiton’s EKATI Diamond Mine BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. will be announcing their partnership to support a new day shelter for homeless men and women in Yellowknife on May 25, 2009 at the Great Hall, Legislative Assembly. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/tripartite_support_for_homeless_day_shelter.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/tripartite_support_for_homeless_day_shelter.pdf Fri, 22 May 2009 10:57:00 MDT Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer diagnosed in the Northwest Territories. It is the most common type among men, and the second most common (after breast cancer) among women. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/giant_colon_tour_lands_in_yellowknife.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/giant_colon_tour_lands_in_yellowknife.pdf Tue, 19 May 2009 13:55:00 MDT Northwest Territories (NWT) media representatives are advised that the Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer will provide an update on the H1N1 Flu Virus (Human Swine Influenza). http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/update_h1n1_flu_virus.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/update_h1n1_flu_virus.pdf Fri, 1 May 2009 17:32:00 MDT Northwest Territories (NWT) Media representatives are advised that, effective today, updates on the Human Swine Influenza will be posted daily to the Government of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Service Department website at www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/swine_influenza_daily_updates.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/swine_influenza_daily_updates.pdf Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:42:00 MDT The Inuvik Hospital will be the latest Northwest Territories hospital to go filmless, (tomorrow) following Stanton Territorial Hospital in late March and the H.H. Williams Hospital earlier this month. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/nwt_hospitals_go_filmless_inuvik.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/nwt_hospitals_go_filmless_inuvik.pdf Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:59:00 MDT The Department of Health and Social Services is celebrating National Immunization Week from April 25 to May 2, 2009. This year’s theme is A Family Affair. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/immunization_awareness_week.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/immunization_awareness_week.pdf Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:53:00 MDT The Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister of Health and Social Services, is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Hay River Territorial Supported Living Campus. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/grand_opening_of_hay_river_territorial_supported_living_campus.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/grand_opening_of_hay_river_territorial_supported_living_campus.pdf Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:50:00 MDT On April 8, 2009 the H. H. Williams Hospital will go filmless. Physicians and technologists will no longer have to create or view diagnostic images using film. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/nwt_hospitals_go_filmless.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2009/nwt_hospitals_go_filmless.pdf Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:10:00 MDT Media are invited to attend a technical briefing to discuss changes made to supplementary health benefits and the catastrophic drug cost program in the Northwest Territories, hosted by the Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister of Health and Social Services. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/supplementary_health_benefits_and_catastrophic_drug_costs_program.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/supplementary_health_benefits_and_catastrophic_drug_costs_program.pdf Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:10:00 MDT Media are invited to meet Home Care Workers from across the Northwest Territories (NWT) on June 24 at Lahm Ridge Tower. Home Support Workers and coordinators are meeting for a day-long workshop to discuss chronic disease management, Personal Support Worker training and Quality Indicators for Home Care. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/home_care_worker_meeting.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/home_care_worker_meeting.pdf Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 MDT Media are invited to attend a flu shot clinic for health care staff at Stanton Territorial Hospital on Friday, October 24th. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/protect_yourself_and_those_around_you_from_influenza.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/protect_yourself_and_those_around_you_from_influenza.pdf Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:10 MDT Media are invited to attend a Practicalities of Immunization workshop being held on April 23, 2008 at the Baker Centre in Yellowknife. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/practicalities_of_immunization_workshop_in_yellowknife.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/practicalities_of_immunization_workshop_in_yellowknife.pdf Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:57 MDT Media are invited to a technical briefing and launch of the newly revamped Health and Social Services website. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/hss_unveils_new_website.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/hss_unveils_new_website.pdf Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:00:00 MDT Media are invited to attend the first Northwest Territories (NWT) regional Prevent Alcohol Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program to be held in Inuvik on Thursday, March 6th. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/day_long_motor_vehicle_accident_re_enactment_planned.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/day_long_motor_vehicle_accident_re_enactment_planned.pdf Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:00:00 MDT Media are invited to visit a display booth at Centre Square Mall in Yellowknife on Monday, March 3rd and Tuesday, March 4th to talk with social workers about their specific areas of expertise and to learn about the profession in general. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/celebrate_social_work_week.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/celebrate_social_work_week.pdf Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 MDT Media are invited to attend a photo opportunity with Foxy, the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) mascot and speak to Dr. Kami Kandola, Medical Health Officer for the Stanton Territorial Health Authority; Cheryl Case, Health and Social Services Communicable Disease Specialist and Dave Hurley, AWG general manager about the importance of hand washing for good health, especially in high-traffic venues such as those included in the Arctic Winter Games. http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/arctic_winter_games_gets_recognized_clean_hands_effort.pdf http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/media_advisories/2008/arctic_winter_games_gets_recognized_clean_hands_effort.pdf Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:54:32 MDT