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Yellowknife veterinarian starts her own mobile clinic
“I had such great support from the community, and I’m really excited to offer my services to everybody again.”
Meaghan Brackenbury
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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Animal shelters carry out pandemic pup exchange at NWT border
"It was the SPCA’s first ever patrol-monitored, socially distanced, fully sanitized pup exchange."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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What’s the NWT reading to get through a pandemic?
“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
Meaghan Brackenbury
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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They can’t play live, so watch these young NWT musicians online
"'I feel like it’s just something that’s inside me, like in my blood,' she says, describing what draws her to sing."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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‘I just want it to be over.’ Exams delayed for new NWT nurses
"This was supposed to be the time to get his career under way."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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As NWT awaits phase one, care home plans for longer-term lockdown
"That means long-term care facilities may not leave a form of lockdown for many months."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Jun 8, 20201 min read
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Celebrating Indigenous Nurses Day in Behchokò
“[The] ability to speak my language I feel is an asset because it puts the Elders who cannot speak English at ease,” she said.
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 24, 20201 min read
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The North celebrates Nursing Week during pandemic
"'I am beyond proud of my profession,' she said. 'I love my job. I love what I do.'"
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 24, 20201 min read
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Indigenous artists rely on their work’s remedial power in pandemic
"When the steam builds up, art is Mountain’s relief valve."
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 11, 20201 min read
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On the end of a phone, therapists gauge the NWT’s mental health
“I know my clients, and they are fighters.”
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 7, 20201 min read
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YK’s LGBTQ2S+ youth find pandemic sanctuary in Netflix parties
"In the age of Covid-19, social connection is virtual."
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 7, 20201 min read
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Is now the time for guaranteed basic income in the NWT?
"Montreuil thinks a guaranteed basic income – or GBI – could give residents security in times of crisis."
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 5, 20201 min read
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‘People are really hurting.’ YK’s food bank seeing new clients
“That says to me a lot of people are really hurting with the economic downturn because of Covid.”
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 1, 20201 min read
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Financial uncertainty as childcare forges on during Covid-19
“Before, I could cover everything. But now it’s less, so it’s hard. I don’t know what will happen in the future.”
Meaghan Brackenbury
May 1, 20201 min read
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YWCA says man harassed daycare kids and staff over Covid-19
“It’s an essential service for the community to get back on its feet.”
Meaghan Brackenbury
Apr 30, 20201 min read
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‘A very difficult decision’ as Gwich’in Gathering is called off
“We always enjoy coming together as one people to celebrate the Porcupine caribou herd, to celebrate the Gwich’in way of life, and the...
Meaghan Brackenbury
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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NWT puts $5 million toward childcare help for essential workers
"The NWT government will provide $5 million to help childcare services for essential workers..."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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This year’s Oscars seem to signal a shift in the Academy–let’s see if it sticks
"Barriers were shattered. History was made. And all Bong Joon-Ho wanted to do was get to the bar..."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Feb 19, 20201 min read
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Finding Community Through Bars
"It’s a collaboration that beats with the pulse of hip-hop and a grassroots dedication to the spirit of collective artistry."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Dec 20, 20191 min read
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Review: Téa Mutonji’s "Shut Up You're Pretty" is a Stunning Debut
"It is deeply confrontational, grabbing the reader and pulling them into the callous world that is disturbingly our own."
Meaghan Brackenbury
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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