CBC asked some of the territory's community leaders in different regions to reflect on this milestone moment in the pandemic. 'I didn't really know how to handle a virus'April Martel's phone started ringing off the hook on the first day the pandemic was declared — and it hasn't stopped ringing ever since. "I had just been elected, I was new right, so I didn't really know what was happening," Martel told CBC. "I didn't really know how to handle a virus." Kulikowski didn't leave the territory last summer to visit her parents in Edmonton, opting instead for a staycation in Yellowknife, Hay River and Fort Smith.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2021 10:52 UTC