YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. – The Workers’ Safety & Compensation Commission (WSCC) announced on Feb. 10 that certified first-aid providers are available to bring two-day training courses for employers and workers to selected communities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in late February and March. A media release from the WSCC stated that each class must have a minimum number of 12 registrants, who will learn first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the workplace. The first scheduled courses are to taken place in Fort Liard, N.W.T. on Feb. 25-26 and 27-28; additional classes are planned in Fort Simpson and Hay River, N.W.T. and in Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq and Pangnirtung, Nvt., as well as Yellowknife, over the subsequent four weeks. “There is no cost for participants to attend the training once the minimum 12 registrants have signed up,” the WSCC stated. “Participants are responsible for their own costs to travel to and from the sessions.” Those interested are invited to register through the classes’ respective Eventbrite pages.