Unlike the last assembly, the new government’s list of priorities fits on a single page. While they are not presented in a particular order, the top priority reads, “Settle and implement treaty, land, resources and self-government agreements.” The second calls for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the…
After three rounds of voting, members of the 19th Assembly have elected the first woman to be Premier since division of the NWT in 1999. Range Lake MLA Caroline Cochrane will officially become the new premier on Friday through a motion during the first session of the new assembly. Speaking…
An Aklavik man has now been formally charged with aggravated assault after a man was attacked in that Beaufort Delta community earlier this month. According to a news release from the Mounties Thursday, the man was arrested after they responded to a call about an injured 36-year-old man back on…
The new government has not even had its first session yet, and MLAs have already ruffled some feathers with at least one Indigenous government. Chief Leeroy Andre is calling out the government for not inviting the Déline Got’ine Government to participate in the Northern Leaders meeting in Yellowknife last week….
Today marked the second time for the MLA of the Mackenzie Delta to be acclaimed. Frederick “Sonny” Blake was the lone MLA to put his name forward to serve as the Speaker of the 19th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, during the second session of the Territorial Leadership Committee….
A sentencing hearing for a Yellowknife man, convicted of assaulting a police officer with a vehicle, has been postponed after the judge presiding over the case became ill. A sentencing hearing for Garry Taylor, 39, was to take place in Territorial Court in Yellowknife last week but had to be…
Community members in Sambaa K’e gathered yesterday for the official ribbon cutting to re-open the newly renovated Charles Tetcho School. Mary Deneron, one of the community’s oldest elders did the honours of cutting the moose hide string alongside Chief Dolphus Jumbo. Deneron is the niece of the elder, who the…
The NWT and Yukon remain Liberal red. Michael McLeod was re-elected here in the NWT with 40 per cent of the vote. It was a much smaller margin of victory in the Yukon for Larry Bagnell. According to Elections Canada’s preliminary results, Bagnell received just 72 more votes than his…
While much of the political banter has been focused on the federal election, the territorial government has been plodding along its transition to the 19th Legislative Assembly. One of the most important decisions the new MLAs will make is coming this week: selecting a new Premier. On Friday, the four…
Stalled negotiations, lost trust, inconsistency—these are all issues new MLAs are inheriting from the last territorial government. And they’re only some of the concerns more than a dozen Indigenous leaders from across the territory told MLAs at a public meeting at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre in Yellowknife. The…