The long-awaited opening of the new Kentucky Fried Chicken in Yellowknife will be on May 3. Erin Fenwick, marketing and communications manager for Soul Foods Group, confirmed the date and said construction of the restaurant is on schedule. “These dates are subject to change with the current COVID climate,” she…
Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty says the community of Whatì is “confused” over the lack of progress in updating its power infrastructure. In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Jackson highlighted a recent winter power outage that lasted over 20 hours. “The culprit was the community’s dated diesel generators,” Lafferty said. The MLA…
The much talked about 75 per cent vaccination target for herd immunity against the COVID-19 virus may be changing. During oral questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services, faced questions from three MLAs about how the government will be easing health restrictions in…
The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun (FNNND) has filed a judicial petition to challenge the Government of Yukon in awarding Metallic Minerals Corporation advanced exploration rights in its territory. The First Nation says it was not properly consulted before the Government of Yukon made dealings with the mining company…
The Northwest Territories will be getting 126 affordable housing units, announced in a Monday morning joint press conference with the territorial and federal governments. The new units will be constructed with funding from the federal National Housing Co-investment Fund, out of which the NWT has received a special $60-million “carve…
The Northwest Territories’ latest tourism attraction has been unveiled outside of Fort Good Hope. During a ceremony Monday afternoon, members of the community gathered in a ribbon cutting ceremony for one of the largest drums in Canada, if not the world. Viviane Edgi-Manuel, economic development officer for the K’ahsho Got’ine…
A Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) employee has died following a workplace accident that took place in early March. NTPC confirmed that Michael Paul Chinna, an apprentice power systems electrician since 2018, was the employee who was injured on March 5 at the Jackfish generating facility in Yellowknife. He died…
Cabinet has taken issue with a motion put forward to end the use of power limiters in the NWT. Jackie Jacobson, MLA for Nunakput, introduced a motion to amend Bill 23 in the Legislative Assembly last week to cut back on the use of power limiters by the Northwest Territories…
Rocky Simpson, MLA for Hay River South, learned in the Legislative Assembly Friday that Hay River will be receiving half of the 48 long-term care beds originally slated for the community. Simpson said that residents in his riding “became excited, and not in a good way” when they learned of…
The Northwest Territories does not need as many long-term care beds as initially estimated. Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services, said in the legislative assembly Thursday that the territory will need 169 new beds by 2034. The government originally thought 435 beds would be needed. In 2015, the…