Articles by James O'Connor

Raw politics were on the menu for many MLAs at today’s start of the latest sitting for the NWT Assembly. U.S. President Donald Trump was vilified by a couple of MLAs for his social policies and threatened trade war with Canada. Later, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was praised for his…

In what he says will be an annual event, Premier R.J. Simpson stood in the Great Hall of the NWT Legislative Assembly late Tuesday afternoon and delivered a narrative on the accomplishments and challenges of the first year of his government. Simpson spent some time detailing the efforts made by…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump will hold off on levying tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days. The federal government has announced a $1.3 billion border plan to deploy more personnel and technology to better police the boundary for illegal crossers and fentanyl…

The United States government’s “aggressive and disappointing” decision to impose tariffs on all Canadian goods will be met by counter-measures, including from the Northwest Territories, says Premier R.J. Simpson. While the Northwest Territories has limited direct exports to the United States, we are not immune to the repercussions of these…

The Gwich’in Tribal Council will appeal an NWT Supreme Court decision which declared Frederick Blake Jr. legally elected as grand chief and ordered the GTC’s board not to hold a new election. At an emergency board meeting Wednesday in Inuvik, the tribal council’s board also rescheduled this Friday’s Special Assembly…