Politics

Members of the Conservative Party of Canada put off watching the Stanley Cup opening game to sit in a hotel meeting room Saturday night listening to political pitches and answers from candidates for an election that could be over a year away. Former MLA Jackie Jacobson and Kimberly Fairman, executive…

Regular MLAs were fairly organized on Wednesday, pulling together a series of questions on housing issues across the NWT. Then on Thursday, the group was all over the place, tackling issues such as: Nutrition North’s failure to serve all communities of need; chronic student absenteeism; and even for the GNWT…

The territorial government announced today that improvements to the Income Assistance program and the new Income Assistance for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities program will come into effect July 1. Changes to the regular Income Assistance program include: Aligning benefit levels with the Northern Market Basket Measure; increasing income exemptions…

Six candidates are nominated for the position of Dene National Chief and Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations. The list includes current Dene National Chief Gerald Antoine, his predecessor Norman Yak’e ula, former MLA of the NWT Paulie Chinna, Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief George Mackenzie, Kátł’odeeche First Nation Chief…

Part of a jail will close, some leased offices will be emptied and the is a possibility of a few dozen cuts to GNWT positions, but there are no major new taxes in the first proposed operating budget of the 20th Legislative Assembly. The financial blueprint for the 2024-25 fiscal…