Saying he kept cabinet accountable during his first term in office, MLA Kevin O’Reilly has announced he will seek re-election in the Yellowknife riding of Frame Lake. The territorial election will be held on October 1st, less than three weeks before the federal election on October 21. In a news…
The Premier of the Northwest Territories is welcoming the Government of Canada’s recent submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Bob McLeod says ensuring Canada’s Arctic rights are recognized within international law is an important component of further strengthening Canada’s position in the Arctic,…
It’s election day for members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation. The Denesuline community is located near the NWT Alberta border and Wood Buffalo National Park. It was a historic stop during the fur trade era along the Slave River, North of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. Two candidates are running for…
MLAs are criticizing Minister of Finance Robert C. McLeod for a lack of detail on the implementation of the territorial carbon tax. Kam Lake MLA Kieron Testart is the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations. The committee originally had public meetings scheduled for this week on Bills 42…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and City of Yellowknife are partnering in a new opportunity to increase economic development in Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah. The two governments have been chosen as successful joint applicants to the First Nations – Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative program. According to a news…
Wait and see what happens. That’s essentially the first of three recommendations made by the Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women. The committee released its final report earlier this week in the Legislative Assembly. Building on interim report The territory has the lowest percentage of women in its…
Folks are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement today in Inuvik and across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, which stretches from Aklavik to Ulukhaktok, NWT. The biggest celebration for Inuvialuit Day is being planned to happen in Inuvik at Jim Koe Park, with a BBQ…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed his tune on using the work ‘Genocide,” when discussing the recent release of the final report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. One former minister from the Harper Government, called out Trudeau and the Inquiry as playing politics, and “using the plight and…
The Kas’ho Got’ine Men’s Transition Home in Fort Good Hope and the Sahtu’ot’ine Nats’eju Initiative on Reconnecting with Ourselves in Deline are just two of the recipients that will share in $400,000 in territorial government funding. In a news release, the Department of Health and Social Services stated that 12…
Two Indigenous MLAs have criticized the government’s affirmative action policy in as many days. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Tom Beaulieu and Deh Cho MLA Michael Nadli took aim at the policy this week in the Legislative Assembly. “I am not convinced that our government is committed to increasing the number of…