The territorial government has updated the NWT Emergency Plan, following some heated criticism following last year’s devastating wildfires. The 70-page plan explains who has the power to do what, and in general terms what various community governments do, and what the GNWT is expected to do, when a disaster strikes…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the appointment of Gerald W. (Gerry) Kisoun as the next Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, for a term of five years. He succeeds the NWT’s 17th commissioner, the Honourable Margaret Thom, after she served nearly seven years. Kisoun is an Inuvialuit-Gwich’in Elder and an…
Four people have been nominated for four councillor’s positions in Enterprise’s municipal by-election next month. The nominees are: Clarke, Genevieve Dives, James Richards, Dave St. Amour, Michael St. Amour is the former mayor who lost to former councillor Sandra McMaster in February by four votes, 29 to 25. Then, refusing…
ATCO CEO and president Nancy Southern turned a social occasion into a public dressing down of senior GNWT cabinet officials over the loss of Hay River’s franchise. The NWT Power Corporation is a GNWT subsidiary and in 2016 Hay River’s town council chose to pull the plug on ATCO/Northland Utilities…
The territory’s pending Missing Persons Act might not go as far as some advocates had hoped, as police investigations of any kind need to maintain a certain amount of confidentiality. For some anxious loved ones, this can make it look as if investigators aren’t working as hard as they might…
A rise in air temperatures and drop in water levels means the Mackenzie Valley Highway is needed now more than ever, states the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated. Shorter seasons for winter roads and unreliable barge movements have jacked up the cost of living, with more cargo and supplies requiring expensive air…
The Native Women’s Association of Canada is in deep turmoil, facing serious allegations of “union busting” while undergoing a federal financial audit amid budget cuts and mass layoffs. CBC reports preliminary evidence of “ineligible expenses” have been found, while at the same time, the Association has laid off 78 employees,…
“There was no evacuation plan. To go from zero to 100 created mass panic.” — a female health-care worker. Tempers flared at a public meeting into the City of Yellowknife’s response to the 2023 wildfire season, including the unprecedented evacuation of the community. Mayor Rebecca Alty sat…
Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) has received nearly $13 million for a project by its education and training arm, designed to provide employment training for jobs in the resources and remediation industry, public sector, renewable resources, trades and media/arts sectors. NWT MP Michael McLeod announced the funding Friday on behalf…
The early and repeated suspensions of newly elected Salt River First Nation chief starting in 2022 by the band council were procedurally unfair and even unlawful, a federal court judge in Edmonton has ruled. Justice Paul Favel peppered his 35-page Salt River decision with terms such as “unreasonable” “unfair” and…