The Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link is now completed. The construction of the 1,154 km fibre line between Inuvik and High Level, Alberta was achieved on March 16, 2017. “The Fibre Link will significantly reduce…
NWT MP Michael McLeod has also been lobbied about the Grays Bay road and port project. McLeod says it’s a separate funding proposal from the Slave Geological Road proposal. “I understood that the people…
Is the GNWT putting an all season road for mining ahead of caribou conservation? That’s the questions Frame Lake MLA Kevin O’Reilly has raised over the past two weeks. For a fifth time O’Reilly…
Last Monday NWT Minister of Transportation Wally Schumann updated the Assembly on the push for an all weather road to the Slave Geological Province. “The department is also working with caribou subject experts from…
Nunakput MLA Herb Nakimayak had questions about the GNWT’s Marine re-supply contracts on Monday. “When will the barging schedule be drafted and shared with the public so the communities and suppliers can start preparing?”…
Four people are in Stanton Hospital after a vehicle collision over the weekend. On Saturday morning, Fort Providence and Fort Simpson RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on highway 1. A transport…
The Chairs of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning put cabinet and the media on notice yesterday afternoon. Committe chair Tom Beaulieu and Deputy Chair Kieron Testart were flanked by their colleagues from…
This spring the Frank Channel bridge near Behchoko is getting a make over. The bridge was built in the early 1960’s when the Mackenzie Highway extended North from Hay River. Motorists currently traveling on…
Traffic started flowing on the Tlicho Winter Road on Thursday afternoon between Whati and Behchoko. Whati Assistant SAO Pushp Seph says people were excited to pick up their new vehicles and head to Yellowknife…