UPDATED: Premier takes over MACA department
Premier Caroline Cochrane has taken over the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Citing the “unprecedented challenge” of COVID-19, Premier Cochrane said she wanted a…
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GNWT investigating travel to Fort Resolution in latest COVID-19 case; willing to step up enforcement
“Knowing what communities COVID-19 is in will not make you safer.” Premier Caroline Cochrane said this while addressing media and residents Saturday morning after the…
GNWT declares ‘proactive’ state of emergency
The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Paulie Chinna declared an NWT-wide state of emergency earlier this week. It took three days for the government…
Truth ‘more important than hurt feelings’: MLA refuses to apologize to premier
“For speaking the truth, I will not apologize.” That is what Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty said when he was told to apologize to Premier Caroline…
Speaker tells MLA to apologize to Premier for comments about Aurora College President firing
Legislative Assembly Speaker Frederick Blake Jr. called on Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty to apologize to Premier Caroline Cochrane. Lafferty has repeatedly criticized the premier’s firing…
MLAs release broad list of priorities for next four years
Unlike the last assembly, the new government’s list of priorities fits on a single page. While they are not presented in a particular order, the…
Four candidates make their pitch for Premier position
While much of the political banter has been focused on the federal election, the territorial government has been plodding along its transition to the 19th…
Indigenous leaders tell MLAs they need to rebuild trust
Stalled negotiations, lost trust, inconsistency—these are all issues new MLAs are inheriting from the last territorial government. And they’re only some of the concerns more…
Polytechnic transition to take five to six years
Support, inspiration and new opportunities. Those concepts will apparently guide the transition of Aurora College into a polytechnic university. That’s according to survey results of…