This morning, the new 19th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories kicked off its priority-setting process. The newly-elected MLAs will be discussing their vision for the territory over the “next four years and beyond,” according to Tim Mercer, clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Each MLA will have a change to…
Early figures show the 2019 election’s voter turnout was a full ten per cent higher than in 2015—at 54 per cent. The last time voter turnout was over 50 per cent was in 2007, when 67 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot. Much of the jump can be…
Few people embody the tension and different possibilities for the territory’s future like the two MLA candidates running in the riding of Frame Lake. Incumbent Kevin O’Reilly has spent his time as an MLA skeptical of multi-million dollar infrastructure projects geared towards attracting the extractive industry. His counterpart Dave Ramsay…
Yellowknife City Councillor Rommel Silverio has announced he’s running to become the member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Kam Lake. Silverio is a two-term city councillor having been re-elected last year. He says obviously he could not hold down both jobs if he wins but says that…
Kateri Lynn was the youngest candidate running for a position on the Yellowknives Dene First Nation council and she got the most votes. The 19-year-old receives 204 votes to win a seat representing Dettah. According to an interview with NNSL earlier this month, she said a lack of youth representation…
Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo has announced he will not be seeking re-election this fall. In a statement on social media, Tootoo said, “I appreciate very much the encouragement and support I have received from Nunavummiut all across the Territory over the past months. But after much consideration, I have made…
Daniel Masuzumi was elected on Monday, taking over from Wilfred McNeely Jr. Here’s what Masuzumi wants to get done first. He added that homelessness was another issue he wants to tackle, saying he wanted to offer better support for people to get out of poverty. That also means looking for…
And then there were three. Fred Sangris has officially withdrawn as a candidate for the Dettah Chief in the upcoming Yellowknives Dene First Nation election. Sangris is the community negotiator for YKDFN and has been working on the Akaitcho land claim process. “I was asked by the elders and members…