The NWT’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola will be ordering the restriction of all travel into the territory to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Kandola will also order those returning to the NWT to remain in one of the regional centres (Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River or Fort…
The territorial government has announced a slew of measures to support the NWT economy through the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of those measures are aimed to help businesses weather the economic storm that is not likely to ease any time soon. The total “relief package”, as the government calls it,…
The chief public health officer of the NWT is advising residents effective immediately they should cancel all mass gatherings which could reach over 50 people in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Large retail or grocery stores are exempt from the 50 person-requirement. The remaining guidance on hand-washing and physical distance…
It was a coronavirus-themed day at the Legislative Assembly on Friday. Nearly all regular MLAs had a COVID-19 question for cabinet. Earlier in the sitting, Speaker Frederick Blake Jr. announced the rest of the winter session would be suspended to deal with coronavirus concerns. Still no confirmed cases As of…
The Legislative Assembly is suspending its winter session due to the “growing concerns surrounding COVID-19,” said Speaker Frederick Blake Jr. However, Blake will be convening a one-day session on Monday, March 16 for MLAs to pass an interim budget. The interim budget would allow for “routine government expenditures” for the…
The 19th Legislative Assembly’s first budget reflects much more business as usual than any significant changes. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek acknowledged as much, saying the budget is money the departments need to maintain programs and services they have now. All put together, that comes to $1.9 billion in departmental spending….
Community leaders in Colville Lake are asking the Government of the Northwest Territories to step away from self-government negotiations. “Rather than talking we want to get the work done,” says David Cozi, president of the Ayoni Keh Land Corporation. Codzi and Behdzi Adha’ First Nation Chief Wilbert Kochon recently sent…
Updated: February 7 to reflect Minister Simpson’s ‘Personal Explanation’ given in the house. Minister R.J. Simpson says he wasn’t surprised to see Dr. Tom Weegar be replaced earlier this week as president of Aurora College and associate deputy minister of postsecondary education renewal. But the minister of education, culture and…
Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green said she was just as surprised as everyone else when she heard Dr. Tom Weegar was being replaced as the man in charge of transitioning Aurora College to a polytechnic university. The territorial government announced his replacement earlier this week. Dr. Weegar had been in…
A half million dollars in funding is going to be used to help the Northwest Territories provide mental health services for children, youth, adults and families throughout the NWT. The funding was announced Wednesday morning at the Legislative Assembly. The funding initiative is a collaboration between the GNWT in partnership…