Committee asking residents to write in with carbon tax questions and concerns
For a place that doesn’t even have a carbon tax yet, the Premier has made a lot of noise about the issue. Again last week,…
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GNWT gives $1 million to subsidize mining exploration
Nineteen mining exploration projects recently got a helping hand from the Government of the Northwest Territories. The GNWT announced it handed out just under $1…
Premier meets with provinces opposing carbon tax
What do the premiers of Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have in common? They’re all opposed to the federal plan to price carbon emissions….
Tlicho Grand Chief talks resource development at Intergovernmental Council meeting in Yellowknife
Leaders from the Government of the Northwest Territories and Indigenous governments, who are partners in Devolution, sat down in Yellowknife Tuesday to discuss a range of…
More details needed for proper public consultation on carbon tax
MLAs are criticizing Minister of Finance Robert C. McLeod for a lack of detail on the implementation of the territorial carbon tax. Kam Lake MLA…
GNWT to fund birth control drug for uninsured residents
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has announced that it will now financially cover the cost of a birth control drug for residents with…
NWT organizations receive funding through GNWT’s Healthy Choices Fund
The Kas’ho Got’ine Men’s Transition Home in Fort Good Hope and the Sahtu’ot’ine Nats’eju Initiative on Reconnecting with Ourselves in Deline are just two of…
All systems go on Protected Areas Act; all systems stop on Forest Act
Going into their second to last sitting before the fall election, members of the Legislative Assembly were facing 18 bills with another four soon on…
Changes coming to nurse registration in NWT
To kick off National Nurses Week, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (RNANT/NU) signed…
Government needs to learn from drafting mistakes: Sahtú Renewable Resources Board
After a packed meeting on Tuesday evening, the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment held a second meeting Thursday…