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Featured, Industry, News, Politics October 14, 2020

Q&A: Katrina Nokleby talks losing her cabinet roles, responds to criticisms and looks at future as regular MLA; Part 1

'I think the territory is not cut out for a politician like me,' says the Great Slave MLA.


Katrina Nokleby says she needed some time away after having her ministerial portfolios and her cabinet seat publicly stripped. The Great Slave MLA travelled to British Columbia for about a month before returning and self-isolating for two weeks. Now out of isolation, she sat down with CKLB to address some…

Featured, Health, News, Politics September 25, 2020

COVID-19 secretariat: smaller staff, more efficient, more expensive

Russell Neudorf, associate deputy minister, says it will cost $2.6 million more on top of the GNWT's current pandemic response to establish the secretariat.


The territorial government acknowledges it needs to improve its communications around COVID-19, especially regarding its proposed secretariat. Speaking with reporters Thursday morning, Russell Neudorf, the man in charge of the project, said all these questions are partly the government’s fault. “I believe this is in part because we may not…

Featured, Health, News September 25, 2020

GNWT holds survey on vaping regulations

The Government of the Northwest Territories is holding a survey to determine new regulations around vaping products. The survey is being done in an effort to reduce the number of youth whose health has been affected by vaping or smoking, a press release says. The survey is being run by…

Featured, News, Politics September 24, 2020

What the throne speech means for the NWT

Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and reconciliation were major components of the speech.


“Now is not the time for austerity,” was one of the key lines from the Liberal government’s throne speech on Wednesday. The speech addressed the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, reconciliation and several other major issues affecting the Northwest Territories.   Officially called the Speech from the Throne, this is a practice…

Featured, News September 17, 2020

GNWT launching new programs to promote harvesting

The Government of the Northwest Territories is launching three new programs to encourage harvesting. A press release says harvesting can decrease reliance on store-bought foods, which can be expensive for residents, particularly those in remote communities. The GNWT is investing $330,000 “to support harvesters and the traditional economy” in 2020-21….

Community, Featured, Health September 9, 2020

Presumptive positive case of COVID-19 found at Diavik mine

The territorial government says there is a presumptive case of COVID-19 at Diavik Mine. The unnamed individual arrived at the Northwest Territories in a chartered flight from Ontario, as stated in a press release. Upon entry, the worker was deemed “presumptive positive” and still needs to be confirmed by a…

Community, Featured, Health, News September 4, 2020

New COVID-19 secretariat role coming to the GNWT

In preparing for a second wave of COVID-19, the territorial government is creating a secretariat role within the department of Health and Social Services to respond to the pandemic. The secretariat will work closely with Kami Kandola, chief public health officer, implementing, and enforcing the NWT Public Health Order. For…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News September 3, 2020

Tłı̨chǫ Government, ENR say more training needed to meet proposed wolf reduction targets

If reduction targets are not met by traditional harvesters, then ENR will continue to hire a helicopter and marksman to cull wolves from the air.


Tłı̨chǫ and territorial government officials attribute the low wolf harvest numbers to difficulty accessing the animals over the past winter. With those low numbers, the department of Environment and Natural Resources hired a helicopter and marksman this spring to shoot wolves from the air to try and meet reduction goals….

Community, Environment, Featured, News September 3, 2020

Marine Transportation Services getting $26M upgrade

The GNWT says there will be an added level of safety with the new barges.


The focus is “making sure we get service,” says Ray Ruben, mayor of Paulatuk. The Marine Transportation Services fleet will be getting four new double-hulled barges. GNWT says the barges will reduce costs by carrying multiple types of petroleum products and cargo to communities along the Beaufort Delta line. One…