This season’s barge delivery to Sachs Harbour has been cancelled. The GNWT announced the cancellation of the shipment late Friday afternoon. “A culmination of bad weather and a late start to the season – due to climate change, delayed buoy placement, and flooding in both Inuvik and Hay River –…
Lesa Semmler says she feels like the territorial government is trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to administering the COVID-19 vaccine. The Inuvik-Twin Lakes MLA says the GNWT should do more to leverage local healthcare workers in the regional centres to get the vaccine to communities. The COVID-19…
On Nov. 9, the Northwest Territories Power Corporation will start using power limiters again on residents that can’t pay their bills. The corporation made the announcement earlier this month, reversing a decision from earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. The reversal caught the attention of Nunakput MLA Jackie Jacobson, who represents…
Updated May 14, 2:30 p.m. Education leaders across the NWT have agreed to keep all schools closed for the remainder of the academic year despite being given the all-clear to open from the chief public health officer. The decision comes two days after the territorial government released its Emerging Wisely…
Updated March 17, 3:30 p.m. The Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) will be removing all power limiters for all customers in arrears across the territory. The decision to do so came after NTPC decided to close all of its regional offices, according to spokesperson Doug Prendergast. Originally, residents needed to…
The Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nanukput is among those in Tuktoyaktuk who are continuing to mourn but are also celebrating the life of Elder Persis Gruben. She died last Sunday at the astonishing age of 101. MLA and long-time Tuk resident Jackie Jacobson says he knew Persis his…
The former Speaker of the NWT Legislative Assembly has announced that he is running to become the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding on Nunakput. Jackie Jacobson was the MLA for the riding from 2007 to 2015 and was the Speaker for his second term. He says his…