Michael McLeod

Featured, Health, News October 13, 2023

Feds announce $24 million for Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre

The facility has been in the works since the last Legislative Assembly.


Yellowknife’s long-awaited Wellness and Recovery Centre is getting a $24 million funding boost from the federal government. That’s according to a joint announcement by Northwest Territories MP Michael McLeod and Minister of Health and Social Services Julie Green on Friday. Once complete, the new centre will offer a variety of…

Community, Environment, Featured, News October 12, 2022

Feds deploying energy advisors in NWT

Nearly $683,000 to Fort Providence-based Gonezu Energy, which will use the money to train and deploy up to a dozen energy advisors across the NWT.


The federal government is committing more than $500,000 in the Northwest Territories to help residents make their homes more energy efficient and ultimately lead to the creation of more jobs. Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, Michael McLeod, says the government is giving nearly $683,000 to Fort Providence-based Gonezu…

Environment, Featured, News August 5, 2020

GNWT ‘considering all options’ if Alberta continues to not meet monitoring obligations

The Canadian Press acquired a report that indicates monitoring of the Athabasca was suspended due to COVID.


Smith’s Landing First Nation Chief Gerry Cheezie says he is “shocked” by reports the Government of Canada and Alberta have suspended certain oilsands monitoring projects. Joslyn Oosenbrug, department of Environment and Resources (ENR) spokesperson, says the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) was recently made aware of the contemplated suspension…

Featured, News, Politics July 16, 2020

LKDFN launches wild food kitchen with federal dollars

Funding to go towards Northern Farm Training Institute, Tłı̨chǫ Łeàgı̨ą Tsʾı̨ı̨lı̨ Kǫ and Łútsël K'é Dene First Nation


The Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation is launching a wild food kitchen as a result of a federal investment. This comes as part of a nearly $56,000 fund to reduce food insecurity across the Northwest Territories, according to a press release issued by Michael McLeod, NWT MP. The money comes…

News August 29, 2019

Feds pledge $6 million to combat homelessness in Yellowknife

The Federal Government is committing more than $6 million over five years to fight homelessness in Yellowknife. The funding was announced Thursday morning by Northwest Territories Member of Parliament Michael McLeod at Hopes Haven. It’s a transitional home for teens and young adults in Yellowknife who might otherwise have no…