tom weegar

The pending closure of the NWT’s three huge diamond mines will certainly reduce direct taxation revenues for the territorial government, but it’s the ripple effects through the private sector that could really hurt our economy, says the minister in charge. During a virtual town hall Thursday night — the first…

Water levels across most of the NWT remain very low and the winter’s snowpack is well below average. That’s what the latest NWT Water Monitoring Bulletin stated today. These dry conditions began during the summer and fall of 2022 and have persisted through the end of last year, largely due…