MLA introduces bill to repeal N.W.T. carbon tax
If passed, bill will bring N.W.T. in line with federal carbon tax system The already heavily-debated carbon tax will again
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Author: Natalie Pressman, CBC News
No plans for hospital lay-offs as COVID-era funding ends, N.W.T. health minister says
The Northwest Territories health minister says her department is not planning to lay off any staff as a result of
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Portable classrooms called ‘Band-Aid solution’ in Colville Lake, N.W.T.
The N.W.T. government is spending $3.9 million on new portable classrooms for the school in Colville Lake, but some community
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N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of ‘high-risk’ wildfire season
Two gov’t departments reviewing 2023 wildfire season to improve future response The N.W.T.’s Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA)
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N.W.T. MLA: review into wildfire response should consider territory’s most vulnerable
One Yellowknife MLA says an inquiry into the N.W.T. 2023 wildfire response needs to address how the territory’s most vulnerable
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‘Rugged, ragged and tough’: Yellowknife snowboard culture to be showcased in short film
Yellowknife’s own Bristol Pit will soon be hitting the screen. The former gravel-pit-turned-snowboard-hill is the subject of a short film
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Black Press seeks creditor protection, local papers’ fate uncertain
‘Support your local news outlets because you don’t want to lose them,’ former publisher says The future may be a
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N.W.T.’s access-to-information system slow and frustrating, users say
Government not living up to its promise of transparency, according to former MLA Understaffing and a lack of government transparency
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Local hunter skeptical about plans for bison processing plant in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
Fort Simpson Métis Development Corporation awarded $705K in federal funds to develop facility The Fort Simpson Métis in the N.W.T. have secured
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Investigator escalates Fort Smith man’s complaint against N.W.T. RCMP
An RCMP unit in Alberta in charge of investigating a public complaint about four officers in Fort Smith, N.W.T., is
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Homeowners’ subsidy for Northern employees to stay after talks with unions
Reversal of plan the result of petition and letter-writing campaign, says union official Changes to a housing subsidy for federal
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N.W.T. college pauses international intake after deluge of applications
Aurora College recent received about 700 applications from overseas The Northwest Territories’ Aurora College is pausing its acceptance of international
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As disaster costs add up, N.W.T. nears its debt ceiling
N.W.T. has ‘Cadillac taste’ with a ‘Chevrolet budget,’ past finance minister says The Northwest Territories’ 20th Assembly will inherit a host
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Northerners decry potential cuts to housing subsidies for some federal workers
Decision expected Tuesday following meeting between Treasury Board and unions Fewer staff to operate services, more southern-based teleworking employees, and
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‘Fiercely loyal’ fans show support for Yellowknife station fighting for FM licence
Federal court dismissed application for appeal; judicial review and new licence application ongoing After the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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