FORT SMITH (February 18, 2013) – Honourable J. Michael Miltenberger, MLA for Thebacha, and MP Dennis Bevington presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals to four Fort Smith residents, on Saturday, February 16 at the Northern Life Museum.

The recipients:

YELLOWKNIFE (February 13, 2013) –Honourable Jackson Lafferty, MLA for Monfwi, Grand Chief Edward Erasmus and Chief Clifford Daniels, presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals to four Behchoko residents on Thursday, February 7 in the Great Hall of the Legislative Assembly. Also in attendance were Commissioner of the Northwest Territories George Tuccaro, Chief Alfonz Nitsiza, Chief Charlie Football and Chief Edward Chocolate.

Recipients of the medal were:

(February 12, 2013) - Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories is a proud sponsor of the 2013 Indspire awards.  Formerly known as the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, Indspire promotes the development, education and professional advancement of Aboriginal people in Canadian society.

I will be attending the awards this week in Saskatoon.  It gives me great pleasure to announce that two Northwest Territories residents will receive awards this year.

(January 18, 2013) - I was saddened to hear of Dr. Robertson’s passing on Monday, January 14, 2013. It was during his ten years as Commissioner that the current borders of the Northwest Territories were recommended, and our strong, unified territory owes its beginnings to his leadership. He served with the first, second, third and fourth Legislative Councils of the Northwest Territories, the forerunners of our fully elected Legislative Assemblies.

FORT MCPHERSON  (November 30, 2012) – Four Fort McPherson residents were honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on Saturday, November 24^th .

Frederick (Sonny) Blake, MLA Mackenzie Delta, presented medals during community feast to:

 YELLOWKNIFE (November 9, 2012) – Commissioner George Tuccaro and Yellowknife MLAs Bob McLeod, Bob Bromley, Daryl Dolynny, Robert Hawkins, and Wendy Bisaro recognized 19 Yellowknife residents at a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal ceremony yesterday:

YELLOWKNIFE (November 7, 2012) – Commissioner George Tuccaro, Premier Bob McLeod, and Speaker Jackie Jacobson presented Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals to the longest-serving members of the Legislative Assembly yesterday.

Michael Miltenberger, MLA Thebacha, and Jane Groenewegen, MLA Hay River South, have served in the Legislative Assembly continuously since their first elections in October 1995. Both have served as Cabinet Ministers, including terms as Deputy Premier.

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• Thank you for inviting me here today to speak with you about what the GNWT has planned for the 2013/14 fiscal year.

• The GNWT’s 2013/14 infrastructure budget marks a return to more historic spending levels after delivering unprecedented infrastructure budgets totaling more than $1.1 billion over the previous four years.