The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will donate up to $150,000 to support those impacted by flooding in the Northwest Territories.

Communities in the NWT have experienced flooding that has displaced residents and caused damage to property. In order to assist those in the communities affected by the flooding the GNWT will match donations to the United Way NWT which will then be dispersed to various organizations that are able to provide the necessary aid to residents.

Premier Cochrane along with Ministers Diane Archie, Paulie Chinna and Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson met late yesterday evening to review the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) response to flooding in the Northwest Territories (NWT) and to discuss next steps.

Premier Caroline Cochrane and Paulie Chinna, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs and Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation issued the following statement on behalf of Cabinet concerning flooding in Jean Marie River, Fort Simpson, Hay River and Kátł’odeeche First Nation.

The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Paulie Chinna has extended the State of Emergency in the City of Yellowknife. This extension is being made under s.14 of the Emergency Management Act.

The extension continues through May 20, 2021.

This State of Emergency was initially instated to address the need for additional shelter space as a result of ongoing capacity limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) has released a report titled Fire Service Outside of Municipal Boundaries – What We Heard. The report provides a summary of feedback from the public and stakeholders.

MACA conducted in-person and virtual sessions to receive feedback and input from residents as well as facilitating an online survey. Over fifty (50) individuals provided input either through in-person / online engagement sessions held March 28 - 30, 2021 or through the survey, which ran from March 22 - April 5, 2021.

The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Paulie Chinna has extended the State of Emergency in the City of Yellowknife. This extension is being made under s.14 of the Emergency Management Act.

The extension continues through May 6, 2021.

This State of Emergency was initially instated to address the need for additional shelter space as a result of ongoing capacity limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Paulie Chinna has extended the State of Emergency in the City of Yellowknife. This extension is being made under s.14 of the Emergency Management Act.

The extension continues through April 22, 2021.

This State of Emergency was initially instated to address the need for additional shelter space as a result of ongoing capacity limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Today, I would like to update the Members on the progress we have made with our commitment to reduce the municipal funding gap and the additional funding support that has been provided for community governments.

This government committed to reducing the funding gap by $5 million, and we have made significant progress on this goal.  This past fiscal year we added $2.594 million of ongoing funding for community governments.   

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Mr. Speaker, today I am pleased to provide an update to Members on additional sport funding, provided to community governments and sport organizations, through a partnership between the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs and Sport Canada.

To date, the COVID-19 emergency support funding for sport organizations has provided a total of $1.846 million for communities and sport organizations in order to:

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Mr. Speaker, with the recent announcement of the delay of the 2022 Arctic Winter Games,
I wanted to reach out to Northwest Territories, or NWT, youth and offer some words of encouragement to anyone who is feeling overwhelmed or disappointed by this news.