Issued May 20, 2020.

Public Events and Meetings

There are no scheduled public events

Closed Events and Meetings

The following events are closed to the media

The Premier will attend a meeting of the Economic Diversification and Growth and Environment Committee of Cabinet

The Premier will participate in a meeting of Canada’s Premiers

The Premier will participate in a First Ministers Meeting

The Premier will speak with Dene Nation Grand Chief Norman Yakeleya

Internal meetings.

Issued May 19, 2020.

Public Events and Meetings

The Premier will appear on CBC North Trailbreaker at 7:40 a.m.

Closed Events and Meetings

The following events are closed to the media

The Premier will attend a meeting of the Financial Management Board

The Premier will attend a meeting of the Energy and Climate Change Committee of Cabinet

The Premier will speak with Joint Task Force (North) Brig-Gen. Patrick Carpentier

Internal meetings.

All meetings and events subject to change.

Issued May 19, 2020.

Public Events and Meetings

 The Premier will update NWT residents on COVID-19 and take questions from the media at 11:00 a.m.

• Media wishing to take part are asked to contact presssecretary@gov.nt.ca for participant information.

Closed Events and Meetings

 The following events are closed to the media

The Premier will chair a meeting of the COVID-19 Committee of Cabinet

Internal meetings.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is working with a number of community governments and organizations to recover orders of KN95 masks sent to them which have been recalled by Health Canada.

Today, the Northwest Territories (NWT) takes its first careful steps towards a more open society.

As announced on May 12^th, the territory needed to complete several essential steps to move into relaxing phase one of eased measures outlined in the Emerging Wisely Plan shared with residents by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) earlier this week.

Premier Cochrane's Itinerary for May 15, 2020

Issued May 14, 2020.

Public Events and Meetings

 There are no scheduled public events.

Closed Events and Meetings

 The following events are closed to the media

The Premier and Minister Nokleby will take part in a weekly COVID-19 call with Indigenous government leaders.

 Internal meetings.

All meetings and events subject to change.

Issued May 13, 2020

Public Events and Meetings

There are no scheduled public events.

Closed Events and Meetings

The following events are closed to the media.

The Premier will chair a meeting of Cabinet

The Premier will participate in a meeting of the Children and Families Committee of Cabinet

The Premier will participate in Caucus

The Premier will participate in a meeting of Canada’s Premiers

Today, the GNWT charted a path to emerging from the current public health measures implemented to contain COVID-19 in the NWT – and the easing could start within a week.

The plan, titled Emerging Wisely, outlines where we are today, how we got here, and a five-part approach for gradually moving the territory from the containment measures in-place today through four phases of eased measures. The path includes progressively-eased restrictions on people, businesses, and activities important to residents.

The Government of the Northwest Territories recognizes how important it is for residents to be able to access information about COVID-19 in a single location, and has made some changes to address that need.

Information is power in the collective response to COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories – and now, it’s a whole lot easier to find. That’s because the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has launched a new, standalone, cross-government website bringing all the information and resources about the territory’s pandemic response under one roof.

If you’re in the Northwest Territories, dialing 8-1-1 is your connection to COVID-19 information and services.

The new Service NWT COVID Support Line means residents can use one easy number to reach the established self-isolation, enforcement, and regional centre accommodations lines.

The line also has staff to provide callers with accurate information about COVID-19 and how it relates to residents of the NWT. The operators will assist the caller by: