The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and Skills Canada NWT are partnering to present a Girls in Trades Workshop.
The workshop is designed to provide opportunities forfemale students to explore the trades as a potential career path with the added bonus, of boosting their confidence, teaching life skills and empowering them as young women to pursue a career path largely dominated by men.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) are pleased to announce that they have ratified a new collective agreement.
This new agreement is effective April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023.
Negotiations for a new collective agreement began on March 9, 2021 and ended on May 31, 2021 when both sides reached a tentative agreement.
The previous collective agreement between the UNW and the GNWT expired on March 31, 2021.
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A draft interim range plan for boreal caribou in the Wek’èezhı̀ı region has been released for public comment.
This plan -- developed as a commitment under the environmental assessment for the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road -- incorporates Indigenous knowledge, lived experience, and scientific data to define which habitat is most important to caribou in the area.
The range plan aims to answer some key questions within the Wek’èezhı̀ı region:
Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of August 16, 2021
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Effective September 1, 2021, the minimum wage will increase from $13.46 per hour to $15.20 per hour.
The minimum wage rate in the NWT was last increased in 2018 and was set at a rate of $13.46 per hour. Since that time, the cost of living and the average hourly wage in the NWT have risen and minimum wage earners have fallen behind. The minimum wage increase strikes a balance between maintaining competitive wage rates and encouraging economic activity.
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Protecting the health and safety of residents and communities is of the highest priority to the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) as we begin to prepare to reopen schools for the 2021-22 school year.
To safeguard the health and safety of students and school staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools will follow the recommendations of the NWT Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO), while supporting the learning and well-being of all NWT students.
Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of August 9, 2021
The Government of the Northwest Territories has identified three priorities for new waste management programming in the NWT.
These priorities are:
Working with the Waste Resource Advisory Panel (WRAP) and the Waste Reduction and Recovery Advisory Committee (WRRAC), these priorities were identified after assessing the human and environmental health impacts of landfilling and the feasibility of diversion programming for various materials.
Residents in the Northwest Territories (NWT) are being encouraged to make the push to reach 75 percent uptake for full vaccination (2 doses) in the territory. Higher vaccination rates will help to ensure protection for individuals, families, and communities as fall approaches and the Delta variant of COVID-19 becomes more prevalent across the country.
The “Drive to 75%” will include additional vaccine clinic opportunities, and ongoing promotions through the month of August.
The FireSmart® Starts in Your Backyard contest is back – this time focusing on the Ingraham Trail.
The contest is meant to encourage folks to practice FireSmart® principles to reduce their risk of wildfire damage.
FireSmart® principles are proven to work – taking simple, often inexpensive, steps can help protect homes and cabins from wildfires – even if it reaches the property.
All Ingraham Trail residents and cabin owners are eligible for the contest.
Here’s how it works:
