Issued May 25, 2020.
Public Events and Meetings
The Premier will appear on CKLB radio at 7:45 a.m.
The Premier will participate in the sitting of the Legislative Assembly.
Closed Events and Meetings
The following events are closed to the media
The Premier will chair a Cabinet House Strategy meeting.
The Premier will chair a meeting of the Priorities and Planning Committee of Cabinet.
Today Paulie Chinna, Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) announced that units previously identified for self-isolation purposes will be allocated to clients of NWTHC programs.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and on the guidance of the Emergency Management Organization (EMO), the NWTHC reserved approximately 130 units in 27 communities to ensure that individuals needing to self-isolate had options to do so safely while being supported through this difficult and challenging time.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and North Star Infrastructure (NSI) advise that construction of the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road (TASR) has resumed.
As a result of construction activities, Tłı̨chǫ residents are advised that the Whatı̀ community access road is temporarily closed beginning at the winter road junction. Crews began mobilizing to the work site on May 15, 2020. Residents are asked to avoid this area until further notice.
Issued May 21, 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 Thompson will take part in a weekly COVID-19 call with community government leaders
The Premier will take part in a weekly COVID-19 call with Indigenous government leaders
Internal meetings.
All meetings and events subject to change.
For all COVID-19 Media Requests, Contact:
Cabinet Communications
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.
Education Leaders from across the Northwest Territories (NWT) met via teleconference with Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) Minister R.J. Simpson, the NWT Teachers’ Association (NWTTA) and NWT Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) Dr. Kami Kandola on May 19, 2020 to discuss planning for the coming 2020-2021 school year.
With the entry into Phase 1 of Emerging Wisely, the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) plan to relax COVID-19 restrictions in the Northwest Territories, the GNWT has adapted its operating hours for its four highway ferries.
Each ferry will operate on an on-demand basis during the following hours:
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.
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.
