The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is seeking feedback from dental hygienists, stakeholders, and the public on proposed Dental Hygienist Profession Regulations.

Join the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Royal Alberta Museum and the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada for a public talk on the Days of Dust and Darkness – the impact of volcanic ash fallout on the natural world and the people who depended on it for survival.

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Northwest Territories Council of Leaders.

One of the loan repayment incentives for Student Financial Assistance is being discontinued. The Northern Bonus, which was an incentive that provided up to $2,000 per year in loan forgiveness for eligible students, with a lifetime maximum of $10,000, will no longer be available.

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of September 3-9, 2024

Ministerial Travel 

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of September 2, 2024. 

Starting October 13, 2024, fees for various tenant services at the Yellowknife Airport (YZF) will increase.

This includes services such as maintenance, first aid and extinguisher training and airside driver operator permit testing. The changes will also apply to fines for lost keys and passes, as well as float plane escort and docking services. In most cases, tenants have the option to either use YZF services or contract them out.

Key principles behind the fee updates are as follows:

Planning travel just got easier with the launch of DriveNWT, a state-of-the-art highway map designed to enhance the safety, efficiency and sustainability of our transportation networks.

Released today, the independent third-party review of the unprecedented 2023 wildfire season and the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) wildfire response recommends enhancements to wildfire prevention, mitigation and response activities, many of which are already being implemented by the Department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) and the wildfire management team across the Northwest Territories (NWT).

The review’s findings are organized under the following key themes:

Premier and Minister of Justice, R.J. Simpson, joins the RCMP in the Northwest Territories in welcoming its new Commanding Officer of “G” Division, Chief Superintendent Dyson Smith:

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is making grant funding available to support events that commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2023.

This initiative provides special, application-based grant funding up to $2,500 to support Indigenous governments, and Indigenous organizations and communities to plan and deliver National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in locations across the Northwest Territories.