Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of June 24.
The FireSmart Canada Advanced Home Assessment Program is now available to help Northwest Territories residents become more wildfire resilient.
The program connects motivated northerners with experts to assess what changes could be made to their homes, cabins and properties, today and in the future, to be ready before wildfires happen. The service is offered at no cost.
Assessments were offered in Fort Simpson from June 14-18 and are scheduled in the following communities:
Effective at 5:00 p.m. on June 20, 2024, fire restrictions in the Dehcho region are being implemented prohibiting any open flames on all public and private lands.
These restrictions are effective through July 3, 2024, and may be extended if necessary.
They apply to following communities and land between them not under federal jurisdiction:
Due to fire danger in the region, a fire ban has been put into effect for Territorial Parks around Yellowknife, prohibiting open fires.
The ban, which is in addition to any regional fire bans in place by NWT Fire, is effective from June 20, 2024 until July 4, 2024 for the following NWT Parks:
Due to fire danger in the region, a fire ban has been put into effect for Hay River Territorial Park, prohibiting open fires. The ban, which is in addition to any regional fire bans in place by NWT Fire, is effective from June 19, 2024 until July 3, 2024.
Due to fire danger in the region, a fire ban has been put into effect for all Territorial Parks in the Dehcho Region, prohibiting open fires.
The ban, which is in addition to any regional fire bans in place by NWT Fire, is effective immediately and will remain in place until July 3, 2024 for the following NWT Parks:
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to announce that high school diplomas will soon be issued in every official language of the Northwest Territories.
Starting this month, all high school diplomas issued will be trilingual: English, French, and the Indigenous language of the graduating student’s choosing. The Northwest Territories seal is also in all 11 official languages.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is now accepting applications for the new Extended Health Benefits Program, which takes effect on September 3, 2024.
To apply, residents must:
The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
The Government of the Northwest Territories is now accepting funding proposals for the Early Childhood Infrastructure Fund for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
The Early Childhood Infrastructure Fund is designed for projects that preserve or expand existing infrastructure of licensed centre-based childcare spaces or that create new licensed centre-based child care spaces in Northwest Territories communities.
Funding priority will be given to communities with limited or no early learning and childcare programming.
