YELLOWKNIFE (November 6, 2012) – Trappers in each region of the Northwest Territories have been honoured for their achievements during last year’s trapping season.

YELLOWKNIFE (November 6, 2012) – The Honourable Robert C. McLeod, Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) has announced a revised approach to helping homeownership clients address their mortgages and arrears.  This approach aims to provide client homeowners with a fresh start while meeting their responsibilities as homeowners.

YELLOWKNIFE (November 6, 2012) – The Department of Education, Culture and Employment, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Social Services, released a report today exploring the health perceptions, choices and experiences of school-aged children in the Northwest Territories (NWT).  The report, titled Health and Health-Related Behaviours Among Young People: Northwest Territories, is based upon data collected through the national Health Beha

FORT PROVIDENCE (November 6, 2012) – The official opening of the Deh Cho Bridge will be held on Friday, November 30, 2012.

YELLOWKNIFE (November 5, 2012) – The Honourable Jackson Lafferty, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) today announced a new curriculum designed  to help people gain the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to manage their personal finances.

The new curriculum was developed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) at the suggestion of the NWT’s three operating mines and meets a need they identified for financial literacy training for their staff.

YELLOWKNIFE (November 5, 2012) – The Government of the Northwest Territories has released a public discussion paper as part of a multi-step process to develop the 2013 Northwest Territories Energy Plan.

YELLOWKNIFE (November 1, 2012) – November is Road Safety Month in the Northwest Territories. Minister of Transportation David Ramsay reminds drivers that even though great progress has been made in improving road safety in the territory, there is still much more that can be done.

YELLOWKNIFE (Wednesday, October 31, 2012) – To build on the success of the early October launch of the Northern Studies 10 curriculum, the Honourable Jackson Lafferty today officially introduced the materials to the public with a call to jurisdictions across Canada to develop their own dedicated residential schools curricula.

Yellowknife (October 30, 2012) – All public influenza immunization clinics in the Northwest Territories will proceed as scheduled. The decision follows a Health Canada recommendation that flu vaccine made by the pharmaceutical firm Novartis not be used pending a review of the discovery of clumping of particles in the vaccine in Europe.

HAY RIVER (October 29)– A new federally-certified egg-grading station for the Northwest Territories officially opened Friday in Hay River.  

In cutting the ribbon to the state-of-the-art facility on Friday, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment David Ramsay noted that its operation will position the NWT to benefit from the National Regulated Egg Marketing Program and the market opportunities it offers.