Today, Premier Caroline Cochrane tabled an update on Emerging Stronger: Planning our Economic and Social Recovery Together in the Legislative Assembly.

The update to Emerging Stronger highlights the progress the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has made to recover from the pandemic over the course of the past year despite numerous challenges both in terms of the spread of COVID-19 and broader economic uncertainty and social instability.

The Government of the Northwest Territories released the 2021 NWT Community Counselling Program (CCP) Client Satisfaction Questionnaire Report.

Residents interested in buyinglocally-raised meat in the NWT are in support the development of Meat Safety Regulations. That is one of the findings in the Department of Health and Social Services’ report, What We Heard: Development of Meat Safety Regulations Under the Public Health Act.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is partnering with Gahcho Kué Mine to build a bridge at the Redknife River crossing on the Mackenzie Highway that will restore fish passage for migratory species.                                                            

Premier Caroline Cochrane and Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Shane Thompson will visit the Town of Hay River and the Kátł’odeeche First Nation on Wednesday May 18, 2022. This will be an opportunity to meet with community leadership and get a first-hand account of the damage to homes, businesses, and other infrastructure in the area caused by recent flooding.

Shane Thompson, Minister of Lands and Minister of Environment and Natural Resources announced today that effective April 1, 2023, the two departments will be amalgamated to form a single department.

This amalgamation is the next step in the evolution of the land and resource management functions and structures that were set up as a part of the 2014 Devolution Agreement. 

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has improved how financial assistance is provided to residents, small businesses, and community governments in the event of a widespread natural disaster. The updated Disaster Assistance Policy (DAP) is being implemented immediately to assist people in flooded communities starting today.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) is asking the public for their input on proposed amendments to the Northwest Territories (NWT) Official Languages Act. 

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will match donations up to $150,000, to support those impacted by flooding in 2022 in the Northwest Territories.

Today, Caroline Cochrane, Premier of the Northwest Territories, along with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, Yukon Premier Sandy Silver, and Indigenous Leaders from across the North issued the first Pan-Northern Leaders’ Statement on Climate Change.