Today the Minister of Justice, R.J. Simpson, announced new regulations under the Residential Tenancies Act to replace those put in place on April 9, 2020 to help tenants impacted by COVID-19. The new regulations will allow for the establishment of rent repayment plans to ensure tenants have a reasonable timeframe to pay back rent that has accumulated from March 18, 2020 to January 31, 2021 as a result of the pandemic.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has launched an independent review of its procurement policies and practices.
Through interviews, written submissions, targeted engagement opportunities and online surveys, Indigenous Governments and Organizations, elected leaders, the business community, stakeholders and residents will all have an opportunity to share their perspectives and ideas in support of the GNWT’s mandated priority to: Ensure government procurement and contracting maximizes benefits to residents and businesses.
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The Minister Responsible for Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC), Paulie Chinna, is expanding opportunities for NWT residents to pursue the goal of homeownership.
The Mandate of the 19th Legislative Assembly identified increasing the number of affordable homes and reducing core housing need as a key priority. One of the actions identified under this priority is to transition individuals or families to homeownership through the sale of units or lease-to-own agreements for existing housing units.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and CKLB Radio are teaming up on a campaign called ‘Dear Fort Liard’.
This campaign is about people across the territory offering support to friends and family in the community of Fort Liard who have been faced with challenges as they work together to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is committed to providing effective and considerate programming that meets the needs of seniors. Today Paulie Chinna, the Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) is pleased to announce amendments to the housing repair programming policies for seniors. These amendments remove the requirement for home insurance, formal land tenure, and only assess the incomes of seniors who own their homes.
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The Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT) released the Social Indicators COVID-19 Pandemic report that examines potential social impacts of COVID-19 protective health measures.
This report was put together by the Department of Health and Social Services, which established a working group in May 2020 to examine the impacts of COVID-19 as a result of public health measure.
The key social indicators being monitored include child maltreatment, mental health and addictions, alcohol-related harm, and family violence.
In the first week of January, Statistics Canada began working with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) COVID-19 Coordinating Secretariat on an initiative where they conduct symptom and wellness checks for people who are self-isolating in the Northwest Territories (NWT) as a result of travel. Until now, these symptom checks have been administered by the Secretariat’s ProtectNWT staff, via direct telephone contact or online submissions.
Results of water quality monitoring completed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) indicate that concentrations of some metals and hydrocarbons in the Slave and Hay Rivers were elevated in July, due to unprecedented high flows, but the majority returned to their normal range in August and are not expected to pose a health risk to aquatic life.
