Businesses and residents will receive better service from Protect NWT and 8-1-1 as new call centre technology comes online this week.

The new call centre technology provides assurance that all calls will be answered and none will be dropped from the system while callers are on hold, allows for better data management, and improves call triage procedures. Business callers will also be given an option to connect to an operator who can provide them with business-specific responses.

Infrastructure projects will play a significant role in the economic recovery of the Northwest Territories post-COVID-19. These Estimates inject money into the economy and provide business and employment opportunities for residents, while delivering the critical infrastructure the NWT needs to provide important programs and services.

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the City of Yellowknife and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to announce, in partnership with the Federal government, the successful distribution of $1.583 million in COVID-19 emergency support funding. This funding is being provided for sport organizations by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.

More than 219 kilometres of highways in the Northwest Territories were improved this summer and fall, including:

·       200 kilometres of chipseal overlay

·       19 kilometres of roadway rehabilitation

·       Four bridge rehabilitation/maintenance projects

·       Pre-engineering work for several culvert replacements and one major culvert repair

A new campaign launched by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is calling on everyone across the territory to mask up to protect each other as the COVID-19 risk grows across Canada. 

The Most Important Thing I’m Wearing campaign  encourages residents to wear non-medical masks as a way to take responsibility for protecting each other in situations where it is difficult to follow physical distancing requirements of two meters .

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Northwest Territories business leaders and the Government of the Northwest Territories are working together to safeguard the territory’s economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining a protective public health response.

As the GNWT prepared for the inevitable arrival of COVID-19, the swift mobilization of its pandemic services limited the number of cases, and prevented loss-of-life.

Today, the territory is in a position to look forward while others are tightening up in part because of these measures.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to share the results of the 2020 Northwest Territories (NWT) Environmental Audit, released today.

Every five years, an independent auditor is appointed to conduct an Environmental Audit, as required under legislation and land claim agreements. The Audit is a way to assess how well the NWT environmental regulatory system is working and provide recommendations to help guide decision-makers, not just the GNWT.

Today the Department of Education, Culture and Employment announced the official launch of the Our Languages JK-12 Indigenous languages curriculum. 

Our Languages is a competency-based curriculum that provides Indigenous language instructors with curricular outcomes, instructional strategies, and assessment tools to foster language growth in classrooms. It promotes a whole-school approach to language learning to ensure that Indigenous languages are heard and spoken throughout schools, at assemblies, and during routines and in all Northwest Territories classrooms.