Effective October 13, 2020, travellers and employees will be required to wear a mask while inside Northwest Territories (NWT) airport terminal buildings. Until this requirement comes into effect, the public is still encouraged to wear masks within our airport facilities.
Trick-or-treating is on this year and the Government of the Northwest Territories has released guidelines on how to celebrate safely.
The guidelines provide “must-do’s” based on continued public health orders in the territory; things to avoid; and best practices to stay safe for trick-or-treaters and treat-givers.
Key guidance on trick-or-treating includes:
· Trick-or-treat in outdoor spaces as much as possible.
· Wash your hands often. This is especially important:
A below-average fire season saw 70 wildfires burn 21,139 hectares across the Northwest Territories (NWT) in 2020—less than half as many fires as last year, and only a fifth of the area burned in 2019.
Wet weather limited the number of fires and the area burned, with most regions of the NWT experiencing more rain than forecasted. The only exceptions were the Beaufort-Delta and the North Slave regions, which experienced higher than average fire risk throughout the fire season.
Premier Caroline Cochrane would like to announce the departure of Dr. Joe Dragon as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure with the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).
Plans are currently being developed to identify a successor to lead the Department of Infrastructure and its valuable employees in supporting the GNWT’s priorities. Mr. Steve Loutitt, Assistant Deputy Minister of Regional Operations, will be Acting Deputy Minister while these plans are being developed.
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Today the Government of the Northwest Territories announced $12.371 million in new funding to support schools with the extra costs incurred as a result of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the total amount, $4.85 million is coming from the Government of Canada.
This joint initiative between the departments of Education, Culture and Employment and Finance will provide funding for:
· technology such as laptops, tablets, and at-home internet access
With deliveries to 12 communities, Marine Transportation Services (MTS) has successfully completed the 2020 marine resupply season.
The first shipments of the season departed Hay River on July 10, 2020 and the last delivery took place on September 19, 2020.
A total of 27.9 million litres of fuel and 2,720 tons of cargo were successfully delivered to the following locations:
The Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Alberta are pleased to report on the outcomes of the third year of implementation of the Alberta-Northwest Territories Bilateral Water Management Agreement.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to announce new and enhanced programs to support harvesters and families going out on the land this fall. These programs reflect the importance of increasing food security through locally-harvested food and are a direct response to the challenges our communities are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Premier Caroline Cochrane released mandate letters for all members of Cabinet today.
Ministerial mandate letters provide more specific direction to each Minister on their individual responsibilities for carrying out the priorities of the 19th Legislative Assembly and the commitments identified in the Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories: 2019-2023.
The letters also set out the Premier’s expectations for how Ministers will conduct themselves as members of Cabinet and common direction on overall actions and priorities, including:
To enhance the Northwest Territories’ ability to detect and react to COVID-19, the Government of the Northwest Territories has expanded the number of in-territory rapid tests used for COVID-19, and procured additional equipment to expand this capacity further in the coming weeks.
