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Yellowknife – February 24, 2025
Communiqué

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Canada and Northwest Territories sign nature agreement

Fort Smith – February 14, 2025
Communiqué

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CAPTURE AND COLLARING OF LITTLE BUFFALO AND NYALRING BISON HERDS

Yellowknife – February 12, 2025
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Mr. Speaker, I stand today to highlight one of the most significant achievements of 2024: the finalization of the Our Land for the Future Agreement, formerly called the NWT Project Finance for Permanence Agreement.

 

Yellowknife – January 7, 2025
News Releases

The North continues to experience climate warming at a faster rate than the rest of Canada, adversely impacting our Northern ecosystems, infrastructure, and supply chains.  At the same time, the Northwest Territories (NWT) is facing the combined effects of energy price volatility and a longstandi

Fort Smith – November 28, 2024
Public Service Announcement

The department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) has confirmed one case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), otherwise known as bird flu, in a raven in the Northwest Territories (NWT), with one additional suspected case.

 

Yellowknife – November 26, 2024
News Releases

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released the first NWT Climate Change Risks and Opportunities Assessment, called "Informing Our Resilience to a Changing Climate in

Yellowknife – November 22, 2024
News Releases

Premier R.J. Simpson is announcing changes to the senior management team of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).

Yellowknife – November 21, 2024
News Releases

Two forestry students from the Northwest Territories are the first recipients of the Adam Yeadon Memorial Scholarship, which offers financial support to northern students pursuing an education in forestry or wildfire management.   
 

Yellowknife – November 6, 2024
Public Service Announcement

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is introducing updates to its ATLAS interactive web map viewer to improve access to current information about the availability of land in the Northwest Territories.

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