Delivered October 3, 2017
Mr. Speaker, since 2013, September 30th has been marked as Orange Shirt Day, a day for all Canadians to remember the survivors of the residential school system.
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September 28, 2017
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Delivered on September 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, last November, I tabled Mind and Spirit: Promoting Mental Health and Addictions Recovery in the Northwest Territories, our government’s strategic framework for addressing this critical issue for Northerners.
September 26, 2017
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Delivered on September 26, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that later today, I will be tabling the Continuing Care Services Action Plan.
September 22, 2017
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Delivered on September 22, 2017
September 20, 2017
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
Delivered on September 20, 2017
September 12, 2017
News Releases
YELLOWKNIFE (September 12, 2017) – The Minister of Health and Social Services, Glen Abernethy, announced that the government has signed a lease for a long-term location of the Yellowknife Day Shelter and Yellowknife Sobering Centre.
September 11, 2017
News Releases
FORT SMITH (September 11, 2017) – A community-based mobile addictions pilot program is being delivered in Fort Smith that is responding to a need identified by elders and community members for culturally-safe addictions programming.
September 5, 2017
News Releases
YELLOWKNIFE (September 5, 2017) – Premier Bob McLeod today announced the appointment of Bruce Cooper as the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services (HSS) for the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).
August 4, 2017
Media Statement
Yellowknife (August 4, 2017) - Minister Abernethy issued the following statement on arsenic signage in the Yellowknife Area:
July 31, 2017
News Releases
YELLOWKNIFE (July 28, 2017) – The GNWT has introduced two important changes to the Vital Statistics Act that promote inclusion and respect: the ability to use single names based on traditional culture, and changing the sex designation on a birth certificate to better re