New Housing and Child Care Through Rockhill Development and Opportunities from Hilltop Demolition

Media Advisory

Yellowknife — February 11, 2026

Media are invited to a press conference announcing details on the 54th Avenue Housing Project, located at the former Rockhill Apartments site. Details will include the impact on housing and child care availability, as well as updates on the Hilltop Apartments demolition to prepare the site for future development opportunities.

Date: Friday, February 13

Time: 2:30 pm

Location: Great Hall in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly

The event will include remarks from Honourable Lucy Kuptana, Minister Responsible for Housing NWT, Honourable Caitlin Cleveland, Minister Responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, and Hounourable Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, followed by an opportunity for questions.

Please RSVP to PressSecretary@gov.nt.ca by 10:00am on Friday, February 13.

This event will be livestreamed to the Cabinet Communications Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/GNWTCabinetComms.

For media requests, please contact:
Housing NWT Communications
nwthc_comms@gov.nt.ca