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Yellowknife – March 3, 2023
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Mr. Speaker, caribou have sustained Northerners and communities across the Northwest Territories for generations.

Yellowknife – March 3, 2023
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Mr. Speaker, it is a sure sign that spring is just around the corner!  The draw for extended-stay campsites at the Prelude and Reid Lake campgrounds will be held this Sunday in Yellowknife.

Yellowknife – March 3, 2023
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Mr. Speaker, families encounter the family law system in some of life's most difficult moments, and the Government of the Northwest Territories, GNWT, is committed to improving our family law processes to ensure we support families through these hard times.

Yellowknife – March 2, 2023
Media Statement

Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Shane Thompson today issued the following statement:

“I was shocked to learn that one of the largest oil sands spills in Alberta’s history was reported in early February and I am extremely frustrated that we were not informed.

Yellowknife – March 2, 2023
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Yellowknife – March 2, 2023
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has mandate commitments to strengthen its leadership and authority on climate change and to ensure that climate change impacts are specifically considered when making government decisions.

Yellowknife – March 2, 2023
Ministers' Statements and Speeches

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Mr. Speaker, water is life: for Indigenous peoples who have relied on it since time immemorial; for residents who rely on it today for clean drinking water; and for the thousands of species that live and thrive in our North because of it.

Yellowknife – March 2, 2023
News Releases

As of April 1, 2023, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will be exempting additional income received from Indigenous Governments from the calculation of Income Assistance benefits in a further step towards advancing reconciliation.

Yellowknife – March 1, 2023
News Releases

Today, Minister of Health and Social Services Julie Green, tabled the NWT Supported Living Review Report and the Department of Health and Social Services Response to the Supported Living Review in the Legislative Assembly.

Yellowknife – March 1, 2023
Public Service Announcement

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has begun an evaluation of the Child and Youth Counselling (CYC) program, formerly called the Child and Youth Care Counselling (CYCC) program.

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