IQALUIT (December 22, 2016) – The Premiers of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are expressing concern over this week’s announcement of an indefinite moratorium on offshore oil and gas development by the Government of Canada.
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HAY RIVER (December 9, 2016) - The Minister of Justice announced today, Lynne Beck, Principal of Diamond Jenness High School in Hay River has won the 2016 Restorative Justice Award for her significant contributions to establishing restorative justice practices in her school as
Delivered on November 23, 2016
Delivered on November 23, 2016
Thank you for meeting with the Government of the Northwest Territories this afternoon.
Delivered on November 21, 2016
Thank Premier McLeod for the introduction. And thank you Committee members for the opportunity to meet with you today.
YELLOWKNIFE (November 17, 2016) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Alfred Moses tabled the Skills 4 Success 4-Year Action Plan 2016-2020 on November 4, targeting actions to improve employment success for the people of the Northwest Territories.
Mr. Speaker, openness and transparency are fundamental principles of democracy that contribute to government accountability.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to provide an update on the Department of Transportation’s research and development activities into adapting our transportation infrastructure to the effects of climate change.
Mr. Speaker, from a statistical perspective, 2016 was a below average fire season. A total of 188 wildland fires were reported in the 2016 fire season, burning 229,000 hectares. As a comparison, there were 241 fires and 622,000 hectares burned in 2015.