With the risk of COVID rising during the holiday season, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released Holiday Guidelines to help Northwest Territories (NWT) residents and communities celebrate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newsroom
Yellowknife –
December 15, 2020
News Releases
Yellowknife –
December 11, 2020
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
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Good afternoon.
This is an exciting and long-anticipated day for our territory.
Yellowknife –
December 11, 2020
News Releases
The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Government of Nunavut, the Government of Yukon, and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Backgrounder:
Yellowknife –
December 11, 2020
News Releases
Today, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) announced preliminary plans to roll out the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine between January and March 2021.
Yellowknife –
December 10, 2020
Public Service Announcement
Drivers are advised that the speed limit has been reduced from 60 km/h to 50 km/h at the junction of Highway 2 and Spruce Road, in Hay River.
Yellowknife –
December 8, 2020
Public Service Announcement
Minister of Health and Social Services, Julie Green has extended the territory-wide Public Health Emergency under the Northwest Territories’ Public Health Act on the advice of Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) Dr. Kami Kandola
Yellowknife –
December 7, 2020
Communiqué
Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) Minister R.J. Simpson spoke with education leaders to discuss the NWT response to Alberta Education’s recent decision to make diploma exams optional for the 2020-2021 school year.
Yellowknife –
December 7, 2020
Media Advisory
Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of December 8-14, 2020
Ministerial Travel
Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of December 7, 2020
Yellowknife –
December 7, 2020
Media Advisory
Premier Cochrane's Itinerary for the week of December 5, 2020
Issued December 7, 2020. An updated version of the itinerary will be provided on December 9, 2020.
Public Events and Meetings
December 11
Yellowknife –
December 4, 2020
Public Service Announcement
The Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone (Mobile Zone) is now in effect for the 2020/21 winter season. This no-harvest zone is one of several management actions established by the GNWT and co-management partners to protect the declining Bathurst caribou herd.