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August 17, 2021
News Releases
Backgrounder:
Yellowknife –
August 16, 2021
Media Advisory
Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of August 17-23, 2021
Ministerial Travel
Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of August 16, 2021
Yellowknife –
August 16, 2021
Public Service Announcement
Effective September 1, 2021, the minimum wage will increase from $13.46 per hour to $15.20 per hour.
Behchokǫ̀ –
August 13, 2021
News Releases
The Government of Canada continues to invest in infrastructure projects that create quality, middle-class jobs and boost economic growth in Canada’s North.
Yellowknife –
August 11, 2021
News Releases
Protecting the health and safety of residents and communities is of the highest priority to the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) as we begin to prepare to reopen schools for the 2021-22 school year.
Yellowknife –
August 9, 2021
Media Advisory
Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of August 10-16, 2021
Ministerial Travel
Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of August 9, 2021
Yellowknife –
August 9, 2021
News Releases
The Government of the Northwest Territories has identified three priorities for new waste management programming in the NWT.
These priorities are:
Yellowknife –
August 5, 2021
News Releases
Residents in the Northwest Territories (NWT) are being encouraged to make the push to reach 75 percent uptake for full vaccination (2 doses) in the territory.
Yellowknife –
August 5, 2021
News Releases
The FireSmart® Starts in Your Backyard contest is back – this time focusing on the Ingraham Trail.
The contest is meant to encourage folks to practice FireSmart® principles to reduce their risk of wildfire damage.
Yellowknife –
August 4, 2021
News Releases
The Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program is providing $1.7 million in 2021/22 to support 28 monitoring and research projects. Funding recipients include Indigenous governments and organizations, universities and territorial and federal government departments.