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Yellowknife – October 18, 2024
Media Statement

Minister of Health and Social Services, Lesa Semmler, issued the following statement today supporting the court-filed proposed plan for tobacco compensation:

September 30, 2024
Media Statement

Premier R.J. Simpson issued the following statement for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:

Yellowknife – September 17, 2024
Media Statement

Premier Simpson issued the following statement today on the passing of Tony Whitford:

Yesterday, the whole of the Northwest Territories lost a staunch supporter, a dedicated servant of the people and a friend, Mr. Anthony (Tony) Whitford. 

Yellowknife – August 28, 2024
Media Statement

Premier and Minister of Justice, R.J. Simpson, joins the RCMP in the Northwest Territories in welcoming its new Commanding Officer of “G” Division, Chief Superintendent Dyson Smith:

Yellowknife – July 3, 2024
Media Statement

Today, Minister Jay Macdonald expressed his condolences following last week’s helicopter crash near Fort Good Hope:

Yellowknife – June 5, 2024
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Yellowknife – June 5, 2024
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Mr. Speaker, today I would like to highlight a successful initiative that the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs is supporting to remove hazardous waste from solid waste sites in communities across the Northwest Territories.

May 15, 2024
Media Statement

Premier Simpson issued the following statement on yesterday’s swearing-in of Northwest Territories Commissioner Gerry Kisoun in Inuvik:

I am pleased to extend my congratulations to Gerry Kisoun on being named Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (NWT).

Yellowknife – May 13, 2024
Media Statement

Minister of Health and Social Services Lesa Semmler extends heartfelt appreciation to nurses in the following statement for National Nursing Week:

May 5, 2024
Media Statement

Lucy Kuptana, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, provided the following statement for Red Dress Day:

 

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