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Fort Simpson – July 15, 2024
Public Service Announcement

To ensure a safe navigation path for the M.V. Lafferty Ferry, essential dredging work at the Liard River Ferry Landings will be conducted between August 15 and September 18, 2024.

Yellowknife – July 10, 2024
News Releases

The Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP) is providing $2.2 million in 2024-25 to support thirty new or ongoing environmental monitoring and research projects.

Yellowknife – July 10, 2024
News Releases

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has announced the 2024 adjustment to minimum wage in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Effective September 1, 2024, the minimum wage will increase from $16.05 per hour to $16.70 per hour.

Yellowknife – July 8, 2024
Media Advisory
Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of July 9-15, 2024 Ministerial Travel 

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of July 8. 

Yellowknife – July 8, 2024
News Releases

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Northwest Territories Early Childhood Association (NWTECA)

Yellowknife – July 8, 2024
Public Service Announcement

The community of Tsiigehtchic was formally established as a Hamlet effective July 1, 2024.

On May 23, 2023, 76% of voters in Tsiigehtchic supported changing the status of the Charter Community Government of Tsiigehtchic to a Hamlet.

Yellowknife – July 4, 2024
Public Service Announcement

Today, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) introduced the Post-Secondary Education Accountability Framework, which establishes a reporting structure for the post-secondary education system in the Northwest Territories.

Yellowknife – July 3, 2024
Public Service Announcement

The Government of the Northwest Territories is now accepting applications for Early Learning and Child Care Scholarships for the 2024-2025 school year.

Yellowknife – July 3, 2024
News Releases

The following news release was issued after the Governments of Alberta and the Northwest Territories signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to advance economic corrid

Yellowknife – July 3, 2024
Media Statement

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

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