Recent updates to the Student Financial Assistance Regulations improve the way the program supports students pursuing post-secondary education.
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Yellowknife –
August 12, 2026
News Releases
Yellowknife –
August 10, 2026
Public Service Announcement
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is making it easier for residents to access medications to help them quit smoking.
Hay River –
August 6, 2026
News Releases
Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson has officially assumed the Chair of the Council of the Federation, taking over the role from Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Lantz.
Yellowknife –
August 5, 2026
Public Service Announcement
The Government of Northwest Territories has released a technical report on Cancer in the Northwest Territories from 2011 to 2022. The report provides a territorial overview of cancer diagnoses, cancer-related deaths, and cancer screening trends over this 11 year period.
Yellowknife –
July 16, 2026
Public Service Announcement
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has received lead testing results for East Three School, Samuel Hearne Secondary School Carpentry and Autobody Shops in Inuvik, École Įtłʼǫ̀ in Yellowknife, and Kaw Tay Whee School in Dettah.
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Yellowknife –
July 9, 2026
Public Service Announcement
One case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, has been confirmed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in a herring gull in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. The transmission risk to humans remains very low.
Yellowknife –
July 8, 2026
News Releases
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is congratulating West Point First Nation and Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation on the successful completion of two community-led housing projects that have added 26 new homes in Hay River and Łutsël Kʼé.
June 23, 2026
News Releases
Housing NWT marked a major construction milestone today with a “topping out ceremony” for the 50‑unit social housing multi-plex currently under development in downtown Yellowknife. The ceremony celebrated the placement of the final beam on the building’s roof structure.
Inuvik –
June 18, 2026
News Releases
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) Chair and CEO, Erwin Elias, and the Minister Responsible for Housing NWT, the Honourable Lucy Kuptana, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Housing between the IRC and Housing NWT.
Yellowknife –
June 16, 2026
Public Service Announcement
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has confirmed the first case of white-nose syndrome (WNS) and the fungus that causes the disease (Pseudogymnoascus destructans or Pd) in the Fort Smith area as part of ongoing bat monitoring.