OTTAWA (February 1, 2013) – Premier Bob McLeod and Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment David Ramsay will host Spectacular NWT Days at Winterlude, celebrating the territory’s culture and showcasing economic and investment opportunities.
(February 1, 2013) - We're here in Ottawa to put the focus on the NWT. We've been having very focused meetings with federal ministers and stakeholders about the future of our territory. We're looking for partnerships to get us to the next step, to help us to develop a sustainable economy that supports healthy, vibrant communities all over Canada's North and maintains Arctic sovereignty. We know what we want and we are focused on making those things a reality.
OTTAWA (January 31, 2013) - Premier McLeod met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday to discuss ways their governments can work together to achieve their shared vision of a North in which self-reliant individuals live in healthy, vital communities, manage their own affairs and shape their own destinies.
(January 31, 2013) - Honourable ministers; excellencies – honourable representatives of foreign missions; honourable senators; members of parliament; Aboriginal leaders, distinguished members of the press; ladies and gentlemen
(January 25, 2013) - Good evening, I am very pleased to be at this year’s Fur Harvesters Auction Annual Convention. It is nice to see some familiar faces from my life before I became Premier.
I want to congratulate Fur Harvesters Auction on its largest and most successful opening fur auction earlier this month. I expect this will be another great year for the fur industry and your work is a big part of that success.
I’d like to talk to you tonight about the role of the fur harvesting industry in the Northwest Territories.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 22, 2013) - Premier Bob McLeod, Nellie Cournoyea, Chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuvik MLAs Alfred Moses and Robert C. McLeod and Mayor Floyd Roland presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals to eleven Inuvik residents on Monday, January 14 at Ingamo Hall.
The recipients:
Mary Ellen Binder
Frederick Church
Don Craik
Lance Gray
Delores Harley
Sandra Ipana
Gerald Kisoun
Sam Lennie Sr. (In his absence, the medal was presented to his daughter Naudia Lennie)
(January 21, 2013) - Good evening, I am very pleased to be at this year’s Fur Harvesters Auction Annual Convention. It is nice to see some familiar faces from my life before I became Premier.
I want to congratulate Fur Harvesters Auction on its largest and most successful opening fur auction earlier this month. I expect this will be another great year for the fur industry and your work is a big part of that success.
(January 18, 2013) - I was saddened to hear of Dr. Robertson’s passing on Monday, January 14, 2013. It was during his ten years as Commissioner that the current borders of the Northwest Territories were recommended, and our strong, unified territory owes its beginnings to his leadership. He served with the first, second, third and fourth Legislative Councils of the Northwest Territories, the forerunners of our fully elected Legislative Assemblies.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 16, 2013) - Premier Bob McLeod today announced changes in the senior ranks of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) public service. Effective February 1st, Ms. Gloria Iatridis leaves her current position as Associate Deputy Minister with Education, Culture and Employment to take on the role of Deputy Director of the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission. Mr.
INUVIK (December 12, 2012) – Members of the Executive Council of the 17th Legislative Assembly and the Gwich’in Tribal Council Board of Directors met in Inuvik on December 10-11.
