YELLOWKNIFE (June 5, 2014) – The Northwest Territories Economic Outlook 2014-15 shows record economic growth in the Northwest Territories by 2017, mainly due to the development of new mines, infrastructure, tourism and a renewed interest in oil and gas.

YELLOWKNIFE (June 5, 2014) – Premier Bob McLeod congratulated Nellie Cournoyea, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, and all Inuvialuit on the 30^th anniversary of the signing of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement today.

YELLOWKNIFE (June 4, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty yesterday provided information to the Legislative Assembly about the planned implementation of Junior Kindergarten across the Northwest Territories over the next three years.

YELLOWKNIFE (June 4, 2014) – Minister of Environment and Natural Resources J. Michael Miltenberger signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Forest Industry Development on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) with Deh Gah Gotie First Nation Chief Joachim Bonnetrouge and Fort Providence Métis President Clifford McLeod today.

Yellowknife (June 4, 2014) – Premier Bob McLeod recognized individual employees, teams of employees and their collaborative partners from outside the public service with the Premier’s Awards for Excellence and Collaboration in a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Legislative Assembly this morning.

YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2014) – Six Northwest Territories residents were honoured this morning as inductees into the Education Hall of Fame, which recognizes the important and lasting contributions of those dedicated to education in the North.

HAY RIVER (June 2, 2014) – As of June 21, beach attendants will be on the Hay River Territorial park beach, providing supervision and educating beachgoers about the importance of water safety. The Town of Hay River will manage the contract to provide supervision at Hay River Territorial Park beach.

YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2014) – The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) announced today that it will begin the process of developing regulations under the NWT Oil and Gas Operations Act to set out filing requirements for projects involving hydraulic fracturing.

YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2014) – Winners of the Get Reel contest were announced on the Department of Health and Social Services website for World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2014.

Get Reel is a contest where students in Grades 5 to 12 in all three Northern territories make their own short anti-tobacco ads. This is the second year Get Reel has run as part of the Smoke Screening program. There were 72 ads created, 15 from NWT schools.

INUVIK (May 30, 2014) – With its first construction season over, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway construction project is well underway.

It was a short and busy winter as more than 425 workers began constructing the highly anticipated 137-kilometre all-season highway that will link the communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, which is currently only served by ice road, barge and air. This new highway to the Arctic coast will connect Canada’s road network from coast to coast to coast.