Premier R.J. Simpson has announced the creation of a new Associate Deputy Minister position within the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Industry, Tourism, and Investment.
The Government of the Northwest Territories has released their report on public feedback gathered as part of phase two of the Public Services Act modernization initiative.
Dene Nation leaders are calling for autonomy from the government of the Northwest Territories in access housing and infrastructure funding. “As we speak, there are shortages of housing in every Dene community in the N.W.T. Lots of houses are boarded up, units are boarded up too. And there's overcrowding in lots of houses, communities. There's a lot of shortages of housing — that needs to be looked at right away,” said Dene National Chief George Mackenzie.