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Yellowknife city council passes tax increase of 2.5 per cent: 2021 budget
After four days of deliberations, Yellowknife city councillors passed a 2.5 per cent tax increase in a city council meeting Monday.
The version of the...
Masks mandatory in Hay River and other municipalities
Hay River is one of several towns throughout the territory introducing mandatory-mask rules in municipal run facilities.
In a council meeting on Monday, town councillors...
Public Health Emergency extended through December 22nd
Minister of Health and Social Services, Julie Green has extended the territory-wide Public Health Emergency under the NWT's Public Health Act on the advice...
Diploma exams optional for NWT students this year
NWT students will now be able to choose whether they attempt the diploma exam.
This comes after a decision by the Department of Education, Culture...
Early bird 2021 Folk on the Rocks tickets on sale now
Folk on the Rocks, the North’s top summertime party is selling early bird tickets for the 2021 festival.
Last year, which was meant to be...
Advisory board recommends federal funding be spent on housing, rental arrears
The city is debating how they will spend $1.5 million in federal funding, earmarked to deal with homelessness issues caused by COVID-19.
Yellowknife’s community advisory...
NWT disabilities council housing project to go up at Rock Hill location
The NWT Disabilities Council announced a new housing development that would address people with disabilities’s history of living in “isolating and unstable” housing.
The disabilities...
Bidding open for businesses supplying isolation centre services
The GNWT has issued tenders for the isolation centres, as they make cuts to who can have their isolation periods paid for.
Premier Caroline Cochrane...
Nominations for Minister’s Culture and Heritage Awards open
Nominations for the Minister's Culture and Heritage Awards are now open.
The awards, run by the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, are chosen...
State of Emergency extended in Yellowknife
The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Paulie Chinna has extended the State of Emergency in the City of Yellowknife. This extension is being...
Tourism fund gives $3 million boost to NWT’s struggling tourism industry
A fund set up to support the tourism industry will distribute $3 million to struggling tourism businesses throughout the territory.
Funded by the GNWT and...
Two projects receive funding in recognition of UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Two different projects, in Ndilǫ and Yellowknife, are receiving funding to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
The federal government announced $100,000 in funding for...
Operation Gingerbread launches for 2020
December 1st saw the start of NT RCMP’s annual traffic enforcement Operation Gingerbread. The RCMP note that residents can expect to see more traffic...
Finance minister hopes to boost investment in mining industry
An additional $100,000 is being put towards four exploration projects supported by the Mining Incentive Program, by the GNWT.
Nineteen mineral exploration projects received program...
Dental services resume in several rural communities
Dentals services in several rural communities in the Northwest Territories will resume, after they'd been suspended because of COVID-19.
Back in March, Indigenous Services Canada...
GNWT not paying for isolation stays for discretionary travel starting Jan. 5
People who choose to travel for discretionary reasons will no longer have their isolation paid for, the GNWT announced.
Discretionary travel includes travelling to visit...
Hay River completes installation of waste water testing equipment
With the installation of an autosampler in Hay River, all the communities set up with waste water testing are operational.
Hay River had additional plumbing...
NWT Disabilities council cutting office hours
The NWT Disabilities Council are reducing their office hours because of COVID-19.
The organization, which runs a variety of services including the day sobering centre...
‘We’re on it right now’: territory plans for distributing vaccines
While timelines are still fuzzy, the premier said she is working with the federal government to ensure “all of our people will receive the...
Changes to self-isolation centres to be announced tomorrow
The premier will be announcing changes to self-isolation centres Tuesday, after a report was released by the GNWT, finding a majority of residents don’t...
Feds spend $1.3 million to support 3 business projects in NWT
The federal government announced over $1.3 million in funding for three economic development projects in the territory.
The projects are located in Fort Liard, Norman...
NWT Tourism appoints new CEO
NWT Tourism has made Donna Lee Demarcke its new chief executive officer.
Demarcke was working as general manager at the Aurora Food dealership in Hay...
