Caitrin Pilkington

A research institute is working to improve data collection on homelessness across Canada. They shared their findings at a forum in Yellowknife.

The NWT has far more doctors registered to work here than was the case a decade or two ago – but that doesn’t equate to a shift in level of service.

“It’s totally normalized. I struggle with that.” Sharon Allen, who lost her daughter to an impaired driver, wants to change the NWT’s attitude to drunk driving.

MLAs passed a motion requesting that the GNWT institute a rent cap, though it isn’t binding. “I wanted to get the dialogue started,” Katrina Nokleby said.

Housing NWT is introducing a new, limited application window for some programs and a single form to cover them. The agency said it was streamlining the process.

Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby is bringing forward a motion calling for a limit to the rent increase any NWT tenant can face in a year.

Guardians from the NWT, Nunavut and Yukon met to share experiences and discuss the future of Indigenous stewardship as efforts to connect programs grow.

The K’asho Got’ine Housing Society, recognized for its innovative approach in Fort Good Hope, set out goals that include social programs and trades training.

People released from NWT jails can end up with the Salvation Army as their court-ordered home address, an instruction that sometimes has complex consequences.

Two groups may be interested in taking over the running of Inuvik’s warming shelter from Housing NWT. But GNWT budget details raise questions about funding.