Sidney Cohen

According to the Public Service Alliance of Canada North, a federally appointed mediator reached out to the union and the city last Friday about restarting talks. Both parties will go into mediation for the early part of next week.

Though her 2023-2024 budget documents reported a territorial economy that has returned to ‘its pre-pandemic path of slow decline,’ Caroline Wawzonek remained hopeful. ‘There’s a lot of numbers that suggest that things are good,’ she said.

Some mothers say spots in the city are so scarce that when their maternity leave ends, they won’t be able to return to work.

As the Northwest Territories’ Ekati diamond mine approaches its closure, an Australian company is eager to buy it and hopefully extend its life.

Yellowknife city council gave first reading to a bylaw that would finalize a new collective agreement with striking city workers, but second and third reading can’t happen until the union members vote on the tentative agreement — and that hasn’t happened yet.

The unions representing striking City of Yellowknife employees say a return-to-work agreement has been finalized, and the bargaining team endorses the tentative deal. Voting is happening Friday.

Despite this summer’s wildfire emergencies, and recent years’ devastating floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, there are at least 30 people who have said they’re keen to lead the territory through any future crisis as MLAs.

As candidates in the N.W.T. general election began canvassing this week, business advocates expressed their concerns and offered ideas for how to improve the territory’s wilting economy.

The high cost of living in the N.W.T. is a perennial issue. Twenty-one territorial election candidates told CBC it’s one of the biggest challenges facing people in their regions right now.

Northwest Territories voters chose to shake things up this election, with 7 incumbents losing their seats and 9 new faces elected. With three MLAs-elect returning after a hiatus, nine of 19 MLAs-elect are brand new.