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.
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.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is holding hearings in Whitehorse this week to explore ways to improve internet in Northern Canada.
Scott Enloe's catch in Colorado poses a challenge to the record set by angler Lloyd Bull, who pulled a 32.6-kilogram lake trout from the waters of Northwest Territories’ Great Bear Lake in 1995.
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.