The NWT should set a target of 57,000 residents by 2043 and build thousands of new homes to match, MLAs told cabinet members.
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Skill-building group Makerspace YK is beginning to open its new space in Yellowknife. Among the first initiatives are regular bike repair workshops.
Fort Smith's RCMP detachment is operating at around half its expected staffing, Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos said, calling the situation "very concerning."
With almost all NWT childcare providers signed up for federal subsidies run by the GNWT, their fee increases are in territorial hands in an inflation-hit year.
"I would rather spend $180,000 on almost anything else." A Yellowknife MLA suggested the NWT abandon hosting royal visits and spend the money elsewhere.
The NWT government is proposing legislation that would significantly increase the limits on liquor people can bring into the territory.