Ottawa’s budget promises $4 billion for culture. NWT arts groups are hopeful but unsure how much will reach the North and meaningfully increase capacity.
Politics
An impending decision about the future of the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency loomed large during the organization's annual meeting on Friday.
The City of Yellowknife hopes an ambulance fee increase can bring in an extra $1.5 million a year. City staff expect insurers and Ottawa to cover most of that.
"This is about reproductive rights." MLAs passed a motion calling for the GNWT to provide medical travel coverage for fertility treatment.
City of Yellowknife staff released the municipality's draft 2027 budget, the first for the new mayor and council. It proposes a 5.25-percent tax increase.
A Yellowknife MLA asked the GNWT to follow up on recommendations made in a 2022 report on search and rescue. The territory says a review is under way.
