A Yellowknife MLA is calling for continued funding of the Ekati mine's independent watchdog as the NWT and Canada consider axing it to cut costs.
Politics
The NWT says it's entering a "difficult transition." The territory reported an unexpected deficit even as it published one of its biggest-ever capital budgets.
Inspections of childcare facilities in the NWT have been unreliable and many other issues exist in the system, the federal auditor general's office found.
Denny Rodgers is taking over health and social services, Premier RJ Simpson announced on Wednesday after the Inuvik Boot Lake MLA was elevated into cabinet.
Proposals to add new MLAs to the NWT legislature were defeated by the existing politicians, though Great Slave district will be renamed Yellowknife East.
After Ottawa rolled out a heat pump program that does little for northerners, NWT minister Caroline Wawzonek urged a panel of MPs to think differently.
