Sasquatch Housing Minister Lucy Kuptana announced the plan to ban smoking in Housing N.W.T.-owned units in the legislative assembly on Thursday. An official with Housing N.W.T. says implementation is set to begin in the coming months.
FORT PROVIDENCE, N.W.T. – Police say one person is dead after a shooting in the Northwest Territories hamlet of Fort Providence, about 315 kilometres southwest of Yellowknife.
An N.W.T. MLA has brought forward a proposed bill for public discussion that would allow nurses to have their own bargaining unit when negotiating a collective agreement.
The NWT government suggested it will use regulatory amendments to swiftly match moves by Mark Carney on Friday that end most of Canada’s carbon tax.
The Mark Carney-led federal government announced the consumer portion of Canada’s carbon tax will be immediately scrapped. The NWT’s situation is more complex.
