Some MLAs still critical of Indigenous Employment Policy
The NWT government has approved an updated Indigenous Employment Policy that’s set to take effect on April 1. Some MLAs intend to challenge that plan.
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Eight Canadian Premier League home openers to be played from coast to coast in April 2025
All eight Canadian Premier League (CPL) clubs will be back on home turf in April 2025, as the League kicks off its seventh season with home openers from coast to coast over a 20-day span. The quest to lift the CPL Shield as the 2025 Regular Season Winners and earn an automatic berth in the … Read more
Now is not the time to replace N.W.T.’s affirmative action hiring policy, say some MLAs
The N.W.T. government’s new Indigenous Employment Policy, announced this week and set to take effect in April, is a step in the wrong direction according to some MLAs.
How much carbon tax the NWT is paying and where the money goes
The NWT’s carbon tax report is out. From April 2023 to March 2024, here’s what was paid, where the revenue went, and what the GNWT thinks happened to emissions.
N.W.T. gov’t, public sector union ratify new collective agreement
The new three-year agreement is backdated to April 2023 and expires in March 2026. Workers will get a six per cent raise backdated to April 2023, a 2.25 per cent raise backdated to April 2024 and an additional 2.25 per cent raise starting in 2025.