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Steve Norn's resignation Tuesday isn't valid since a motion to have his seat vacated was already underway, speaker Frederick Blake Jr. clarified at the start of Wednesday's sitting.

Kelvin Kotchilea is hoping to represent the N.W.T in parliament. The NDP announced Kotchilea as their candidate to compete against incumbent MP Michael McLeod in federal election expected to be called Sunday.

4 candidates running to be the next MLA for N.W.T.s Monfwi constituency Jane Armstrong, John Gon, Kelvin Kotchilea and James Wah-Shee have put their names forward to replace Jackson Lafferty, who resigned last month in order to run for the position of Tłıchǫ Grand Chief in this fall’s election.  Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2021 6:13 PM CT | Last Updated: July 3 Jane Armstrong, John Gon, Kelvin Kotchilea and James Wah-Shee have put their names forward to be the next MLA fo...

Voting for the MLA to replace former Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty will be on July 27, if necessary.

In a CKLB Tłı̨chǫ language interview, Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty announced he would be resigning his seat in the Legislative Assembly.

The Northwest Territories MLA, who also sat as house speaker, has confirmed his resignation this morning in the legislature. He gave a resignation speech in the assembly this morning.

Premier Caroline Cochrane told the N.W.T. legislature Monday that she wanted to find the territory's lost children "as soon as she saw the news" — but that it is not the place of the territorial government to decide what to do next.

As the N.W.T. government revisits its COVID-19 recovery plans, MLAs are seeking better incentives to get the population vaccinated, and for travel exemptions in the updated plans.

Posted: Apr 15, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 15 The territory is deciding which jurisdiction it should model its school curriculum off of, and so far, B.C. appears to be a strong contender.(CBC) As early as the 2022-2023 school year, students across the N.W.T. will be taught with a renewed curriculum, but the government is still trying to decide which province is the best contender to model off of.  Research has been well underway to determine which direction will be best suited for t...

Posted: Mar 04, 2021 8:37 AM CT | Last Updated: March 4 Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos put forward the motion.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada) All regular N.W.T. MLAs have directed the territorial government to review its policies and practices for racial and cultural bias.  The motion, put forward by Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos, directs the territorial government to review policies relating to education, health, justice, housing and hiring. "Racism takes many different forms, especially in go...