Posted: May 28, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 28
N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane stands out front of the Legislative Assembly building in Yellowknife on April 30, 2020. (Walter Strong/CBC)
A long-awaited plan for the N.W.T s COVID-19 economic recovery is coming sometime before the end of next week.
In the legislature Thursday, Premier Caroline Cochrane detailed the work that s gone into the plan to date, including several rounds of consultations with Indigenous groups, MLAs and advisory councils.
She said the plan is almost ready to be released to the public, and will be done before the current legislative session ends on June 4th.
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Posted: May 26, 2021 7:01 PM CT | Last Updated: May 27
A view of the inside of the NWT s legislative assembly. Session starts up again for seven days so MLAs can pass small adjustments to departmental budgets. (Chantal Dubuc/CBC)
Politicians are descending on Yellowknife this week for a short, but busy session of the legislative assembly, their first since passing the territorial budget in March.
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Posted: May 05, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 5
Steve Norn, MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, confirmed to CBC News Tuesday that he broke his isolation period after travelling. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
Northwest Territories MLAs are filing a complaint with the territory s integrity commissioner about MLA Steve Norn breaking his isolation period after travelling.
MLAs met at a caucus meeting Tuesday morning, and issued a statement in the afternoon saying they d directed their chair, Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson, to file the complaint.
In a brief conversation with CBC News Tuesday, Norn confirmed he broke his two-week isolation period after travelling.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 1:42 PM CT | Last Updated: April 30
Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn will be a topic of discussion at a caucus meeting Tuesday, an email sent to members Thursday suggests.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
Northwest Territories MLAs will meet Tuesday to discuss the case of an MLA who identified himself as a positive COVID-19 case and who was later reported to have broken isolation.
An email sent to MLAs Thursday by caucus chair and Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson, and obtained by CBC News, says members will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the recent COVID[-19] situation and more specifically the situation regarding MLA [Steve] Norn.