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'How many lives are we going to lose?' asks N.W.T. MLA after fatal Highway 3 accident Following a fatal accident on Highway 3 on New Year's Eve, Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty is calling once again on the N.W.T. to provide cell phone coverage in the area. 'It is a safety issue and I certainly hope the government will act on it.' Social Sharing Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty repeats his call for the N.W.T. gov't to provide cell coverage on Highway 3 CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2021 12:33 PM CT | Last Updated: January 8 Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty said although there have been improvements on Hig...

Posted: Jan 06, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 6 Kelly Washie, 45, was killed last week after being struck by a tractor trailer on Highway 3 between Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀.(Submitted by Joyce Washie) A Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., man killed in a fatal New Year's Eve collision on Highway 3 is being remembered as a kind man with a great sense of humour.  And Kelly Washie's sister is also pushing for cellphone service along the stretch of highway where her brother died. Washie, 45, was in a vehicle about 25 kilometres outside of Yellowknife on Highway 3 with his sister Joyce, when th...

But a May 27 confidence motion citing concerns with Nokleby's performance — the first attempt to push her out of cabinet — Initially, a vocal contingent of supporters vouched for Nokleby. An online petition to "Save Minister Katrina Nokleby" garnered nearly 1,500 signatures and Cochrane expressed her "complete confidence" in the minister.  But Nokleby faced additional ire this summer when plucked Procurement Shared Services, which deals with such contracts, out of Nokleby's hands and placed it into those of Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek. Nokleby was, eventually, In the legislat...