The Minister of Finance has presented a $1.34-billion 2011-12 budget to the legislative assembly, which includes $16.9 million in new spending. Michael Miltenberger made his budget address during Thursday afternoon’s assembly sitting, the last to be presented to the 16th Legislative Assembly. Miltenberger said that there are no new taxes in this budget, but property [...]
Hay River’s $13 million 2011 budget has been passed, after an exhaustive month of meetings for the mayor and council. During Thursday night’s special meeting, an unusually quick meeting allowed the council to pass the budget before discussions crossed over into the month of February. Hay River residents will see no tax hikes or cuts [...]
It was another long night of budget talks during last Tuesday’s Special Meeting of Council. The three-hour meeting provided more of a question and answer period for councillors, after the departmental budgets were discussed on Jan. 17. Tuesday’s meeting began with an overview of the general administration budget, which saw a new line addition of [...]
The first phase of construction on the Deh Cho Bridge is now complete, and a new contractor is in place to handle the second, and final, phase, the Government of the Northwest Territories announced March 3. Kevin McLeod, the director of highways and marine services with the Department of Transportation, said he is confident the [...]
Already one year behind schedule, the Government of the Northwest Territories announced Friday that the Deh Cho Bridge is now officially over budget. Government officials stated that the bridge, which will span the Mackenzie River near Fort Providence and replace both the Merv Hardie ferry and Mackenzie River ice crossing when completed, is now projected [...]
Miltenberger made the comments Thursday when he released the territorial budget at the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife. The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will maintain service levels in the coming year while investing $222 million in capital and housing infrastructure. The funding, the second part of a two-year, $744 million infrastructure investment announced in last year’s budget, was approved by members of the Legislative Assembly in October.
