As of early next year, the use of cell phones and other handheld devices will be banned in the Northwest Territories. The NWT Legislature passed the distracted driving bill last week, following in the ranks of seven other Canadian provinces. According to Earl Blacklock, spokesperson for the Department of Transportation, the number of NWT vehicle [...]
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 [...]
A northern-based cell phone company has made a proposal to Town Council to bring their services into Hay River. During last Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, Cameron Zubko, vice-president of Ice Wireless, addressed Council with a plan to incorporate Hay River into their Northern coverage. The company was created in 2005 by Zubko and [...]
