One new face and one familiar face will be representing the town of Hay River in the Legislative Assembly for the next four years. By 11:15 p.m. all polls in Hay River North and South had officially been accounted for along with nearly all 19 poll districts across the territory.
$182 million bridge’s southern truss won’t be launched until after breakup at the earliest
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 [...]
The Government of the Northwest Territories announced last week that it will no longer ask the NWT Supreme Court whether or not it has the authority to regulate subsistence hunting of barren-ground caribou. Instead, GNWT officials and regional Aboriginal leaders will come to an agreement and when, and how, caribou hunting should be managed.
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 [...]
