The 19th Assembly of the N.W.T. was shaped by crises, beginning with a pandemic just weeks after the last premier was sworn in, and continuing with disastrous floods and wildfires. Will these be on the minds of voters next month?
Students in many N.W.T. communities were supposed to start school this week. As wildfire evacuation orders continue, school officials in Yellowknife and South Slave say they don't know when classes will start, or how schools will make up for lost learning.
In recent weeks, First Transit the contractor that provides school busing service in Yellowknife announced the indefinite cancellation of three bus routes because the company doesn't have enough drivers.
Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler is asking how a contractor not registered under the territory's business incentive policy beat out four other bidders who are, to win a duplex construction job in Inuvik.