The mood was casual as Yellowknife candidates discussed the environment, quality of life and the economy at the youth-led candidate forum at Sir John Franklin High School Wednesday evening.
Candidates in the N.W.T. election were asked to reflect on Canada's settler colonial history and how they'd maintain good relationships with Indigenous peoples during an all-candidates debate in Yellowknife on Monday.
On Nov. 14, N.W.T. voters will head to polls to elect the next Legislative Assembly. The issues facing the territory are significant the election comes after a summer of wildfires, and in the midst the impending closure of major diamond mines, a declining population and a housing crisis.
Katrina Nokleby is looking to defend her seat against Yellowknife city councillor Stacie Arden Smith, N.W.T. government employee Kate Reid, and James Lawrance, a veteran employee of various orders of government.