A major overhaul of child services in the NWT was tabled by Minister of Health and Social Services minister Glen Abernethy. The “Building Stronger Families: An Action Plan to Transform Child and Family Services” outlines a number of initiatives to remedy a system found woefully inadequate by the Auditor General and the standing committee on

The first take away from the 50-page draft report on the Municipal Enforcement Division released on Wednesday is that the authors don’t get down to the short strokes until the final few pages. For those without the patience to read through it, the report by Vancouver-based consultants Perivale and Taylor answers within the first few

It’s capital budget season, so the big-ticket items will be about major infrastructure investments like Stanton Territorial Hospital or the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link. We can also expect, however, a range of other issues to be brought to the house. I chatted with several Yellowknife MLAs to get a sense of what’s on their agenda

More assessments, fewer tax hikes, council hopes Eager to dodge future tax shocks like the one still rocking Kam Lake, city council voted unanimously on Monday to change the frequency of general property assessments to once every five years. In the past, general assessments – which gauge property values for the purpose of taxation –

On EDGE: Opinion Last week’s RCMP naming of a violent pedophilic sex offender being released into our community brought an unsurprising mix of aggressive social media messages pitted against those concerned with the loss of that person’s privacy. But what really struck me was normally level-headed people who, based on this announcement, weren’t going to

On EDGE: Opinion No matter what, you have to give Premier Bob McLeod his due. The man’s willing to hustle. There he was in Washington D.C. late last month, representing straight from X1A, pitching the Northwest Territories as the emergency escape hatch for Alberta bitumen, which is finding it harder and harder to get out