Natasha Bulowski

Federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister Rebecca Alty (centre), GNWT health minister Lucy Kuptana (left) and federal health minister Marjorie

Dozens of leaders from the GNWT and Indigenous governments are in Ottawa lobbying the federal government on advancing major projects and northern priorities.

Share NWT ministers are urging the federal government to implement two tax measures to help spur critical mineral development in the territory.

Share Advertisement. The federal government and GNWT are nominating the Mackenzie River to the Canadian Heritage Rivers System to recognize its ecological and cultural importance.

Share As the federal government begins developing a national water security strategy, impacts from upstream industrial development are top of mind for the GNWT and Indigenous governments alike.

Share The federal government and GNWT both say they want to build the North and unlock its critical mineral reserves but, after five years

Share Advertisement. The federal government's proposed First Nations Clean Water Act will have limited impact in the Northwest Territories, legal experts say.

Share The lack of infrastructure and large challenges in healthcare and education may be a serious barrier to economic development in the NWT, deputy premier Caroline Wawzonek warned federal MPs.

Share Land claims must be settled before major development takes place in the NWT, northerners said at a rare meeting of Indigenous leaders, premiers and the prime minister in Ottawa.

Share Two young people from the NWT travelled to the Senate of Canada to advocate for improving Indigenous healthcare and abolishing the second-generation cut-off.