2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
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GNWT’s projected surplus drops $154 million in challenging times
October 17, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...GNWT’s projected operating surplus of $170 million has shrunk to a projected surplus of $16 million, says Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek. The $154 million decline was partly needed to cover off unforeseen costs, such as: Additional wildfire suppression costs; funding to education bodies to assist with...
Estimated GNWT surplus drops by $154M, territory ‘revising approach’
October 17, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...to build infrastructure, so a large surplus is seen as an important source of cash for new buildings, roads and so on. On Friday, finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said the latest estimate for that surplus is down by $154 million to just $16 million. She attributed that to extra spending on the likes of: ...
NWT Council call on Ottawa for change in federal and industry ways : My True North Now
October 7, 2025
My Yellow Knife Now - ...for the Tłı̨chǫ Government, Chairperson Charles McNeely for the Sahtu Secretariat Inc., Premier R.J. Simpson for the GNWT, and Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek, for the GNWT. They called on Ottawa to begin investing and building in the North, advocating for defending Arctic sovereignty, creating and...
Yellowknife soprano returns with Kings, Queens & Pheasants
October 1, 2025
Cabin Radio - ... Rockwell said this week’s events are funded by the NWT Arts Council, Music Teachers’ Association of the NWT and the MLAs Caitlin Cleveland, Caroline Wawzonek and Shauna...
Court order halts bids to build Inuvik’s new airport terminal
September 19, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...old in 2025. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio By August 2024, the GTC says it was raising concerns about procurement with Premier RJ Simpson, minister Caroline Wawzonek and others. At that month’s Gwich’in Annual Assembly, a resolution was passed seeking to shut down NWT government procurement on Gwich’in...
ANALYSIS: Violent crime up 75% in 10 years, despite studies, strong words
September 11, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...bruising crime spike over the past decade was overseen by three different premiers and a carousel of justice ministers: David Ramsay; Louis Sebert; Caroline Wawzonek; R.J. Simpson; and currently, Jay Macdonald. There is only one MLA currently in the 20th NWT Assembly from ten years ago, but Yellowknife Centre...
Residents want ‘more decisive’ climate action, GNWT says
August 28, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...cost of living and other priorities. “Strong, climate-resilient infrastructure is essential for the well-being of the communities,” stated Caroline Wawzonek, minister responsible for strategic infrastructure, energy and supply chains. “By integrating our climate change and energy strategies, we are...
PM Mark Carney visits hometown of Fort Smith and town of Inuvik today
July 23, 2025
My Yellow Knife Now - ...decision we’re going to make is ensuring that we’re also focused on meeting our climate goals,” assured Minister Valdez. Last month, Minister Caroline Wawzonek told True North FM that, the GNWT continues to work with Indigenous governments and Indigenous organizations both as the project Developer, and also...
NWT using AI to analyze historical core samples
July 14, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Geological Province, an area rich in mineral deposits covering approximately 190,000 square kilometres in the eastern NWT and northwestern Nunavut. Caroline Wawzonek, NWT’s minister of strategic infrastructure energy and supply chains, said digitizing existing core samples will help to reduce exploration risk. ...
Did Indigenous Services Canada know the NWT has almost no reserves?
June 20, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...ministers have described challenges of their own in dealing with ISC on the issue. “What was frustrating is the lack of understanding,” said Caroline Wawzonek, the NWT’s finance minister, during an appearance at Inuvik’s Arctic Development Expo on Thursday. “Some of the changes they made were such...
Indigenous leaders and GNWT reps gather in times marked by “uncertainty”
June 19, 2025
My Yellow Knife Now - ...Chief Doreen Arrowmaker of the Tłı chǫ Government, Chief Adeline Football of the Tłı chǫ Government, Premier R.J. Simpson, Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek, Minister Lesa Semmler, Minister Caitlin Cleveland, Minister Vince McKay and Minister Lucy Kuptana. The Northwest Territories Council of Leaders...
NWT goes back to Ottawa for more Fort Prov transmission line cash
June 2, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...it hoped to have the transmission line built and operational by the spring of 2026. However, that has changed again. In the legislature last week, Caroline Wawzonek – in her new role as minister of “strategic infrastructure, energy and supply chains” – said the GNWT has now asked for 100-percent federal...
Hydro plant back to full power after 18 months of ‘unknown’ faults
May 29, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...joint energy and climate change strategy that will address reliability of power generation in the territory, among other issues. Jay Macdonald and Caroline Wawzonek said a joint strategy will arrive in 2026. “Our power infrastructure is ageing and increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change,”...
MLAs vote to examine tightening their social media rules
May 29, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Thompson is in charge of enforcing it, but does not expressly address social media or how MLAs communicate online. In February, finance minister Caroline Wawzonek asked Thompson to intervene over a Kieron Testart Facebook post that the premier said was part of a “campaign of intimidation.” After Testart...
Coast guard heads out to determine Mackenzie’s 2025 navigability
May 28, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Highway.” The highway would offer an all-season resupply route for Sahtu communities, removing reliance on barges and the Mackenzie River. Caroline Wawzonek in the legislature on May 28, 2025. Responding to questions from McNeely, minister Caroline Wawzonek said the GNWT was “reviewing an update to a...