2023 NWT Election
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Caroline Wawzonek
Candidate in the Yellowknife South Yellowknife race.
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Evacuees from Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation should get more help from GNWT: Rocky Simpson
June 12, 2023
NNSL Media - ...and why was it based on income disruption and not an actual cost incurred as this may exclude many evacuees?,” Simpson asked Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek. Wawzonek said the biggest issue was population. “We’re not Alberta,” she said. “They were dealing with less than one percent of their...
GNWT stumps up funding to NWT Power Corporation
June 11, 2023
NNSL Media - ...they have used thus far. According to the GNWT, the price of fuel has increased by more than 40 per cent since December 2021. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek stated that the spending was to prevent the budgets of residents from being overburdened. “As a government, we strive to strike a balance between...
Inside the NWT’s fishing rebuild, crises with slivers of hope
June 11, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...the territory mismanaging Tu Cho’s finances, and fishers using “unacceptable language” to GNWT employees. In May 2021, industry minister Caroline Wawzonek proudly declared the fishers would run their new fish plant, “a foundational step in our ongoing work alongside the Tu Cho Cooperative.” In May...
Evacuees from Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation should get more help from GNWT: Rocky Simpson
June 8, 2023
NNSL Media - ...and why was it based on income disruption and not an actual cost incurred as this may exclude many evacuees?,” Simpson asked Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek. Wawzonek said the biggest issue was population. “We’re not Alberta,” she said. “They were dealing with less than one percent of their...
GNWT gives power corp $15M to avoid charging residents more
June 2, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...business plan, a huge price tag and few, if any guaranteed large-scale industrial customers. Rate increase could have hit 35% Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek said Friday’s $15-million payment, referred to by the GNWT as “temporary relief to electricity rates,” had to happen to avoid residents being...
GNWT contributes $15.2 million to NTPC to offset energy costs
June 2, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...understand that the cost of electricity can put a strain on family budgets, making it harder for many to make ends meet.” Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek said. “The GNWT has decided to mitigate increases to the cost of power generation through a one-time contribution that will prevent a sharp...
New fish plant on schedule, says ITI Minister Caroline Wawzonek
June 1, 2023
NNSL Media - ...new fish plant is in the home stretch of completion, according to Caroline Wawzonek, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI). Wawzonek gave an update on the Great Slave Lake Commercial Fishery in the legislative assembly on Monday, saying that the plant is now in the final stage of construction and...
‘$750 does not go far not enough’ for Hay River, KFN evacuees
June 1, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...additional $500 per dependent child under 18 years. This means an evacuated family of four would receive $3,500. Simpson asked NWT finance minister Caroline Wawzonek how the territorial government came up with the figure and terms currently being offered. “What was the rationale for settling on a payment of...