2023 NWT Election
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George Nerysoo
Candidate in the Mackenzie Delta All Ridings race.
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MLAs pass capital budget despite gripes
November 5, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...other files,” he said. “We need some deliverables that we can take back home to our ridings that matter to people.” Minister defends budget George Nerysoo, representing the Mackenzie Delta, said he could not go back to his community if he supported the capital budget. “I can’t go back to my...
N.W.T. assembly passes capital budget despite concerns over priorities
November 1, 2024
CBC North - ...Armstrong, Kate Reid and Denny Rodgers. Voting against the budget were MLAs Robert Hawkins, Shauna Morgan, Kieron Testart, Julian Morse and George Nerysoo. The finance minister responded to members asking for more for housing and healthcare by committing to remove derelict housing units, reviewing...
Could a similar Stanton Renewal Project debacle happen again?
October 30, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...money we need to fix our health-care systems or support operations in small communities.” Meanwhile in the Assembly today Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo again address the condition of the Dempster Highway during the summer and fall season. He said the section heading into Inuvik from the Yukon...
Drug-fuelled violence in Fort McPherson has MLA pleading for help
October 21, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...a snippy Finance Minister Pointing to an alleged drug-related knife-point hostage taking in Teetł’it Zheh (Fort McPherson), Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo continued his plea from last week for help from the territorial government to fight what he called a crisis situation in communities in his riding. ...
Homeless encampment in Yellowknife to come down starting today
September 9, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...questioned if enough is being done to allow people to stay in their home communities, either with shelters but preferably through more housing. George Nerysoo is MLA for Mackenzie Delta. “To hit the root of this problem has to come to the communities, because I know the people there. My chief knows the...
‘You send an Elder to the concrete jungle and expect them to survive’
June 26, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...Edmonton for care. But she acknowledged that those staff don’t offer a service that helps people navigate their healthcare. Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo, speaking at Monday’s briefing, described meeting an elderly woman at Larga Edmonton several years ago. He believed she had travelled from the...
Can the NWT police its way out of the drug crisis?
June 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...we do not have a robust law enforcement response to these predators, we are not going to be able to keep communities safe.” MLAs Danny McNeely, George Nerysoo, Sheryl Yakeleya and Denny Rodgers spoke in favour of increasing RCMP resources. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon introduced a motion...
MLA George Nerysoo calls for better security screening at YZF
June 7, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...drugs and other activities heading north through Yellowknife. Is there any measure the airport can take to improve security?” Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo raised this question to the airport committee in a public briefing on Thursday, held by the NWT Legislative Assembly. “At this point, those...
Welfare work requirements are retired by GNWT
June 4, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...for many Regular MLAs in Statements and Oral Questions today in the NWT Assembly was removing the requirement to seek and maintain employment. George Nerysoo, MLA for Mackenzie Delta, said there needs to be an incentive to get off Income Assistance. “What we see is that once people start, they do not...
Health-care staff shortage a ‘crisis,’ MLA proposes task force
May 27, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...did not fully understand. They struggled to make housing payments on the limited income they have and now face collections from being in arears. · George Nerysoo MLA for Aklavik made it known the community’s access road is in threat of falling into the Peel Channel due to shoreline erosion. He noted that...
What MLAs heard about Missing Persons Act in Aklavik and Inuvik
April 11, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...and genuine interest in listening, for all of those people that are still missing and are likely murdered, as there’s many in the Delta.” MLAs George Nerysoo, Danny McNeely, Kieron Testart, Sheryl Yakeleya, Jane Weyallon Armstrong and Shauna Morgan travelled to the two communities. In Aklavik, Kerr said...
N.W.T. MLAs hold Missing Persons Act meetings in Aklavik and Inuvik
April 11, 2024
CBC North - ... Along with Testart, other MLAs on the tour included Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan, Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakelaya and Sahtu MLA Daniel McNeely. Over a dozen people came out in Inuvik on Wednesday night. Some people asked about...
NWT’s MLAs pass Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...however, he could neither abstain nor vote against a “motion of peace.” Reid, Morgan, Hawkins and Rodgers were joined by fellow regular MLAs George Nerysoo, Kieron Testart, Julian Morse and Danny McNeely in supporting the motion as amended. Earlier, when first asked to write to the federal government...
Dental care increases medical travel, need for beds in Yellowknife
February 28, 2024
CBC North - ...from Inuvik who have had to travel to Yellowknife for dental care after the Inuvik clinic closed. (Submitted by Amanda Lennie ) Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo said he recently had a medical appointment and travelled to Yellowknife for it. The boarding home was full, so he was sent to the Quality Inn to...
NWT set to explore boarding home options as MLA raises concerns
February 27, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...says the territory could look at new boarding home solutions in Yellowknife amid concern about existing capacity. Asked by Mackenzie Delta MLA George Nerysoo if anyone had looked at building a new boarding home, Lesa Semmler said private companies and Indigenous governments had expressed interest in...