2023 NWT Election
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Richard Edjericon
Candidate in the Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh race.
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Final day for candidates to come forward in NWT’s 2023 election
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ... Inuvik Twin Lakes (Lesa Semmler); Kam Lake (Caitlin Cleveland); Monfwi (Jane Weyallon Armstrong); Nunakput (Lucy Kuptana); Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh (Richard Edjericon); and Yellowknife South (Caroline Wawzonek). Of the six, five involve incumbents as the only candidates to come forward to date. The sixth is...
Edjericon insinuates racism, double standards in penalties for MLA Code of Conduct breaches
October 17, 2023
NNSL Media - ...to the pending expulsion of former Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn from the legislative assembly and race may have been a factor, according to Richard Edjericon. Edjericon, the current MLA for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, compared the penalties in the unrelated incidents while addressing his peers in the legislative...
Here’s an updated list of who’s running in the N.W.T. election
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Nicole Sok Sahtú Danny McNeely, Delphine Pierrot, Paulie Chinna* Thebacha Connie Benwell, Frieda Martselos*, Jay Macdonald Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Richard Edjericon*, Nadine Delorme Yellowknife Centre Ambe Chenemu, Matt Spence, Robert Hawkins Yellowknife North Bruce Valpy, Jon Howe, Shauna Morgan ...
Nominations open next week in N.W.T. election, here’s who’s running so far
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Lucy Kuptana Range Lake Nicole Sok Range Lake Kieron Testart Sahtu Paulie Chinna* Sahtu Danny McNeely* Thebacha Frieda Martselos* Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Richard Edjericon* Yellowknife Centre Ambe Chenemu Yellowknife Centre Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre Matt Spence Yellowknife North Shauna Morgan Yellowknife South...
MLA Katrina Nokleby to be fined $4,000 for staying in evacuation zone
October 6, 2023
CBC North - ...not to be taken lightly as it goes against the very principle of responsibility and public safety that we as elected officials are to uphold," said Richard Edjericon, the MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh. Integrity Commission David Phillip Jones said in a report issued Tuesday that Nokleby should be fined and...
As finale, 19th Assembly fines Nokleby and passes capital budget
October 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...but was reduced to $4,000 as Nokleby told Jones she had already donated $3,500 to charity. Several MLAs took the chance to speak on the motion. Richard Edjericon, the Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA, noted that Steve Norn – his predecessor in the district – had been expelled from the legislature for violating a...
Nokleby fined $4,000 for returning to Yellowknife during evacuation
October 6, 2023
NNSL Media - ...by returning to Yellowknife during the wildfire evacuation in late August. She will be fined $4,000, it was decided Friday. Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon expressed how serious he thought Nokleby’s breach of conduct was. “The transgression is not to be taken lightly as it goes against the very...
NWT passes bill to implement UN Declaration
October 5, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...MLA Frieda Martselos of the bill, which passed with 16 votes in favour and none against. Deh Cho MLA Ron Bonnetrouge and Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon abstained. “Everybody will have a voice and a say in what they think is right,” said Nunakput MLA Jackie Jacobson. ‘Plan to create a plan’...
Tu Nedhe-Willideh MLA looks for answers in 2022 caribou seizure
October 5, 2023
NNSL Media - ...cultural camp at Timber Bay and the MLA for the community is wondering what the territorial government has done to mend fences with the community. Richard Edjericon, MLA for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, put the question to Shane Thompson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on Sept. 29 in the legislative assembly,...
GNWT commits to public meeting over Fort Resolution administration
October 4, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...– “and we’re still looking into things,” communities minister Shane Thompson said in the legislature on Wednesday. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon said placing Fort Resolution into administration was having a negative, rather than positive impact on the community. “Instead of stable...
Where does the NWT’s federal housing money go?
October 3, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...that was the subject of much disagreement over whether it was even being spent at all.) Responding to a question from Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon, NWT Premier Caroline Cochrane has now given the clearest breakdown yet of how the latest $60 million is being spent. In a letter to Edjericon...
In pictures: Survivors stand together at Ndılǫ ceremony
September 30, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...Radio Dene National Chief Gerald Antoine addresses the audience. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio An orange shirt worn by Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon reads: “We found you.” Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio Declaring a national day is a response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 80th...
No update on investigation, 1 year after wildlife officers searched Łutsel K’e culture camp
September 29, 2023
CBC North - ...by officers, not by myself," he said. "At this point, as it is still an open investigation, I cannot speak further to this matter." This came as Richard Edjericon, the MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, demanded an apology from Thompson for the government's decision to search the camp. "Will the minister now...
After a year, still no review of controversial camp search
September 29, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...frustration as early as May this year that a review was not yet taking place. That frustration was shared on Friday by Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon, who has repeatedly raised the Timber Bay search in the legislature in the months since it took place. “We were told it was going to take six...
MLAs ask why N.W.T. isn’t giving residents more money for evacuation costs
September 28, 2023
CBC North - ...will be reimbursed. He encouraged them to reach out to their MLA or to MACA to do so. MLAs also talked about preventing future fires. Richard Edjericon, MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, asked how the territory can help communities pay to build firebreaks. Thompson replied that money is provided to...