2023 NWT Election
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Richard Edjericon
Candidate in the Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh race.
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NWT Election 2023: Nadine Delorme’s Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh interview
November 6, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...told Cabin Radio, outlining her belief that fire breaks around communities could serve double duty as protection from floods and fires. Incumbent Richard Edjericon is running against Delorme for re-election in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh. Though multiple attempts were made, an interview with Edjericon could not be...
The 2023 candidates: Tu Nedhé – Wiilideh
October 31, 2023
CBC North - ... If elected, I will seek a cabinet position. Would you consider the premiership, if elected? If elected, I would consider a premiership. Richard Edjericon. (Submitted) Why are you running for office? With my experience, I would like to help to make a difference to improve the lives for all residents...
Here’s who’s running for election on Nov. 14
October 20, 2023
NNSL Media - ... Paulie Chinna Daniel McNeely Delphine Pierrot Thebacha Connie Benwell Jay MacDonald Frieda Martselos Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh Nadine Delorme Richard Edjericon Yellowknife Centre Ambelem Chenemu Robert Hawkins Matthew Spence Yellowknife North Jon Howe Shauna Morgan Bruce Valpy Yellowknife South ...
NWT Election 2023: Nominations closed but lists aren’t quite final
October 20, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...Kuptana. Richard Ross Jr joined George Nerysoo and incumbent Frederick Blake Jr in Mackenzie Delta, Nadine Delorme will now challenge incumbent Richard Edjericon in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, and James Lawrence was listed as a fourth candidate in Yellowknife’s Great Slave. The candidate lists are not yet final....
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...