2023 NWT Election
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Shane Thompson
Candidate in the Nahendeh All Ridings race.
Shane can be reached at dlori.richards@gmail.com, or by calling 867-873-1633.
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Leaders in Enterprise, N.W.T. call for independent inquiry as they look to rebuild after devastating fire
October 15, 2023
CBC North - ...Bonnetrouge, who represents Enterprise in the territorial legislature, has called for answers since the legislative assembly resumed last month. Shane Thompson, the minister for environment and climate change, has said there were firefighting efforts by air and on ground since the blaze was spotted on Aug....
Incumbent Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson announces re-election bid
October 13, 2023
NNSL Media - ...incumbent MLA for Nahendeh is hoping third time’s the charm this coming November. Shane Thompson has officially announced his intention to run for a third term in the legislative assembly. In a release sent out Thursday afternoon, Thompson stated that he spoke with residents, Elders and advisors to help...
Shane Thompson announces he’ll seek a third term in Nahendeh
October 13, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...his central role responding to the NWT’s summer wildfire crisis, Shane Thompson says he’ll seek four more years as Nahendeh’s MLA. As environment and communities minister, Thompson held responsibility not only for the territory’s firefighting but also its department in charge of emergency...
Dene Nation calls for public inquiry into NWT wildfire season
October 13, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...the wildfires and response leading to the loss of homes this summer, a timeline of major events, 2023 wildfire statistics. NWT environment minister Shane Thompson has previously said a separate review will be carried out by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs into the territory’s 2023 wildfire...
Here’s an updated list of who’s running in the N.W.T. election
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Nerysoo, Richard Ross Jr. Monfwi Jane Weyallon Armstrong* (Acclaimed) Nahendeh Hillary Deneron, Josh Campbell, Les Wright, Mavis Cli-Michaud, Shane Thompson*, Sharon Allen Nunakput Lucy Kuptana, Vince Teddy Range Lake Aaron Reid, Kieron Testart, Nicole Sok Sahtú Danny McNeely, Delphine Pierrot,...
Territorial politicians give thanks to NWT firefighters
October 12, 2023
NNSL Media - ...near Fort Liard on July 15. He left behind his partner and a young daughter. The Canadian Press/HO-Donna Deneyoua ‘He will be sadly missed’ Shane Thompson, MLA for Nahendeh, dedicated this member’s statement to Yeadon, who was born on Aug. 30, 1997, at Fort Nelson, B.C., to Barbara Bertrand and Jack...
Nominations open next week in N.W.T. election, here’s who’s running so far
October 12, 2023
CBC North - ...Julie Green (Yellowknife Centre), and regular MLAs Jackie Jacobson (Nunakput), Kevin O'Reilly (Frame Lake) and Rylund Johnson (Yellowknife North). Shane Thompson (Nahendeh), minister of Municipal and Community Affairs and Environment and Climate Change, was a lead in the territory's wildfire response. He...
‘Coping and grieving’: An overview of the unprecedented 2023 wildfire season
October 11, 2023
NNSL Media - ...the community. Several members of the community had safely evacuated to Fort Simpson several days before the fire began to bear down. Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson said on June 2 that 75 people had made it to the village. “Evacuees were scheduled to stay in the Fort Simpson recreation centre in the gym and...
N.W.T.’s premier remembered as unconventional leader, champion for marginalized people
October 7, 2023
CBC North - ...I'm like, 'Premier Caroline Cochrane you should call a state of emergency.' I'm like, 'it's urgent, you need to do that.' And I even told Minister Shane Thompson, 'Why are you guys not calling a state of emergency? We're evacuating,'... And yeah, there was nothing," said Martel. "People's lives would have...
Tu Nedhe-Willideh MLA looks for answers in 2022 caribou seizure
October 5, 2023
NNSL Media - ...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, saying that the minister needed to apologize for what...
GNWT commits to public meeting over Fort Resolution administration
October 4, 2023
Cabin Radio - ... The territory now says Fort Resolution is at least $2.5 million in debt – “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...
NWT minister avoids saying climate change is ‘an emergency’
October 4, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...and climate change minister avoided calling climate change an emergency when asked if he would do so by a fellow MLA in the legislature on Tuesday. Shane Thompson said climate change was having a “profound effect” on the territory, which at one point this summer saw more than half of its residents...
Nokleby ‘improperly returned’ to Yellowknife mid-evacuation
October 3, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...the integrity commissioner – an independent adjudicator in matters of MLAs’ conduct – rejected a separate complaint from communities minister Shane Thompson that Nokleby had used emails and social media in a manner that constituted harassment. In that case, Jones found that many of Nokleby’s actions...
No update on investigation, 1 year after wildlife officers searched Łutsel K’e culture camp
September 29, 2023
CBC North - ...protect the Bathurst caribou herd, and found carcasses of caribou and wasted meat. A year later, there have been no details on that investigation. Shane Thompson, the N.W.T. minister of Environment and Climate Change, said in the Legislative Assembly on Friday that he couldn't provide any. "Investigations...
After a year, still no review of controversial camp search
September 29, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...Supreme Court. An independent review of what took place was promised by the territorial government more than a year ago, but environment minister Shane Thompson said on Friday there was no date for that review to even begin. “These incidences are still being investigated for suspected illegal harvest in a...