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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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...
GNWT holds firm on no support for evacuees who bought flights
September 29, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...to support the government’s evacuation orders, and then tried but could not be served by the GNWT’s re-entry flights.” Communities minister Shane Thompson was unmoved. “Unfortunately, no, we will not be reimbursing people that decided to take the flights out,” he said in response to questioning...
MLAs ask why N.W.T. isn’t giving residents more money for evacuation costs
September 28, 2023
CBC North - ... MLAs on Wednesday highlighted criticisms of the programs including the limited amount money it provides to people who were away for weeks. But Shane Thompson, minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), said the territory isn't considering expanding the scope of the coverage for residents as the...
Registered with Red Cross but still ended up paying? Here’s what to do.
September 27, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...‘Go book yourself at a hotel.’ They later found out they didn’t pick the right hotel, so they weren’t covered.” Communities minister Shane Thompson responded that anyone in that kind of situation should contact the department. “Tell us what happened and then we will work on that. We’ve...
In final sitting, N.W.T. MLAs to discuss capital budget, evacuations and pass about ‘a dozen bills’
September 27, 2023
CBC North - ...to requests from CBC News R.J. Simpson, MLA for Hay River North Kevin O'Reilly, MLA for Frame Lake Rocky Simpson, MLA for Hay River South Shane Thompson, MLA for Nahendeh Premier Caroline Cochrane, MLA for Range Lake Paulie Chinna, MLA for Sahtu Julie Green, MLA for Yellowknife Centre The...
NWT Wildfires: Yellowknives chiefs told new chief to drop Nokleby
September 18, 2023
NNSL Media - ...received authorization as an essential worker by Betsina after following a procedure that was outlined by Municipal and Community Affairs Minister Shane Thompson. “In reference to the recent events regarding the re-entry of volunteers as essential staff for YKDFN Emergency Operations, we must inform you...
NWT Legislative Assembly Integrity Commissioner dismisses complaints regarding MLA Nokleby
September 18, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...Slave, Katrina Nokleby. According to the Legislative Assembly, Integrity Commissioner David Phillip Jones, received a complaint from Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson, alleging that certain emails and social media posts by Nokleby, “breached the Members’ Code of Conduct.” As a result, an investigation was...
N.W.T. integrity commissioner dismisses harassment complaint against MLA Katrina Nokleby
September 17, 2023
CBC North - ...N.W.T. Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby 'made an error of judgment' in some of her communications targeting Shane Thompson, a fellow MLA and minister, the territory's integrity commissioner has dismissed a complaint lodged against the Great Slave representative this week. "In my judgment not all of Ms....
Integrity commissioner dismisses Thompson complaint about Nokleby
September 15, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...territory’s integrity commissioner, though not without criticism of the MLA concerned. The complaint, from environment and communities minister Shane Thompson, alleged in part that emails and Facebook posts by Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby “demonstrate a pattern of behaviour which demeans, belittles...
Wildfire update, Sept. 15 1:30 p.m.: Hay River fire will likely need to be managed until snowfall: ECC Minister
September 15, 2023
CKLB 101.9 - ...shared in a press conference on Thursday afternoon. “It’s very likely these fires will need to be managed until snowfall,” said Minister Shane Thompson. Essential workers have been returning to the town since Wednesday. If the wildfire risk holds, members of the general public should be able to...