2023 NWT Election
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Sheryl Yakeleya
Candidate in the Deh Cho All Ridings race.
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Listen: Will the GNWT’s new Indigenous Employment Policy work?
December 20, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...this week, seven regular MLAs – Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Richard Edjericon, Robert Hawkins, Kieron Testart, Daniel McNeely, George Nerysoo and Sheryl Yakeleya – said the new policy was being introduced despite “unresolved concerns.” A committee of NWT MLAs had already formally objected to the new...
Nutrition North considers expansion to more northern communities
December 5, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...food security in the region. Both were in Yellowknife for a three-day visit that concluded on Thursday. At the Wednesday briefing, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya asked if Nutrition North plans to expand to all northern communities. Walsh said the federal government is actively looking at bringing the program...
N.W.T. gov’t creating team to cut health spending
October 27, 2024
CBC North - ...in the system before cutting any services, suggesting there might be "low-hanging fruit" that could save money without service cuts. But Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya was glad the initiative focuses on the idea of core services, as opposed to looking at hospitals or doctors, she said. "There's some of our...
Deh Cho Bridge repair ‘to cost $7M and be finished by end of year’
October 23, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...of a lengthy wait for the traffic lights guarding the remaining lane to cycle. Wawzonek was answering questions put to her by Deh Cho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. Yakeleya, who represents Fort Providence, said residents were “concerned about the traffic delays and worried about potential safety...
N.W.T.’s Deh Cho bridge expected to be repaired by year’s end, to the tune of $7M
October 23, 2024
CBC North - ...the bridge should be fully functional by the end of the calendar year. The repairs are expected to cost about $7 million, according to Wawzonek. Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for the Dehcho, talked about the bridge on Tuesday in the Legislative Assembly. She said her constituents are concerned over the bridge's...
Campus of Care move created ‘lasting chaos, inefficiency and burnout,’ says MLA
October 22, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...people don’t agree with and don’t like, but this is a new change and they are just recently starting the four teams.” Meanwhile, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya raised the issue of the Dehcho Bridge stiil reduced to one lane, with a lengthy wait if you catch the automated lights at one end of the structure. ...
MLAs highlight use of traditional knowledge in N.W.T. firefighting efforts
October 21, 2024
CBC North - ... That's according to Mike Gravel, the director of the N.W.T. government's forest management division. His comment was in response to Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya during a committee meeting Monday to discuss the Department of Environment and Climate Change's response to the 2023 wildfire season . Yakeleya...
After report on 2023 wildfires, calls for N.W.T. gov’t to invest more in firefighters
August 29, 2024
CBC North - ...the motion calling for a public inquiry into the 2023 wildfire season, also told CBC she believes a full inquiry is still needed. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya first brought forward the motion calling for a public inquiry in 2023. (Julie Plourde/Radio-Canada ) She said she believes it would be a better...
Breaking down some of the big issues with NWT medical travel
July 8, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...somewhat as a compassionate policy.” One possibility is the GNWT may stop administering the NIHB program entirely, a prospect that Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya called “alarming.” Semmler responded: “Why it is an alarming thing is that … for so many years, we haven’t been fully recovered for this...
MLAs want GNWT to back temporary housing in Enterprise
June 16, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...MLAs want the NWT government to contribute funding for temporary housing in Enterprise. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya introduced a motion in the legislature on Thursday calling on the territory to provide 10 percent of funding needed for the project. She said that would unlock the remaining 90 percent of...
NWT politicians call for mental health crisis intervention team
June 14, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...territory doing the bad things. And we need to also focus on the people that are suffering from the consequences of those bad things.” Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya supported having a crisis intervention team and encouraged the territory to consider how the program would roll out in small communities. ...
NWT’s 20th Assembly passes its first budget
June 13, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...of the men’s unit at Fort Smith’s jail and reinstate some midwifery funding. MLAs Denny Rodgers, Danny McNeely, Jane Weyallon Armstrong, Sheryl Yakeleya and Julian Morse spoke about the importance of compromise and collaborative process between regular MLAs and cabinet in the legislature ahead of...
Can the NWT police its way out of the drug crisis?
June 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...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 calling for a canine...
Shelters are full in Yellowknife, MLA seeks solutions from GNWT
June 11, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...However, the construction timeline isn’t yet known. Some other topics touched on by MLAs in their statements and Oral Questions included: Sheryl Yakeleya, the MLA for Dehcho, spoke about the high rates of smoking, poor diet, inactivity and heavy drinking, which she says stem from mental health issues....
No free ticket home for residents injured while outside NWT, says minister
May 30, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...for travellers are covered by the NWT Health Care Plan, but those still recovering in hospital will have to dig deep in their pockets to get home. Sheryl Yakeleya , MLA for Dehcho, brought up the case of a Fort Providence constituent, who had recently gone to Edmonton on a weekend vacation. Well, he ended up...