2023 NWT Election
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Sheryl Yakeleya
Candidate in the Deh Cho All Ridings race.
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Will the NWT’s forgotten ferry ever make a comeback?
March 17, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...run ferries caused service disruptions because of mechanical issues and the timing of territorial and federal inspections,” Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya told the legislature on Thursday last week. The NWT only has four ferries serving its highways. Last summer, three of them were withdrawn from...
With added housing cash, NWT’s 2025-26 budget comfortably passes
March 13, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...and inspiring goal could be increasing rates of homeownership in the territory.” “I still don’t have a health cabin in Kakisa,” Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya said, setting out what she had hoped for. “People in Enterprise still can’t go home. But we are working together, and I’m working with my...
Elders can be financially, emotionally abused by family members seeking cash for drugs
March 13, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...heard about people pressuring elders for pension cheque money. It's like they are trapped, and their money belongs to others,' says MLA Sheryl Yakeleya Too often elders are mistreated by the very people responsible for their care, this can include financial abuse by younger family members pressuring them...
Problems, solutions emerge in hearing on closure of 19 Community Learning Centres
March 7, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...of Health and Social Services are required to prevent such incidents from happening again.” The successful motion was seconded by Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, as the three people were from her riding and had sought treatment at the Fort Simpson. That community of approximately 1,100 people has a health...
When Aurora College’s CLCs close, what will happen to the buildings?
March 7, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...of the college’s decision to close the centres at a Thursday briefing. One of the opening questions for the college came from Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who wanted to know what happens to those buildings once the community learning centres – or CLCs – close in June this year. “Almost all of...
Housing NWT sometimes evicts tenants in winter. MLA asks why notices served in coldest months
March 6, 2025
CBC North - ...were to evict tenants in Hay River. There were sixteen in Yellowknife, 14 in Inuvik, 11 in Délı̨nę and eight in Fort Providence. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya pressed Housing Minister Lucy Kuptana in the Legislative Assembly last month about why the housing corporation seeks eviction orders against public...
Cell service dead zones, cash for communities and another upset MLA round out the week
February 28, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...of consumer cell phones with emergency satellite connectivity could alleviate some drivers' concerns, says Minister Wawzonek On Friday, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya raised the longstanding issue of cell reception dead zones along major highways, especially the busy stretch between Fort...
MLAs endorse call for federal aid to Norman Wells
February 28, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...He said at the time, communities across the territory faced a similar sense of uncertainty. Having previously lived in Norman Wells, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya said she understood the challenges faced by the community – especially the seniors who reside there and may be vulnerable if the town is forced to...
How NWT MLAs have voted in the 20th Assembly so far
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...the department “in a general sense” wasn’t the right approach. The final vote was 9-8. The vote was held within committee of the whole with Sheryl Yakeleya chairing and therefore not voting, while Speaker of the House Shane Thompson also did not vote. In November 2024, six regular MLAs voted against a...
Budget must improve lives in small communities, says Yakeleya
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya says there is not enough emphasis in the NWT’s draft budget on strengthening the economies of small communities. She described a “striking difference” between the economic outlook in Yellowknife, regional centres and small communities. “There is a divide between those who...
MLAs narrowly defeat bid to remove $5.25M from ECE’s budget
February 27, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...impact’ The motion was defeated when Yellowknife North’s Shauna Morgan and Frame Lake MLA Julian Morse sided with cabinet. (Committee chair Sheryl Yakeleya did not vote and nor did Speaker of the House Shane Thompson.) Cabinet appeared not to have received advance notice of the motion. Education...
What’s the plan for adult learning in small N.W.T. communities? MLAs want to know
February 8, 2025
CBC North - ...Assembly on Friday. "These closures unfairly target Indigenous communities and will make education less accessible for Indigenous learners," said Sheryl Yakeleya, the MLA for the Dehcho. "Our people need more learning opportunities at home and in our own communities." Four other members had similar...
GNWT defends Stanton Renewal decisions
January 16, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...it up?” Loutitt said the government would consider confidentially providing its analysis of the subleasing agreement to MLAs. When Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya questioned whether the government could cancel the lease agreement, Loutitt said he was unaware of any mechanism to do so. He said if negotiations...
N.W.T. government won’t say how much rent it pays on its own building
January 15, 2025
CBC North - ...it's costing taxpayers for both the new and old hospital buildings. (Julie Plourde/Radio-Canada) Questions around cancelling lease MLA for Dehcho, Sheryl Yakeleya, asked if it was possible to cancel the lease if it was found to save money. Steve Loutitt, deputy minister of infrastruture, said he was unaware...
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...