2023 NWT Election
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Sheryl Yakeleya
Candidate in the Deh Cho All Ridings race.
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‘Being respectful isn’t an option — it is essential’
October 17, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...after he took a leave of absence to attend treatment after being charged with impaired driving in late April. It was the first time Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya has had a chance to be in the Assembly, since the summer of wildfires that forced the evacuation of Whatì and Fort Providence. She said the...
Sam Gargan was a lifelong advocate for Indigenous rights, governance, culture
September 14, 2025
CKLB 101.9 - ...hamlet and band councils and represented the Northwest Territories on the National Aboriginal Health Board with the Assembly of First Nations. Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for Dehcho, recalled Gargan carried himself with humility and respect, always mindful of the traditions and responsibilities of the role. ...
Fort Providence reopens to evacuees heading home
September 11, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...arranged evacuation centre in the local recreation centre – there has been criticism of the territorial response. On Wednesday, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya said the GNWT’s actions had been “inadequate.” Yakeleya criticized firefighting efforts and the support provided to evacuees. She called on...
Dehcho MLA ‘frustrated’ with response to Fort Providence fire
September 10, 2025
Cabin Radio - Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya says the NWT government’s response to the wildfire displacing residents of Fort Providence has been “inadequate.” In a news release published on Wednesday afternoon, Yakeleya criticized firefighting efforts against fire SS014 and the support provided to evacuees. She called on...
Premier, environment minister reply to Michael McLeod over wildfires
September 4, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...Michael McLeod, standing on the left, is seen addressing a room that includes Premier RJ Simpson, communities minister Vince McKay and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. “You guys are providing us nothing to prevent fires, Nothing,” McLeod said. He told Simpson the territory should hand control over...
Ex-MP tells ministers NWT wildfire approach is ’embarrassment’
September 3, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...minister Vince McKay, an experienced firefighter, are seen standing opposite McLeod across the room and listening as he speaks. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya was also present. McLeod was in territorial politics before his election to Parliament in 2015. He too represented the Dehcho district, which...
NWT goes back to Ottawa for more Fort Prov transmission line cash
June 2, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...is anticipated later this summer, and we continue to engage closely with federal partners in support of a positive outcome.” Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya urged progress on this and other projects last week, saying they would result in cheaper power for Fort Providence and Kakisa residents. She also...
Plan for healthcare change comes with promise to ‘do something’
May 16, 2025
Cabin Radio - ...had helpful interactions with him and anticipate a continued productive working relationship.” Not every MLA expressed criticisms. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, for example, said she recognized that “we’re in a time of instant gratification … I know process takes time, and going through a lot of what...
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...