2023 NWT Election
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Sheryl Yakeleya
Candidate in the Deh Cho All Ridings race.
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NWT’s MLAs pass Israel-Hamas ceasefire motion
February 29, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...said cabinet would abstain from voting on the motion, but would provide a well-researched response within 120 days. Regular MLAs Richard Edjericon, Sheryl Yakeleya and Jane Weyallon Armstrong also abstained from voting. Nobody opposed the...
Housing should be fundamental right in N.W.T., MLAs say
February 29, 2024
CBC North - ...should be a fundamental right in the territory and join national and international governments in making that a part of the territory's law. Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for the Dehcho, brought forward a motion on Wednesday to make housing a fundamental human right in the N.W.T. and all regular MLAs voted in...
NWT Assembly thinks pink against bullies today: Your Daily Update
February 28, 2024
CKLB 101.9 - ...the federal government extra vigorously to land one of three new F35 fighter jet bases in the NWT, either in Yellowknife or Inuvik. And Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya promoted the K’amba Carnival happening at Katlodeeche First Nation. The Assembly re-convenes tomorrow at...
Legislative Assembly Debating Housing as a Human Right
February 28, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...major bill is coming to the tables of the 20th Legislative Assembly this week. Two MLAs, Sheryl Yakeleya and Kieron Testart, will be presenting two motions to the Assembly to try and establish housing as a human right in the NWT. These motions are aiming to help the NWT’s housing standards become...
N.W.T. MLAs vote for inquiry into 2023 wildfire response, but premier makes no promises
February 22, 2024
CBC North - ...inquiry. Inquiry needed to restore trust, says MLA Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, brought Thursday's motion forward along with Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. Testart was the first MLA to speak to the issue Thursday, saying the inquiry is needed to restore public trust. He said during the evacuation,...
Live: MLAs pass motion calling for wildfire public inquiry
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...and independent not to warrant what he believes could be a costly and unwieldy inquiry process. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who are proposing a public inquiry under the Public Inquiries Act, say that’s the only way to achieve a fully independent and rigorous...
Live: MLAs debating wildfire inquiry ahead of vote
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...and independent not to warrant what he believes could be a costly and unwieldy inquiry process. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who are proposing a public inquiry under the Public Inquiries Act, say that’s the only way to achieve a fully independent and rigorous...
Territory’s fire crews plan earlier start to tackle holdover fires
February 22, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...residents had reported several fires continuing to burn around the winter road south of Tulita. Ministers meet over drought Meanwhile, Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya said the drought affecting large areas of the NWT was reaching the point where “our government needs to respond to this.” Some lakes and rivers...
Here’s how N.W.T. MLAs say they’ll vote on a public inquiry into last summer’s wildfire response
February 22, 2024
CBC North - ...that are being brought forward to include participation from Indigenous governments. Testart brought forward the motion, along with Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. Yakeleya did not respond to CBC's question about Thursday's vote but in a news release about the motion, she says her constituents "have been...
What happens if MLAs vote for a public inquiry? Possibly not a lot.
February 19, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...inquiry is a certainty. However, that isn’t true. Kieron Testart, the Range Lake MLA, is proposing the motion with the backing of Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. When the motion is brought up on Thursday, it’s expected to be in slightly amended form compared to the one Testart introduced earlier in the...
What exactly does the Public Inquiries Act say?
February 15, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...hundreds or thousands of people to testify,” he told the broadcaster. The MLAs proposing a public inquiry under the act, Kieron Testart and Sheryl Yakeleya, say a full inquiry will “bring accountability” to the territory rather than relying solely on reviews commissioned by GNWT departments, even if...
N.W.T. premier says public wildfire inquiry could cost millions and grind gov’t to a halt
February 14, 2024
CBC North - ...All other MLAs voted against it. The 9-9 tie was broken by Speaker Shane Thompson voting to postpone. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, who are the MLAs behind the motion for a public inquiry, spoke with Hilary Bird, host of CBC's the Trailbreaker, Monday to discuss why they think...
NWT wildfires: who’s reviewing what, so far?
February 14, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...as how vulnerable people and front-line organizations were supported during evacuations. Two MLAs, Range Lake’s Kieron Testart and Dehcho’s Sheryl Yakeleya, have led calls for a public inquiry with a panel of two people appointed by cabinet and two by regular MLAs. While some MLAs said they were...
Wildfire public inquiry choices aren’t black and white, says Morse
February 12, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...that the options on the table are not simply yes, hold a public inquiry, or no, don’t bother. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya have proposed using the Public Inquiries Act to set up an independent inquiry led by a four-person panel. Morse called that “the far end of the...
N.W.T. MLAs postpone vote on public inquiry into wildfires
February 9, 2024
CBC North - ...MLAs voted Friday to postpone a motion into a public inquiry on the territory's wildfire response. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, and Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for Dehcho, gave notice of the motion for the public inquiry on Tuesday. A news release issued that day said the motion was scheduled to be...