2023 NWT Election
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Sheryl Yakeleya
Candidate in the Deh Cho All Ridings race.
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MLAs’ debate on wildfire inquiry is postponed at premier’s request
February 9, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...about whether to launch an independent inquiry into last year’s wildfires has been postponed. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya had advanced a motion seeking the creation of a four-person panel to scrutinize the GNWT’s handling of the NWT’s worst-ever fire season – and...
N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of 2024 ‘high-risk’ wildfire season
February 8, 2024
CBC North - ... Public inquiry still necessary, MLA says In the legislature Tuesday, Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, gave notice that he and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya will be calling for a public inquiry into the wildfire crisis. The public inquiry would establish an independent board of four people to...
MLAs Kieron Testart, Sharyl Yakeleya call for Inquiry into GNWT Wildfire response
February 7, 2024
My Yellow Knife Now - ...MLAs are pushing the GNWT to launch an inquiry into last summer’s wildfire crisis. Kieron Testart, MLA for Range Lake, and Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA for Deh Cho, have introduced a motion to the 20th Legislative Assembly for the creation of a public inquiry into the fires that forced much of the NWT to evacuate...
N.W.T. MLA says review into wildfire response should consider territory’s most vulnerable
February 7, 2024
CBC North - ...MLA says an inquiry into the N.W.T. 2023 wildfire response needs to address how the territory's most vulnerable were left in the lurch. Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya and Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart gave notice in the legislature Tuesday that they will be calling for a public inquiry into the wildfire crisis. ...
MLAs seek formal vote on NWT wildfire public inquiry
February 6, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...for an independent inquiry to happen. Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart gave notice that he’ll introduce a motion on Thursday, seconded by Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, seeking the establishment of a four-person panel to examine the GNWT’s wildfire response last year. In a press release, Testart called that a...
Premier, minister postpone visit to Enterprise and KFN
January 24, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...RJ Simpson, communities minister Vince McKay, and MLA Sheryl Yakeleya have postponed their visit to Enterprise and Kátł’odeeche First Nation, which was set to take place next week. The territorial politicians were scheduled to visit the communities, which were devastated by wildfires, on January 29. ...
Premier and Maca minister to visit Enterprise and KFN this month
January 18, 2024
Cabin Radio - ...their fate. Both Simpson and McKay are Hay River MLAs. McKay is a former Hay River town councillor. Their visit was proposed by new Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. “Premier Simpson and Minister McKay are appreciative of MLA Yakeleya’s invitation and welcome the opportunity to visit both communities and...
Live: RJ Simpson is new NWT premier, cabinet also chosen
December 7, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...that when they voted. Thirteen MLAs put their names forward. It’s easier to list those who didn’t: George Nerysoo, Julian Morse, Kate Reid and Sheryl Yakeleya. Testart ultimately missed out on both the premiership and a cabinet place as Wawzonek and Cleveland took the two Yellowknife slots. Semmler and...
Housing confusion leaves Enterprise family ‘nowhere to go’
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...housing should be “good until the end of January.” The Clearys reached out to newly elected Hay River South MLA Vince McKay and Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya. Natasha Cleary says both have agreed to discuss the family’s situation at the legislature once it reconvenes. (The newly elected MLAs couldn’t...
What your new MLAs say they want for the Northwest Territories
November 28, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...disarray. Patients are missing critical appointments due to travel with incomplete paperwork. It’s a totally disrespectful society system. Sheryl Yakeleya, Dehcho We all know about the forest fires that occurred this summer and the impacts that occurred in the communities of Kátł’odeeche and...
Only one N.W.T. MLA told us they’re fluent in an Indigenous language
November 24, 2023
CBC North - ...languages they speak. CBC News followed up with MLA elects who said they speak an Indigenous language about how fluent they are in that language. Sheryl Yakeleya, the MLA for Deh Cho, said she understands Dene Zhatıé, which is also known as South Slavey. She said she is able to speak the language a bit,...
In pictures: MLAs are sworn in on a new note of optimism
November 24, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...group is one with enough experience and capability to get things done collectively. “We’re going to make some headway,” said new Dehcho MLA Sheryl Yakeleya, “and we’re going to work together. That’s what I’m optimistic about.” “I think the mojo is coming back,” said Kieron Testart, the...
20th Legislative Assembly Officially Sworn In
November 24, 2023
My Yellow Knife Now - ...of the NWT that they now serve, before each and every one of them signed the papers that made their new stations official. The new MLAs are: – Sheryl Yakeleya for Dehcho – Julian Morse for Frame Lake – Kate Reid for Great Slave – Vince McKay for Hay River South – R.J. Simpson for Hay River...
Majority of MLA-elects want addiction treatment facilities in the N.W.T.
November 20, 2023
CBC North - ...needs. Sahtu MLA-elect Danny McNeely said he would need more information before making a decision, but was leaning towards supporting one too. Sheryl Yakeleya, MLA-elect for Dehcho, said she would support regional treatment centres, but these would need to prioritize on-the-land healing. Incumbent MLA...
There’s a line forming to be in the next NWT cabinet
November 17, 2023
Cabin Radio - ...Kate Reid said she’d prefer to be a regular MLA but it was “impossible” to rule out other roles before getting to know her colleagues. Sheryl Yakeleya had no comment. Kieron Testart, RJ Simpson and Shane Thompson all told us they are interested in the role of premier (or, failing that, a role in...