The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has recently released a Homeowner's Guide to Oil Tanks. It provides some steps to reduce the chances of a spill. To view, please click here and select Homeowner's Guide to Oil Tanks. For a paper copy please call 873-7654.
The Legislative Assembly is currently reviewing the next year's budget for the GNWT (Main Estimate 2010-2011). A copy of the budget is available in PDF. If you are interested in looking at it please click here and select Main Estimate 2010-2011. If you are interested in a hard copy please call the Office of the Clerk at 669-2299. Thanks.
There will be a Range Lake constituency meeting on Tuesday, January 26th. The meeting will take place at Range Lake North School and begin at 7:00pm. All Range Lake constituents are welcome.
Northwest Territories residents aged 15 to 30 have a new one-stop shop for all youth-related programs and services offered by the territorial government. Proud2bNWT, a website for youth in the NWT, was officially launched today by the Government of the Northwest Territories. The website will help young people find programs and services available to them quickly and efficiently.
Proud2bNWT provides information on a variety of programs and services such as arts and culture, awards and bursaries, careers and employment, health and wellness, sports and recreation, and much more. Check out the website: www.proud2bnwt.ca
Hope you had a great holiday season. It's nice to be back at work. This year promises to be another busy year. As always, please keep in touch. If you have concerns and issues you would like me to address as your MLA, please call me or my Constitutency Assistant, Carla at 445-9910 or email her at rangelakemla@theedge.ca.
I attended the house warming party for the new Day Shelter in Yellowknife. This is located on the other side of the old Pan Asia parking lot, downtown. It's a place where homeless residents in YK could drop by from 7 am to 7pm 7 days a week.
Until this premise opened, the homeless residents of YK did not really have a place to be between 7 am to 7pm when they can return to their overnight shelters. This will be especially important with cold weather upon us. The premise is equipped with a toilet facility, a shower and comfortable furniture where they can watch TV and have a bite to eat. There will also be counseling services.
It's been set up as a three year pilot project. GNWT is providing $450k over three years, BHP is providing $150K and City of Yellowknife $50k.
Most importantly, it's a place where I believe the people of good will gather to provide food, clothing and other necessary goods to those most in need. It is a very welcoming place for the clients it serves. It's a good thing.
It was so much fun to see all those Trick orTreaters coming to our door last night. Hope you all had fun.
My goodness the time is flying by. We are going into the last week of the Session this week.
I hope you have taken advantage of the H1N1 Clinic at the Multi-plex all this past week. If you missed it and still want to be vaccinated, Public Health office at Jan Stirling Centre will administer the vaccine between 3:30 - 4:30 pm every day starting Monday, November 2nd.
If you have questions about the vaccine or specific health concerns about the flu please call the Flu Line at 920-3026.
If you have questions or issues you want to bring to my attention please call my Constituency Assistant Carla at 445-9910 or email us at rangelakemla@theedge.ca.
