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Yellowknife is the capital, only city, and largest community in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories, is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. It is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. Permanently located in Yellowknife since 1993, the assembly was founded in 1870 and became active in 1872 with the first appointments from the Government of Canada.
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Caroline Cochrane is a Canadian politician, who is the 13th and current Premier of the Northwest Territories. She is the only currently serving female premier in Canada and the second female premier of the Northwest Territories after Nellie Cournoyea, who served from 1991 to 1995.
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- ↑ "Cory Vanthuyne | Legislative Assembly of The Northwest Territories". Assembly.gov.nt.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ↑ "Yellowknife North | Edwin Castillo, Sean Erasmus, Ben Nind, Cory Vanthuyne, Dan Wong - North - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ↑ "N.W.T. votes 2015 | Yellowknifers opt for change". CBC North, November 23, 2015.
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- ↑ Tom Patrick (2012-02-15). "N.W.T.'s Koe captures Brier spot". Yukon News . Retrieved 2016-12-20.
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