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- ↑ "Prime Minister formally recognizes territorial senior judges as Chief Justices". Prime Minister of Canada. August 28, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ↑ "Prime Minister announces appointment of new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories". Prime Minister of Canada. September 23, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ↑ "Huge backlog of jury trials in N.W.T. due to COVID-19". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . June 18, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ↑ "N.W.T. gets 1st female aboriginal justice". CBC. December 3, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
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