The Northwest Territories’ premier says his government is “really working” to make the Mackenzie Valley Highway a reality as the Sahtu stumbles through a chaotic resupply season. By Ollie Williams Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Addressing regional leaders at the Dehcho Annual Assembly on Tuesday, R.J. Simpson said his territory needed to have “the infrastructure in place that people in the rest of Canada take for granted.” The Mackenzie Valley Highway would give the Sahtu region its first all-season road connection to the rest of Canada. The project, expected to cost well over $1 billion, has been proposed for decades and is currently undergoing environmental assessment, but has never had the federal financial backing it will need to be realized. “We’re not looking for aerospace manufacturing facilities or anything like that….
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