2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's curling championship for the Northwest Territories, was held from January 8 to 10 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 2015 marks the first year that the winner of the Northwest Territories Scotties will go directly to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In previous years, the top two Northwest Territories teams would have to play in the NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts to earn the right to play at the national championship. Only two rinks entered, 11-time territorial champion Kerry Galusha
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories 1967 the Carrothers Commission moved the territorial capital from Ottawa to Yellowknife and for the first time elected members represented all parts of the territories. In 1975 the Legislative Assembly became fully elected, and the first elected speaker since 1905, David Searle, presided over the Assembly. Commissioner John Parker gave up his powers of running the executive council and appointed George Braden as leader of the Government and the first Premier since 1905. The model of responsible government that was used this time around was known as Consensus government. The executive council or cabinet forms government while all the regular