Outgoing N.W.T. premier remembered as unconventional leader, champion for marginalized people

Several N.W.T. leaders, activists and political observers held up outgoing premier Caroline Cochrane as an advocate for marginalized people and Indigenous rights. Some, though, said she was often hemmed in by cabinet and the bureaucracy.

Outgoing N.W.T. premier remembered as unconventional leader, champion for marginalized people
Premier of the Northwest Territories Caroline Cochrane, speaks to media after visiting evacuees in Edmonton, Alta.

Several N.W.T. leaders, activists and political observers held up outgoing premier Caroline Cochrane as an advocate for marginalized people and Indigenous rights. Some, though, said she was often hemmed in by cabinet and the bureaucracy.