Industry


Fort Good Hope Construction Centre wins ‘millions of dollars’ from Canada Mortgage and Housing

Training and housing go hand in hand in Rádeyı̨lı̨ Kǫ́ (Fort Good Hope), says MLA Shauna Morgan


The proposed Fort Good Hope Construction Centre just received a large financial prize from Canada Mortgage and Housing and “is exactly the type of local economic developments that this territory needs,” says Shauna Morgan, MLA for Yellowknife North. “Today I’d like to focus on a positive story of a community…




International Kimberlite Conference coming to the NWT this summer

The city's two main hotels will host delegates; event comes as sun starts to set on North's active diamond mines


The Northwest Territories will host the 12th International Kimberlite Conference in Yellowknife, from July 8th to 12th. This is the conference postponed from 2020 due to the worldwide pandemic. Organizers stated the location of the 12th Conference is particularly appropriate “as Canada has become the third largest producer of diamonds…


ATCO president brings heat to cabinet over Hay River biz loss to Power Corporation

'Particularly for the Deputy Premier, and the GNWT ... I don't think it sends the best of messages to future investors,' ATCO's Nancy Southern


ATCO CEO and president Nancy Southern turned a social occasion into a public dressing down of senior GNWT cabinet officials over the loss of Hay River’s franchise. The NWT Power Corporation is a GNWT subsidiary and in 2016 Hay River’s town council chose to pull the plug on ATCO/Northland Utilities…


Sahtu leaders band together to push for Mackenzie Highway project

The region's economy would benefit from an all-season road as would national security, says new video


A rise in air temperatures and drop in water levels means the Mackenzie Valley Highway is needed now more than ever, states the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated. Shorter seasons for winter roads and unreliable barge movements have jacked up the cost of living, with more cargo and supplies requiring expensive air…



‘Historic’ accord signed for offshore oil and gas co-management in Canada’s Western Arctic

The accord empowers Northerners as the primary beneficiaries of economic activity from oil and gas development within their regions


A unique accord has been signed aimed at giving Northern residents greater influence over offshore oil and gas projects in the Western Arctic. The Western Arctic–Tariuq (Offshore) Accord was inked yesterday. It’s the first of its kind to include an Indigenous government as a full participant. The accord was signed…


Major spill at Diavik went unreported for more than a month: GNWT

More than 450,000 cubic metres of wastewater have been leaked into a containment pond since early February


Last updated March 22, 11:11 a.m. Clarification, March 21 3:12 p.m.: This article has been updated to reflect that, while the pipeline had not been fixed as of 8:30 a.m. on March 21, its flow had been diverted. A previous version of this article also stated, based on a GNWT…