Construction began today for the $136 million National Defence Multipurpose Facility, designed to enhance the mobility, reach, and footprint of the Canadian Armed Forces in the North. Minister of National Defence Bill Blair and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal are in Yellowknife as part of the Trudeau government’s post-budget…
Det’on Cho Group of Companies is one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures 2023 in the Growth Category. This matches the honour bestowed upon Yellowknives Dene First Nation’s economic arm for 2020. Det’on Cho president and CEO Mark Lewis stated from the presentation Thursday in Toronto: “I am immensely proud…
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 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…
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…
A significant increase in large truck traffic moving fuel and cargo to the Sahtu Region this winter has prompted the GNWT to caution drivers to follow safety precautions with extra vigilance. Last summer’s wildfires and low water levels along the Mackenzie River threw a monkey wrench into the Marine Transportation…
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…
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…
A bill that would increase the price of carbon in the territory should not be made into law. That was the conclusion of the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Government Operations this week. On Wednesday, members of the committee presented their report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the…
Last updated Friday, March 3 at 4:35 p.m. The Government of the Northwest Territories was not informed about two incidents of industrial wastewater leakage in northern Alberta within the last year that had the potential to impact shared waters. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Shane Thompson confirmed in the…