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Community, Featured, News March 15, 2023

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation buys historic Reindeer Station

The site will continue to be used for cultural and healing camps

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has bought the historic Reindeer Station. The IRC announced the purchase of the site from the Inuvik Community Corporation on Tuesday. Reindeer Station in the Mackenzie Delta was first established by the federal government in 1932 to house a herd of more than 3,400 caribou….

News February 15, 2023

Canadian North launches Yellowknife-Calgary route

Direct service from Yellownknife to Calgary is now available seven days a week

Passengers of the inaugural Canadian North flight from Yellowknife to Calgary got a warm welcome at the Calgary International Airport on Tuesday morning. Canadian North relaunched direct flights between Calgary and Yellowknife this week. Canadian North is an Inuit-owned company, jointly owned by the NWT’S Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the…

Featured, Industry, News August 6, 2020

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation offers beneficiaries additional on-the-land funding

Applications are due August 14 at 5:00 p.m.

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) is now offering additional funding to individuals and families in the settlement region for a one-time continuation of the On the Land (OTL) program. Residents living on the land during the summer months, needing help with essential living costs such as food, cleaning supplies, and…

Community, Featured, Health, Life Style, News April 6, 2020

IRC Child First Initiative funding maxed out

More than 300 families have benefitted from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation’s Child First Initiative (CFI) funding during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the IRC now says that funding has come to an end after it provided $448,000 to local stores to support the families. The funding for CFI came from the…

Community, Environment, Featured, Health, News, Politics April 1, 2020

$12 million coming to NWT Indigenous communities to help respond to COVID-19

First Nations in the Northwest Territories will be getting just over $6 million, while the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will be receiving $5.85 million to address coronavirus concerns. That funding is part of the $305 million dollars that the federal government announced last week specifically for Indigenous communities across Canada. A…

Environment, Featured, News August 1, 2019

IRC gets $300K in federal funding for Indigenous Oceans Protection Plan

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has received $300,000 in federal funding for its Marine Program Coordinator project. In announcing the funding Thursday, NWT MP Michael McLeod points out that Indigenous coastal communities share ties to Canada’s oceans that span generations. They value them as a source of livelihood, food security,…

Community, Featured, Industry, News, Transportation July 12, 2019

First Air, Canadian North airlines to merge over next two years

The deal is done. First Air and Canadian North will merge into a single airline over the next two years. The new airline will continue to be known as Canadian North. First Air was owned by the Makivik Corporation, while Canadian North is owned by the Inuvilauit Regional Corporation. The…