Leaders in Northern agriculture will share and exchange their ideas and expertise this weekend as part of the Dehcho’s first-ever agriculture conference.

Delegates at the recent Winter Cities Conference in Edmonton, got a taste of the Northwest Territories (NWT) literally!

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) and the City of Yellowknife partnered to add local flavor to a delegate lunch. The City sponsored the meal and ITI provided whitefish from Great Slave Lake along with birch syrup, which was used in a dessert. 

The Department of Industry Tourism and Investment (ITI) has unveiled a plan to rebuild the commercial fishery on Great Slave Lake. 

Surrounded, appropriately, by members of the NWT Fishermen’s Federation (NWTFF), representatives of the Hay River business community and a new generation of NWT fishers, ITI Minister Wally Schumann introduced the strategy in Hay River this morning.

Artless Collective’s Dead North Film Festival‘s fifth edition from February 23-26 at Yellowknife’s Capitol Theatre will screen the creations of professional and aspiring filmmakers challenged to create their best original sci-fi, horror or fantasy films in nine weeks in the dead of winter.

Staff of the newly amalgamated Diamonds, Royalties and Financial Analysis (DRFA) division of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) took a tour of the new Almod Diamond Manufacturing Facility in Yellowknife this week.  

Faced with a daunting landmass the size of France and Spain combined, prospective diamond mines face high costs and few guidance markers when exploring in the NWT.  Thanks to ongoing research by the Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS), however, the geological knowledge of one of the most intriguing regions of the NWT is growing and becoming easier to access.  

Nestled in the wilderness off Great Slave Lake’s shores in Canada’s Northwest Territories is the secluded, subarctic First Nations community of Whatì, population 492.  Caribou, gray wolves and black bears roam. There are no all-season roads.

(Photo by Jurjen van der Sluijs. Large thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, northwestern Canada)

The ongoing study of climate-driven permafrost thaw continues to produce interesting results in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

The vast petroleum potential of the Northwest Territories (NWT) is often touted as world-class and a new publication series is now taking the lead on sharing the scientific information behind this resource.

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The friendly faces of Industry, Tourism and Investment’s (ITI) Mining Recorders Office can be found in a new office location starting today.