Infrastructure projects will play a significant role in the economic recovery of the Northwest Territories post-COVID-19. These Estimates inject money into the economy and provide business and employment opportunities for residents, while delivering the critical infrastructure the NWT needs to provide important programs and services.

November 06, 2020

The Manitoba Craft Council’s annual CRAFTED Show and Sale is Winnipeg’s premier holiday sale of contemporary craft – and will showcase over 50 artists and their work.

This year, it’s happening entire online - and thanks to a partnership with NWT Arts, it will also feature nine artists from the NWT.

The event runs this weekend November 6-8, 2020.  

After a summer of no tourists, for a lodge that depends on tourists, the owners of
Peterson’s Point Lake Lodge look back at the season without blinking, while they look to the future with eyes on Northern tourists.

Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment Caroline Wawzonek tabled two engagement summaries November 4th that will inform the GNWT’s work to develop a new five-year strategy for tourism activities and investments beginning next year.

With a total impact of 27 percent of GDP, diamond mining was the largest private sector industry in the NWT and the primary foundation of our economy in 2019.  

Northwest Territories business leaders and the Government of the Northwest Territories are working together to safeguard the territory’s economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining a protective public health response.

Strong sales numbers are good. Record sales numbers are better. Or are they?

The answer is complicated for Polar Tech.

Check against delivery

A new funding initiative will enable commercial agriculture producers in the Northwest Territories to make larger investments in their operations.