Last year’s hugely popular Nattiq Sealebration events will return to the NAKA festival this year – featuring a sealskin workshop, arts market and a northern-inspired menu. Mark your calendars! You don’t want to miss these fascinating events.

The red carpet was rolled out in Fort Simpson Feb 21-23 for the first-ever Líídlįį Kúę Film Festival. Click on the full story to see photos and read about the festivities.

Water lapped on the shores of the Nahanni River, wind whistled through the trees and birds called overhead. Those were the only sounds heard as a small group of Dene people heaved the mooseskin canoe up by the gunwales and carried it out from the forest.

Cabin fever, abandoned towns, a bewildering find at the local landfill and a Nanurluk (giant polar bear) are just a few of the thrills awaiting theatre-goers at the 8th annual Dead North Film Festival. A record 46 films will be showcased this year – including entries from Inuvik, Tulita, Norman Wells, Dettah, Fort Smith, Hay River, Dawson City, Iqaluit, and Sweden.

When young families in the Capital feel the bite of -40C they now have a new indoor option for fun and exercise and entertainment. The My World Children’s Entertainment Playground celebrated its grand opening February 9 in Yellowknife. Fannie Zhong is the owner of the family-run business. 

The Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ Regional High School recently held a Career Fair for students and the general public. ITI’s Stephanie Hardisty, Manager of Tourism and Parks in the Dehcho Region, and Susanne Chambers, Tourism and Parks Assistant for the Dehcho, were on hand to provide information on the NWT’s tourism industry and the potential that it holds.  

Ken Weaver remembers a time when he and his seven siblings would come home after school and get to work at his parent’s store. They would bag groceries, stock shelves, clean coolers and generally tidy the store. In the evenings his youngest sister could be found curled up with a blanket in a cozy corner of the store. When Yellowknife’s first general store opened its doors in 1936, its owners Harry Weaver and Ellis “Bud” Devore, had no way of knowing that it would sustain four generation of family.

Thanks to a greenhouse business in Fort Smith, locals can grow their own tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and even pumpkins within the NWT’s growing season.  Hilary Turko, the heart and mind behind the business, Roots and Ruminants, is now entering her fourth growing season after purchasing the 30-year-old business.

Canada looked North on Feb 8th as Scotia Bank’s “Hockey Day in Canada” celebrated its 20th iteration in Yellowknife and points further North. (Délı̨nę is the location of the first recorded ice hockey game in North America.)

In Tulita, families stroll the 8km of groomed trail between the Mackenzie River and Bear River Campgrounds; they sit down to enjoy meals together under covered gazebos and hold sharing circles within a campground teepee. Read the full story to hear how parks infrastructure is making a difference to locals in Tulita.