From the beginning, Darrell Beaulieu’s vision has included Dene people exploring for – and benefitting from – the NWT’s resources. As a respected champion for Indigenous involvement in the natural resource industry, his work has garnered much acclaim over several decades. Most recently he took home one of the first-ever MAX Awards for Indigenous Achievement in the NWT mineral resource industry. He accepted the award, to a standing ovation, at the NWT Geoscience Forum Gala in November.

The Northwest Territories’ (NWT) lakes, rivers and rapids are often touted as world-class for canoeing and kayaking; and now new episodes of PowerBoat Television are shining a whole new light on the territory’s waterways. Cast and crew travelled to the NWT and filmed expeditions and adventures around Hay River and Yellowknife.

“Don’t just talk about it; go do it!” That has been the message time and time again from Joseph Kochon, Band Manager for the Bedzhi Ahda First Nation, as he relates his community’s approach to resource development. With a population of 157, his community of Colville Lake, Northwest Territories is one of Canada’s smallest. Its tiny size is in stark contrast to the area’s prodigious natural resource potential.

Next weeks’ Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Round-up in Vancouver, BC is one of the global mining industry’s premier events. It will be an important opportunity for the NWT to promote and sell its mineral potential to investors, exploration companies, and established players in the mining industry. As importantly, it is an opportunity to highlight the NWT’s willingness and capacity to welcome and support new mining projects.

On January 11, 2018, the late Bob Gannicott joined the exclusive ranks of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. It is an honour that has been bestowed upon only 160 individuals throughout Canada. 

Transforming ice into infrastructure is perhaps one the best known example of Northern resiliency and resourcefulness. For more than 50 years, a 185 km man-made road of ice has connected two of the territories' arctic communities: Tuktoyaktuk and Inuvik.  In July 2016, with construction of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway (ITH) approaching completion, Peter Clarkson knew he needed to capture the ice road’s history before it disappeared.