According to the NWT Bureau of Statistics, information released July 20, 2022 by Statistics Canada, at 75.7%, the Northwest Territories’ (NWT) July employment rate was the highest among provinces and territories in Canada (seasonally unadjusted). In the NWT, the employment rate increased 1.4 percentage points from last month, maintaining the higher employment rates observed in 2022.
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August 5, 2022
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Okpik: Little Village in the Arctic, a new documentary film produced by Caroline Cox follows the forging of a new kind of place in the Beaufort Delta, airs tonight (August 5) in Inuvialuktun on CBC Gem and August 6 in English on CBC Manitoba. With other air dates likely to be determined later.
July 29, 2022
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Diamonds de Canada welcomed the polar-bear diamond back to the NWT on July 18th in Yellowknife.
July 29, 2022
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Tomorrow is Food Day. Here in the Northwest Territories, the berries are bountiful, the gardens are full and the fish are biting!
July 28, 2022
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From May 29 - June 4 Fort Simpson held a host of fun community events aimed at priming the Dehcho for a renewed influx of tourists.
A key result of this year’s Tourism Week was to determine who needs help, and what we can do to assist each other so the Dehcho is ready to open to visitors together.
July 28, 2022
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According to the NWT Bureau of Statistics, information released July 20, 2022 by Statistics Canada indicates the Yellowknife All-Items Consumer Price Index in June rose by 8.3% compared to one year ago, the largest annual increase for Yellowknife since January 1991.
July 26, 2022
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The GNWT has been asking people for their input into the ways in which the NWT benefits from mineral resource activities in the Territory.
This Mineral Royalties Engagement Portal will be closing July 29.
July 26, 2022
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Check out the lineup at NWT Arts-sponsored table at the YK Farmer’s Market this summer. Look for blue NWT Arts table cloth! (table #2 beside the Fireweed Studio Log Cabin)
July 26, 2022
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Minister Wawzonek addressed the 31st Annual PNWER Summit this morning.
PNWER (which stands for the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region) is a recognized non-partisan policy forum for regionally-based collaboration between public, private, academic, and non-profit stakeholders in pursuit of economic goals.
July 25, 2022
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Northern leaders, working together as the Intergovernmental Council (IGC), are now working to identify and develop the regulations that will be needed to bring the MRA into force.