In the Northwest Territories there is no shortage of powerful stories to tell. Two of those stories, told through film, were centre-stage at the recent NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival, hosted in Edmonton May 3 – 13: When They Awake and End of the Ice Age.
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Tourism businesses in the Northwest Territories (NWT) now have a free new training tool at their disposal. The Business, Market and Trade (BMT) Ready program teaches participants what it takes to sell tourism products to travellers from around the world.
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The public engagement phase on the GNWT's proposed changes to NWT oil and gas laws ends today.
Any comprehensive engagement on legislation must recognize the unique perspectives that stakeholders with specific expertise can bring to the table.
The GNWT reached out to these groups with meetings geared specifically to hearing and recording their input.
Public engagement community visits wrapped up in April as the GNWT visited the North and South Slave regions to hear their input on proposed changes to oil and gas laws.
Meetings, panel discussions, and networking are on the agenda as the Minister and Department of ITI jump across the pond to push investment in NWT mining.
Interested in starting a tourism business in Tuktoyaktuk? Want to learn more about what it takes to be a great northern host? Two free workshops in Tuktoyaktuk can tell you everything you need to know.
As the GNWT continues to build and invest in the NWT’s film sector in support of greater economic diversification and development, one of our own is already making waves on the big screen, most recently for his work on Academy Award winning film, The Shape of Water. Dashen Naidoo, was born and raised in Yellowknife and it was a long road filled with hard work that took him from the video room at St. Patrick’s High School to working on multi-million dollar red-carpet films.
Looking for film equipment at a good price to shoot your masterpiece? One of the NWT’s top film societies is now better equipped than ever to help you out – thanks to a funding partnership with ITI.
Aimed at supporting the revitalization of Yellowknife’s downtown, Win Your Space YK is a business-incubation competition encouraging entrepreneurs from Yellowknife, Dettah and N'dilo to start or expand business interests backed with one year of free leased space in downtown Yellowknife.
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