Supporting NWT arts
In January, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament (Northwest Territories), announced funding of $727,000 from the Government of Canada to three Yellowknife arts organizations: The...
Fabric give-away well attended
In 2009, Canada Goose, in association with First Air, established the Resource Centre Program to help bring raw materials necessary to create warm, reliable...
NWT Tourism awards presented
The 21st annual NWT Tourism Conference and Annual General Meeting was held in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, November 1 to 3, 2017.
The conference stimulated dialogue...
New Arctic coast highway opens
The long awaited 137-kilometre Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway opened November 15, 2017 with celebrations taking place in Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.
Beginning in the morning at Inuvik,...
Commission recommends Inuit-controlled authority
After consultations with citizens in communities connected with the Pikialasorsuaq, the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s Pikialasorsuaq Commission is calling for the creation of an Inuit-identified,...
Historic fishing agreement signed
Arctic seas were once frozen year-round. But as climate change continues to reshape the Arctic, about 40 per cent of those waters were open...
Nunavik’s 4th park inaugurated
Parc national Tursujuq was inaugurated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the park visitor pavilion in Umiujaq, Nunavik, at the end of October.
Tursujuq is Nunavik’s...
Supreme Court of Canada decision reached
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of the original recommendation to protect 80 per cent of the pristine Peel watershed from...
Arctic research leader receives Lifetime Achievement award
Dr. Louis Fortier received a Lifetime Achievement award at the Canadian Museum of Nature’s Inspiration Awards Gala.
Louis Fortier, Ph.D., is the Scientific Director of...
Arctic archaeology scholar receives award
Recognized as one of the world’s foremost scholars in Arctic archaeology, Dr. David Morrison is the recipient of the Massey Medal for his outstanding...