Dominion starts cutting jobs at Ekati, offers no severance
Dominion Diamond Mines began terminating the contracts of some Ekati employees, despite agreeing a sale that will take the company out of creditor protection. More »
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NWT says 2020’s barge resupply is complete
Barge deliveries to 12 NWT communities have been successfully completed, the territorial government said on Wednesday, ending the 2020 resupply season. More »
How YK grocery sales went ‘off the charts’ this summer
Yellowknife grocery store managers explain how the pandemic has transformed their business in the past six months. (Turns out you really like baking.) More »
NWT mine operator moves closer to building plant in Sask
The company behind a planned rare-earth minerals mine east of Yellowknife has taken a step closer to constructing an extraction plant in Saskatchewan. More »
Wawzonek looks to ‘accelerate’ NWT procurement changes
The minister newly tasked with fixing major flaws in the NWT's procurement system says she is looking to pick up the pace at which changes are made. More »
Nokleby says $180M NWT bond sale never raised in cabinet, with MLAs
Ex-minister Katrina Nokleby says a bond sale worth $180 million happened with little to no oversight. The NWT's finance minister rejected that characterization. More »
Finance minister says NWT won’t introduce sales tax
The NWT's finance minister on Friday said she had no intention of introducing a sales tax, a day after her department declined to rule out such a move. More »
Every bike spoken for: YK stores cope with pandemic rush for rides
Yellowknifers needed bikes so badly this year, people bought them sight-unseen. Here's how Overlander Sports and Old Town Bike Works scrambled to meet demand. More »
$8M designated for clean-energy projects across NWT
Ottawa will invest around $8 million in eight NWT clean-energy projects. Communities that will benefit include Tulita, Inuvik, Délınę, and Aklavik. More »
Dominion says it has resumed diamond sales
The owner of the NWT's Ekati mine says it has begun to sell diamonds again, after months of pandemic disruption, as it looks to leave creditor protection. More »
Virtual Geoscience Symposium to replace in-person event
With this year's Yellowknife Geoscience Forum cancelled by Covid-19, the territory's geologists and mining representatives are organizing an online replacement. More »
Six months in, Covid-19’s financial impact on GNWT unclear
The pandemic has seen the GNWT set out $71 million in relief measures since March. But how much is being saved elsewhere, and the overall impact, is not clear. More »