Inside Inuvik’s new hydroponic greenhouse
"Picked this morning, even when it's minus-56." Inuvik is going to have fresh produce year-round. Step inside the town's new hydroponic greenhouse.
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Lı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation ramps up staycation packages
The Líídlįį Kúę First Nation is introducing new staycation packages for the summer ahead, including trips into the Nahanni, golf, and cultural tours.
Federal government gives $1.8M to Beaufort Delta projects
Five food security and economic development projects across the Beaufort Delta are to receive a share of $1.8 million in federal funding.
Latest Yellowknife food and agriculture plan is approved
Yellowknife city councillors approved a plan designed to provide more help for residents and businesses growing their own food.
Ottawa agrees to help fund YK visitor centre in Centre Square Mall
The federal government agreed to contribute almost $400,000 toward the reopening of Yellowknife's visitor centre, this time inside the Centre Square Mall.
Statisticians work toward better measure of northern poverty
Federal statisticians are close to releasing new data intended to more accurately measure the poverty line for families in the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
Yellowknife contemplates shifting property tax burden
Does the property tax balance between Yellowknife's residents and businesses need to change? Councillors are examining the ratio behind how the tax is paid.
NWT Power Corporation ‘postponed work worth $66M’
NWT Power Corp projects worth $66 million have been pushed back because of Covid-19, last year's ransomware attack, and regulatory or legal delays.
Some NWT fuel prices to change from April 5
Prices are set to change from April 5, 2021 in eight communities where the territorial government is responsible for fuel supply.
How the NWT plans to help tourism recover from Covid-19
The NWT unveiled a five-year plan to get tourism back on its feet. Here's how the territory envisages tourism growing from now to 2026.
NWT finds new money to speed up midwifery expansion
Regular MLAs hailed a victory for consensus government as cabinet made several budget changes, including more cash for midwifery, aftercare, and tourism.
Mountain Province Diamonds reports $263.4M loss in 2020
Mountain Province Diamonds, part-owner of the NWT's Gahcho Kué diamond mine, says it lost a quarter of a billion dollars in the past year.