The NWT government opened a fund to businesses "impacted by recent public health measures." Up to $5,000 per business will cover "ongoing operational costs."
Economy
The NWT government announced a new $1.44-million initiative to help the territory's tourism sector, with the return of visitors nowhere in sight mid-outbreak.
NWT artists in "survival mode" said a new strategy, designed to grow the sector in the next decade, must be backed by "real political desire to make change."
Indigenous tourism advocates say their industry in Canada could take five years longer than most tour operators to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new pit that would keep the NWT's Ekati mine open won't need environmental assessment, a regulator ruled. The mine's argument to the regulator was unusual.
"It can be applied to any area of life." A 12-week program in Fort Providence and the Tłı̨chǫ will teach entrepreneurism with a view to helping NWT communities.
