YELLOWKNIFE (January 15, 2018) – Premier Bob McLeod will be speaking to business, industry, environmental organizations and academics on the future of the Northwest Territories in Vancouver next week.

As part of a continued effort to make the North and its future part of the national discussion, Premier McLeod will be leading a roundtable discussion at the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue on January 22.

YELLOWKNIFE (January 4, 2018) – Premier Bob McLeod will lead a Northwest Territories (NWT) delegation to the 2018 Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver this month to solicit, and demonstrate support for, mineral exploration and development in the NWT.

YELLOWKNIFE (NOVEMBER 20, 2017) — Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Wally Schumann is congratulating last week’s Mining and Exploration (MAX) Awards winners.

“As a government, it is important to recognize achievements of mining and exploration professionals who shaped our mining heritage, and today’s leaders who continue to drive our future.

YELLOWKNIFE (NOVEMBER 14, 2017) — Wally Schumann , Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment issued the following statement celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week:

“From bush-bound prospectors, to tour operators sharing our spectacular territory, entrepreneurs have always been at the heart of our territory’s economic progress.

Entrepreneurs and their ideas provide employment opportunities for our people, they create economic diversity to balance the ups and down of the resource economy and they help to make our communities great places to live.

It is great to be here at the 45th annual Geoscience Forum and to see how much this event has grown over the years. I would like to recognize the Northwest Territories (NWT) and Nunavut Chamber of Mines and staff of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment for organizing this important event each year and for the invitation to speak here tonight.

INUVIK (NOVEMBER 6, 2017) —  Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Wally Schumann recognized one of the personalities creating the Northwest Territories’ global reputation for hospitality last week.

2017’s NWT Parks Hospitality Award was handed out to Jean Marie River’s Lucy Simon, camp attendant at Sambaa Deh Territorial Park, in recognition of a year full of outstanding camper comments and excellent hospitality.

YELLOWKNIFE (October 27, 2017) – The Northwest Territories (NWT) Film Commission has introduced a new brand with which it will represent the growing NWT film sector to the world.

The new brand will be formally launched Friday evening at the NWT Film Commission gala celebrating the 11^th Annual Yellowknife’s International Film Festival.

YELLOWKNIFE (October 25, 2017) – The 12th International Kimberlite Conference (IKC) is coming to Yellowknife.

The prestigious and high profile international geological conference, which brings together academic and industry leaders, will be hosted in Yellowknife in 2021.

The Government of the Northwest Territories, the City of Yellowknife and Northwest Territories Tourism collaborated to develop a bid package which was also endorsed by the Northwest Territories’ diamond industry stakeholders.

YELLOWKNIFE (October 25, 2017) – Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Wally Schumann issued the following statement in recognition of Yellowknife’s award-winning small businesses:

“Congratulations to all of the recipients of the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Business Awards on October 20, 2017.  I would like to recognize the dedicated work of the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, our local business community, and the 2017 award recipients:

YELLOWKNIFE (October 20, 2017) – The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) has signed an agreement with the Northwest Territories Association of Communities (NWTAC) to develop backyard agriculture by-laws.

The by-laws, which address beekeeping and the raising of chickens and goats, will be made available to Northwest Territories municipalities to be tailored to reflect specific community needs.