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Thank you for that introduction, Deb, and good evening everyone.
I would like to begin tonight by acknowledging that this conference is taking place on the traditional lands of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tseil-Waututh First Nations.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 26) — As much as $100,000 was generated in sales for the NWT’s traditional arts and crafts sector in December thanks to the availability of fur and moose hide under the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur (GMVF) Program’s fur and hide procurement initiative.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 25, 2016) – Premier of the Northwest Territories and Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) Bob McLeod will attend the 2016 Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, BC this week.
EDMONTON (January 22, 2016) — Representatives from the GNWT’s Come Make Your Mark campaign were at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) this week to generate excitement and awareness about living and working in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 21, 2016) – Premier Bob McLeod welcomes the findings of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board’s report highlighting the need for infrastructure investment that would contribute not only to resource development and economic growth
INUVIK (January 19, 2015) - The third winter of construction is now underway on the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway to the Arctic coast in the Northwest Territories.
BEIJING, CHINA (January 15, 2016) — The Government of the Northwest Territories’ Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur brand is being represented and promoted this week at one of the fur industry’s largest trade shows.
Yellowknife (January 14, 2016) – Chairman of the Financial Management Board Robert C. McLeod announced that the Government of the Northwest Territories began negotiation of a new collective agreement with the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) today.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 14, 2016) – In an effort to continuously improve safety and increase the efficiency of ice road construction in the Northwest Territories, the Department of Transportation (DOT) hosted an ice profiling workshop in Yellowknife on January 11 and 12.
YELLOWKNIFE (January 14, 2016) – Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), is now accepting nominations for the Northwest Territories (NWT) Outstanding Volunteer Awards.
