Business

It may appear to be an insurmountable task to tackle the dire housing issues that Nunavummiut have endured for decades. But for Clarence Synard, president and CEO of NNC Investment Group, parent company to NCC Development Ltd. in Nunavut, the challenge and strong desire to help resolve those issues is what gets him up and going each morning.

Steel beams and cranes are visible from the vicinity of Frame Lake as one of the city’s larger infrastructure projects is in full construction mode this spring.

Commercial buildings such as the lower Centre Square Mall and the Gold Range Hotel have gone up for sale last month. What is the reason for the influx of commercial buildings going up for sale? Is it a sign of something to come? Yellowknifer asks these questions to owner and broker of Century 21: Prospect Realty, Adrian Bell. He did not seem concerned.

Canada’s two biggest airlines scored below average for customer satisfaction among major North American carriers, according to a new survey, part of a trend of growing passenger frustration across the industry.

Cynthia Mufandaedza, business owner and former city councillor, has been nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.

Mark Pitseolak started working for Agnico Eagle in 2020, shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic struck and caused significant disruptions to the mining company’s Nunavut operations, including sending Nunavummiut miners home for lengthy periods for the safety of the communities.

As Hay River springs to life with new growth and development, one of the Rowe’s Group of Companies family members says it was the right time to sell their long-established Ptarmigan Inn, as announced last week in the Hay River Hub.

Questions surrounding whether a decades-old fishing lodge on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake will be operational in time for opening season in June remain uncertain.

Critical minerals are the key to progress in this country.

It is my pleasure to contribute in the feature on mining. I take this opportunity to discuss the bill that I have introduced, Bill C-326 an Act to amend the Territorial Lands Act. I introduced the bill at the House of Commons in March 2023.