Yellowknifers have been rushing to bite into the city’s best burgers as part of the second annual Burger Week, Jan. 27-Feb. 6. Sonia Idir, a communications professional with the Government of the Northwest Territories, came up with the novel idea last year after living in Halifax and experiencing the Nova Scotia capital’s similar festival. “I …
Like the travellers he serves, Chris Mitchell has driven a winding and bumpy road over the last 11 months. As the manager of Big River Service Centre in Fort Providence – the only gas station and shop on the 480-kilometre route from Hay River to Yellowknife – Mitchell has been in a unique spot to …
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Clothing shop Iceblink has defied pandemic challenges over the past year and successfully tapped into customer demand for comfortable clothing and shopping in a relaxing space. The women’s apparel shop experienced its best sales in 2020 since it opened almost eight years ago. Revenues were up by about 20 per cent compared to 2019 and …
One lesson outside observers can learn from how Juniper Clinic handled the Covid-19 pandemic is that crises can become opportunities for those who are prepared. Like all businesses, the chiropractic and naturopathic medicine clinic was hit hard after the pandemic lockdown began last March. “We were 100-per-cent shut down for most of our practices that …
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A Hay River business has become the first recipient of support under a new GNWT program. Poison Graphics received $100,000 to help with the purchase of a specialized printer. The funding, announced on Jan. 14, is the territorial government’s inaugural NWT Manufacturing Innovation and Technology Contribution. Introduced in the Northwest Territories Manufacturing Strategy of 2019, …
People in Wekweeti are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel following the arrival of Covid-19 vaccine on Jan. 13. As a remote community located 195 km north of Yellowknife and accessible only by winter road or airplane, Wekweeti’s 130 residents must travel for most essential services. Vaccinations will give them more …
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The persistence of Seiji Suzuki carried him through his 15 years of running Sushi North, and that persistence has brought him through the Covid-19 pandemic as well. His tenacity to keep his sushi restaurant and Ja-pain Bakery going also meant that he didn’t close them due to Covid-19 even as many other companies made the …
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The Covid-19 pandemic has a way of crushing people’s plans, but for Dumaresq Valpy it’s given him a new opportunity. Last March, as Covid-19 infections spread across Canada, Valpy happened to be in the final stages of acquiring his tourism operator licence. “My original plan was to start a tour business,” he said. “I was …
The time was right for Darlene Sibbeston to pursue a lifelong business aspiration, and the Covid-19 pandemic was no barrier. The Fort Simpson resident and village’s former mayor started the new year with big plans for her new businesses, the Nahanni Inn and Maroda Motel, which she bought on Dec. 18. The Maroda has 16 …
The pandemic tried to take a bite out of Northern Hound Supply, but the year-old Fort Smith business is relatively unscathed amid the dog days of Covid. Anna Gervais launched Northern Hound Supply on Nov. 28, 2019, primarily as a grooming service. She added a store for pet food and other items. Her partner Robin …
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