Ensuring a Sustainable North
Ensuring a Sustainable North Aurora Geosciences has Spent Nearly 40 Years Working with Northerners, Aboriginals. Aurora Geosciences describes itself as “the Northern company with brains for rocks.” It’s an entertaining twist on an old saying, but an apt description. Successfully integrating geology, geophysics, and exploration services while efficiently working with Northern logistics providers and communities, […]
Cannabis in the Workplace
Cannabis in the Workplace Are you fit it work? On Oct. 17, the Cannabis Act came into law which legalized cannabis for recreational use in Canada. If you are wondering if cannabis legalization changes your role and responsibilities in terms of workplace safety, the bottom line is that it doesn’t. The Act gives adults access […]
Engineering a Better North
Engineering A Better North Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists There For All. The Northwest Territories formed its association of professional engineers and geoscientists in 1979. When Nunavut formally came into being in 1999, the association extended its reach to this jurisdiction and became the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists […]
Earth Moving Through Generations
Earth Moving Through Generations Weatherby Trucking has Grown with the NWT Mining Sector. Blair Weatherby’s grandfather moved to Yellowknife with his family in 1951, attracted by the lure of good-paying mining jobs. Blair’s father stayed in the area, working directly for the mining industry and eventually with a trucking contractor. Growing up watching his family […]
Community Health Catalyst
Community Health Catalyst Haztech Provides Care and Opportunities Wherever It Works. When members of Haztech talk to those living in rural and remote communities about their needs, health care is often one of the first concerns to be voiced. And it’s not surprising. Training and employing health care, safety and security providers in and around […]
Much More than Mining
Much More than Mining Understanding the Indirect Economy Tied to the Mineral Sector. When new mines are considered and developed in Canada, much of the focus is on the jobs they create directly at site. Each is a new, large-scale industrial contributor to its local economy and so perhaps that’s only natural. It is the […]
Kit Corp Pays Many Dividends
Kit Corp Pays Many Dividends Training and Jobs to Create a Bright Future and Prosperous Region. Nunavut’s Kitikmeot Corporation (KC) is definitely a company that’s going places. Owned 100 per cent by its shareholder, the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), KC is one of Nunavut’s three Regional Development Corporations. From its headquarters in Cambridge Bay, […]
A Quarter Century and Climbing
A Quarter Century and Climbing Emerging Mines, Equipment Investments Help Nolinor Stay on Course. The ability to serve remote destinations is crucial for Nolinor Aviation, which has built its business flying people and supplies in and out of northern sites. As company Vice President Marco Prud’Homme points out, Nolinor’s focus has always been on flying […]
Churchill Line Reopens with FIRST NATION Ownership, Federal Help
Churchill Line Reopens with FIRST NATION Ownership, Federal Help Churchill, Man. – On Oct. 31, the rail link to Churchill officially reopened and the first train arrived in town amid much fanfair and celebration. In 2017, spring flooding badly damaged the Hudson Bay Rail Line, Churchill’s only land link to the rest of Canada. Since […]
Aboriginal Groups Still Looking to Buy Pipeline Share
Fort McMurray, Alta. – Several First Nations and Metis communities are continuing their push to purchase an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project even though a court ruling halted construction and has potentially set the project back considerably. The Federal Court of Appeal ruling blocked the federal government’s approval of the project […]
