Shop Local. Eat Local. Meet Locals.
Shop Local. Eat Local. Meet Locals. By Alayna Ward One can be forgiven for a growling stomach on any summer Tuesday evening at Yellowknife’s Somba K’e Civic Plaza. It’s nearly suppertime, and the delicious aromas wafting across the entire plaza from the many kiosks setting up to sell and serve freshly prepared food are tantalizing. […]
Alan Denroche, Denroche & Associates. Doing “Something Useful” for 30 years
Alan Denroche, Denroche & Associates. Doing “Something Useful” for 30 years y Bill Braden When Alan Denroche told his father that he’d been accepted into the University of Victoria’s law school, his dad looked him straight in the eye. “Son, why don’t you do something useful with your life? Then he gave me a pat […]
Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers By Alayna Ward Alayna.jpg In 2015, I had a challenging job I liked with a great salary and a boss I highly respected. But I dreamed to be my own boss, doing work I felt truly passionate about and making my own rules. After doing some market research on communications consulting, and analyzing […]
Diamonds may last forever. Diamond mines don’t.
Diamonds may last forever. Diamond mines don’t. As the transition from a close-knit gold mining town to an international diamond centre rippled through the city, the big multinationals that owned and operated the diamond mines – BHP, Rio Tinto, De Beers – opened up their deep corporate wallets for social investment: scholarships, First Nations Impact […]
Capital Suites. Creativity, Detail and Opportunity drive Newton Grey
Capital Suites. Creativity, Detail and Opportunity drive Newton Grey By Bill Braden Newton Grey has a Masters Degree in Tourism and Hotel Development but finds that running hotels across northern and eastern Canada demands creativity, attention to detail and a keen eye for opportunity. Grey is locally known as the manager of the Capital […]
Dr. Hassan Adam. A Thirty-year Passion for Modern Dentistry in the North
Dr. Hassan Adam. A Thirty-year Passion for Modern Dentistry in the North By Bill Braden When Hassan Adam was a schoolboy in his home country of Malawi, Africa, BBC documentaries about life and nature around the world were screened every Friday afternoon. He recalls one in particular. “The one that was the most popular was […]
Bassett Petroleum Distributors. Fuelling a Family Enterprise
Bassett Petroleum Distributors. Fuelling a Family Enterprise By Bill Braden It’s a classic family business success story: three brothers grow up with their dad’s small-town enterprise and ramp it into a venture spanning four markets across northwestern Canada. That’s Bassett Petroleum, founded 28 years ago in Hay River by Steve Bassett and his late wife, […]
Weatherby Trucking. Deep Family Roots in Yellowknife’s Mining History
Weatherby Trucking. Deep Family Roots in Yellowknife’s Mining History By Bill Braden Even though he was born a Gen-Xer, Blair Weatherby, now 48, is pretty much an old-school kind of guy. Perhaps it’s his Yellowknife heritage. On his mother’s side, the family’s been in Yellowknife since 1937 – that’s 80 years! Maybe it’s his core […]
Good Market Research Makes For Good Business
Good Market Research makes for good business For entrepreneurs, doing market research is as important as doing a business plan. In fact, market research is the foundation for both the marketing and the business plan. Whether you’re starting a new business or own an established one, you need to know about your marketplace to make […]
Profile: Rocky’s Plumbing and Heating
The candles on the 40th birthday cake for Rocky’s Plumbing and Heating will be lit this year, but there won’t be much time to celebrate. As one of the main ‘go-to’ places for plumbing and heating services in the Beaufort-Delta Region of the Northwest Territories, they’ll be too busy operating their wholesale outlet, responding to […]
