Event Location: Inuvik, NT

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty (Northwest Territories), on behalf of Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Steven MacKinnon (Gatineau, Que.), and Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada Eleanor Olszewski (Edmonton Centre, Alta.) will make an announcement regarding infrastructure … Read more

The Department of National Defence (DND) will host a public engagement session to share information and answer questions about infrastructure planned for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Modernization and Continental Defence at the Forward Operating Location in Inuvik. Community members from Inuvik and surrounding areas are invited to attend. DND representatives will provide an … Read more

As part of his visit to Inuvik from Aug. 18-20, National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) will meet with municipal, territorial, and Indigenous officials to discuss Canada’s new Arctic-focused defence policy update, Our North, Strong and Free, and to provide updates on federal defence investments in Inuvik. He will also meet with members of the Canadian Rangers. Contact Daniel.Minden@forces.gc.ca.

Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Dan Vandal (Saint Boniface-Saint Vital, Man.); Duane Ningaqsiq Smith, corporation chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation; Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane, and Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai will make an announcement on behalf of their respective governments. … Read more

Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories) will take part in an infrastructure announcement with Diane Archie, N.W.T. Minister of Infrastructure, and Duane Smith, chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. This event will take place at Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport, Airport Road. Call 613-960-9251.

On behalf of National Defence Minister Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.), Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories) will provide an update on the Department of National Defence’s investment in the Inuvik runway extension project. This event will take place at the Inuvik Airport Terminal. Call 613-904-03333.

Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories) and Diane Archie, Minister of Infrastructure of the Northwest Territories, will make an infrastructure funding announcement. This event will be held at 95 Gwich’in Rd. Call 343-574-8116.

Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Dan Vandal (Saint Boniface-Saint Vital, Man.) will make an announcement related to Nutrition North Canada while visiting the community greenhouse. He will also make a joint Northern REACHE program and Natural Resources Canada solar project funding announcement. … Read more

Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories), on behalf of Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), Inuvik Mayor Clarence Wood and Wanda Pascal, Chief of the Teetl’it Gwich’in Band, will make a public infrastructure funding announcement at the Midnight Sun Complex, 95 Gwich’in Rd. Call 343-574-8116.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.), joined by Grand Chief Ken Kyikavichik, Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC); Kelly McLeod, Vice Chair of GTC; and Sharla Greenland, Chief Operating Officer for GTC, will announce a project under the Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program. This event will be held at Nihtat Building, 3-9 Bompas St. Contact justine.leblanc@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca.