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Guy Quenneville
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Bygone store
By George, the women's clothing store in the Centre Square Mall, closed on Friday, ending on a positive note as a flurry of customers waded through the outlet looking for a deal. Morgan Deveau, the assistant general manager, said it was tough for the owner, Rosa Proietto, to close the store.
"This was her baby - the first store she opened," said Deveau.
Proietto had been commuting between Yellowknife and her home in Ontario for the last two years, where she owns another By George, but finally decided she couldn't be away from her two young boys, added Deveau.
Foreign appeal
Businesses looking to find out about the process of hiring foreign workers - recruitment, immigration, integration - had a chance to receive a thorough schooling in the topic on Monday. Canada Business NWT held an all-day videoconference at the Northwest Tower on the subject of attracting foreign workers to Northern cities like Yellowknife that are plagued with chronic labor shortages.
"There's a variety of types of businesses who are taking part," Claudia Kelly, manager of Canada Business NWT, said Monday. "And not just start-up businesses - established places like the territorial government."
Nesting ground
Robin's Nest Restaurant on 49th Street has expanded its operating hours because "some athletes like to have late dinners," said Bill Lam, the cook.
Lam explained that one night last week, some hungry athletes participating at the Arctic Winter Games voiced their disappointment when the restaurant closed at its regular time, 10 p.m.
"We're open until 11 p.m. for the duration of the Games," Lam said.
New blood
Fortune Minerals has expanded its management staff by three people, citing a potential Northern mine as the cause.
"The new positions are due to our ramping out activity at NICO," said Greg Taylor, Fortune's director of investment and public relations, of the cobalt-gold-bismuth deposit located northwest of Yellowknife.
Adam Jean, Andre Tricoteux and Patrick J. Moloney will joint the Fortune team as controller, manager of procurement and logistics and manager of human resources, respectively.