Business

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) was at Javaroma on Monday for an open house aimed at helping business sign up for Emergency Business Relief Funding and Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) Fund, which is designed to help business recover from both the pandemic and evacuation.

Don’t keep it all inside. You’re not alone. We have all lived through a summer for the history books. Dense smoke, online fire maps, evacuation orders, long drives and dealing with a quickly constructed relief program in Alberta or elsewhere.

With some businesses still struggling from wildfire evacuation fallout, the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce announced the launch of its Business Recovery Task Force on Friday.

At Shawarma House, the wildfire evacuation spoiled business, literally.

Casa de Cobre — which translates as Copper House in Spanish — has opened as the new restaurant in the legislative assembly.

The Northwest Territories racked up approximately $916.5 million in retail trade in 2022, outpacing 2021’s $888.8 million in retail sales by 3.1 per cent.

The tide has finally turned for wholesale trade in the Northwest Territories with approximately $402.8 million in sales in 2022.

Led by Nunavut’s blistering pace, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut combined for manufacturing sales of $47 million in 2022, a 13.8 per cent improvement over $41.3 million in sales in 2021.

The post-pandemic tourism struggle persists for some local businesses.

Building permits fell 18.6 per cent in value in the Northwest Territories in 2022.