{"id":573373,"date":"2026-03-31T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573373\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:58:10","slug":"ottawa-to-spend-up-to-1-2m-on-norman-wells-education-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573373\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa to spend up to $1.2M on Norman Wells education centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government says it will provide up to $1.75 million for five projects in the NWT that aim to improve food security. <\/p>\n<p>The bulk of that funding, up to $1.2 million, will go to <a href=\"https:\/\/blackspruceeducation.com\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Spruce Education<\/a> \u2013 a non-profit focused on land-based youth education \u2013 for a four-year project to build an education centre in Norman Wells.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, the organization plans to develop space for training, business incubation and cultural programming including a workshop, commercial teaching kitchen, greenhouse, offices and a caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>CanNor minister Rebecca Chartrand announced the funding at a food sovereignty summit in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporting food security in the North is central to building strong, healthy communities,\u201d she stated in a news release. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement.<br \/><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTU0NywxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntlegislativeassembly.ca\/meet-members\/mla\/denny-rodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772071272_251_Denny-Rodgers-MLA-ad_v3_2.jpg\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement.<br \/><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTE4MiwxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntlegislativeassembly.ca\/meet-members\/mla\/julian-morse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774979890_90_Oct-27-2025-MLA-Morse_Cabin-Radio-Ad-Oct-2025-1.png\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis work helps build a more resilient and self-reliant North for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has said it will also invest up to $184,000 in a two-year modular greenhouse project in Tsiigehtchic and up to $170,000 in the Territorial Agrifood Association\u2019s \u201cForging Flavour\u201d project to establish a food processing hub and shared commercial kitchen in Yellowknife.<\/p>\n<p>Canada further said it will invest up to $100,000, with $25,000 from the GNWT, in a two-year project to develop a food hub showcasing \u201cnorthern culinary traditions and foods\u201d like Great Slave Lake fish in Yellowknife\u2019s Old Town. The project will feature a commercial kitchen, food processing and storage.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the federal government has committed up to $99,800 and the GNWT up to $53,515 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fishonthebay\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fish on the Bay\u2019s<\/a> two-year project to relocate and expand operations in Yellowknife, including the purchase of an additional fishing vessel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese projects support local entrepreneurs, strengthen regional food systems, and help ensure northern producers have the infrastructure they need to grow and succeed,\u201d stated Caitlin Cleveland, the NWT\u2019s minister of industry, tourism and investment. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The federal government says it will provide up to $1.75 million for five projects in the NWT that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[3878,49,48,9294,183710,20739,82985,7693],"class_list":["post-573373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-agriculture","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-food-security","tag-norman-wells","tag-ottawa","tag-tsiigehtchic","tag-yellowknife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}