{"id":897367,"date":"2026-09-16T02:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897367\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T02:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:36:19","slug":"craig-simailak-opens-nunavut-trade-show-with-call-to-seize-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897367\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Simailak opens Nunavut Trade Show with call to seize opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\"><a class=\"category business\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/tag\/business\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Sep 15, 2026 \u2013 3:12 pm EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Business conference runs through Thursday<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simailak.jpg\" title=\"Craig Simailak opens Nunavut Trade Show with call to seize opportunity\"><br \/>\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Simailak.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister of Community and Government Services Craig Simailak addresses the Legislative Assembly in March. On Tuesday, he kicked off the Nunavut Trade Show with a speech about partnerships and economic growth in the territory. (File photo by Daron Letts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/author\/lilli-akpaleeapik\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t Lilli Akpaleeapik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nunavut is looking for better co-operation with southern governments and businesses, as it prepares to bolster economic activity, says a territorial leader.<\/p>\n<p>Community and Government Services Minister Craig Simailak made the comments Monday morning at the opening of the Nunavut Trade Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada is paying great attention to the North,\u201d he said at the Aqsarniit Hotel in Iqaluit. \u201cHow do we prepare for opportunities?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its 33rd year, the Nunavut Trade Show is hosting 106 exhibitors and 340 attendees. The event is running from Monday to Thursday and contains conference programming, a trade show and networking events.<\/p>\n<p>The conference portion will take place at the hotel, while the trade show will take place at the Arctic Winter Games Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The trade show is open to the public Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The four-day event will end on Thursday with a presentation for the Business Achievement Awards during the closing banquet at the hotel.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260828-gn-chartered-accountants\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789526179_685_A-14817.94.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Business\u00a0\u00a0Sep 15, 2026 \u2013 3:12 pm EDT Business conference runs through Thursday Minister of Community and Government Services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-897367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897367","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=897367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}