Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) acting President James Eetoolook delivered a speech to Prime Minister Carney this week on the occasion of PM Carney's visit to Nunavut. President Eetoolook said "We are a big supporter of the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, we believe this project can open vast mineral deposits, including base metals and critical minerals. Having access to a road and port will allow projects in that area to become economically viable. With the possibility of

Yesterday, Nunavut Premier  PJ Akeeagok  met with Prime Minister  Mark Carney  on his first official domestic trip. On this historic occasion, WKR is thrilled to report the wide-ranging support for investing in infrastructure to support Arctic security and sovereignty. PM  Carney  announced that "Canada will take on a greater, sustained, and year-round Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) presence in the Arctic – an investment of nearly $420 million to protect our sovereignty across l

CIBC  President & CEO  Victor Dodig  argues in  The Globe and Mail  that Canada must “get serious about building our Northern economy. One nation-building project that would send a clear sign that to the world about Canada’s desire to compete and do big things is the Grays Bay Road and Port initiative. It would connect Nunavut to the national highway system and rail systems in the Northwest Territories. Grays Bay would be a deep-water port that would serve the dual purpose of

WKR applauds yesterday's joint press release from  Nunavut Tunngavik  and the  Government of Nunavut , outlining their roadmap to...

WKR Environment Manager  Gavin Law  spoke about the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, within the Arctic Security Corridor, at the 2025...

NWT Premier Simpson and Nunavut Premier Akeeagok advocate for Arctic security through infrastructure. WKR expresses our appreciation for...

As international attention turns to Arctic sovereignty and security, today WKR is launching a new website for national and international...

Kassidy Koaha-Laube  and  Elliot Holland  presented an update on the Grays Bay project at the Kitikmeot Trade Show today in Cambridge...

WKR celebrates  Kassidy Koaha-Laube  as she returns from the 2025  Arctic Frontiers  conference in Tromsø, Norway.  Kassidy  met with...

CBC North spoke to WKR CEO  Brendan Bell  and Kitikmeot Inuit Association Executive Director Fred Pedersen this week regarding the ...

The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) has issued its Screening Decision Report (SDR) to the responsible federal Ministers regarding the...

WKR's fall tour of Kitikmeot communities finished this week in Taloyoak and Gjoa Haven. Pictured below are the last days of fall sun...

The WKR team was in Kugaaruk and Cambridge Bay in late October for community meetings, including a "spooky" Halloween meeting in...

West Kitikmeot Resources celebrated the signing of an MOU with the Government of Nunavut regarding the development of the Grays Bay Road and Port Project at the Nunavut Trade Show. In attendance were Minister David Akeeagok, WKR CEO Brendan Bell, and Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO Ehren Cory. Thanks to the Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce for hosting the signing ceremony and to Kassidy Koaha-Laube and Jim Stevens for bringing this event together.

West Kitikmeot Resources Corp. (“WKR” or the “Company”), the Inuit-owned and led developer of the Grays Bay Road and Port Project (“Grays...

WKR is pleased to announce the November 22 signing of an Agreement appointing WKR as proponent of the Gray's Bay Port and Road Project (GBRP).  Our landowner and shareholder, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, has been the proponent developing the GBRP project since 2018. In 2019, Canada entered into a $21.6 million Contribution Agreement with KIA from the National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF) to advance GBPR Phase 1 to shovel-ready status. Yesterday's signing of a Novation and Assi