By Gail Jansen, Photos by Bill Braden With high-tech jobs ranging from heavy equipment to mineral processing, today’s miner isn't stereotypical.

By Nelson Semeniuk Aboriginal firms are cashing in on one of the North’s growth industries: the remediation of old mine sites.

by Michael Ganley The recently established Nunavut Resources Corporation is gunning for a real share of major development

BY LAUREN MCKEON Pam Strand and Julie Lassonde have bought the defunct Jericho diamond mine –

By Michael Ganley Aboriginal-owned development corporations are taking their rightful place at the economic table

By Tristin Hopper With only a prospector’s license, some wooden stakes and a pouch of metal tags,

By Brent Reaney In Yellowknife, you might have heard, the gold is paved with streets. And the Yukon was built on the stuff. Now Nunavut has its own

By Michael Ganley What’s being done to prepare us for the post-diamond economy?

By Michael Ganley -- The Supreme Court has told Ottawa to consult with aboriginals before allowing development on their lands.

By Katharine Sandiford -- For 100 years, prospectors have searched for but never found the beast that produced the Klondike’s placer gold.