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with Stephan Burnett
E-mail: business@nnsl.com
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
The Monkey Tree Family Restaurant is closed, but has new management.
Harvey Bourgeois, owner of Sam's Monkey Tree Pub has taken over the restaurant, along with his partner, Steve Tinham.
"The restaurant is closed. I took over the kitchen, which will be open for the pub with a new menu and management," said Bourgeois.
The restaurant will get a complete makeover while it is closed, opening in February when it blossoms with a new name and style, said Bourgeois.
Chamber closing for holidays
The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce will be closed for the holidays, beginning on the afternoon of Dec. 24, and stay closed until Jan. 4. But staff say someone will likely be in the office.
The coming year will see the Chamber throw on two business luncheons.
One midday dine-out will be held in January, featuring mayor Gordon Van Tighem and his annual state of the city address. The date has not been set for this yet.
In February, Minister Charles Dent will be speaking on workforce readiness. The date for this luncheon has not been set either.
Visitors' association cleared for take off
The Northern Frontier Visitor's Association opened its gift shop at the Yellowknife Airport on Dec. 13.
The association says the new Visitor Information Services Centre and the Last Stop Gift Shop, along with having a tourism counsellor available at the airport, will be a benefit to the city.
Tyhee has more gold
Dave Webb, president of Tyhee Development Corp., says there is twice as much gold in the Yellowknife gold camp as he originally thought.
The find is located 80km north of Yellowknife.
Tyhee has identified close to one million ounces of gold. Tyhee is now waiting for the government to issue a mine permit so production can get underway.
If everything goes according to Tyhee's plans, the company could start mine construction in 2007, said Webb.