Blessed with beautiful scenery, plentiful fish and game and people with vision, Deline can teach the whole NWT a thing or two.

The Sahtu hamlet is like many NWT communities. With no all-weather road, access is restricted to plane, boat and winter road. Jobs are scarce.

So what?

These people are dreamers, who find ways to do what others would say is impossible.

Tourism is the natural economic engine to drive this town.

Building upon Grey Goose Lodge, Great Bear Outfitters hopes to expand its share of the North's fishing and hunting business.

The community has a joint-venture with Plummer's Lodge.

There are world-record trout to be reeled in on Great Bear Lake and muskox to hunt.

In 2004, three fishing parties stayed at Grey Goose, but organizers hope for 10 or 12 groups to come through this year.

Seven hunters went after muskox in 2003 and 10 in 2004, competing against more established markets in Nunavut. The community has enough tags to harvest 25 animals from the Sahtu herd.

The community also hopes to capitalize on its reputation as the real birthplace of hockey, dating back to Sir John Franklin's exploring days.

Last December News/North reported on a regional hockey school organizers hope will turn into something much bigger and better.

One of the hockey school organizers, Danny Gaudet, says Deline could become a regional resort destination.

His dreams are big: artificial ice, indoor swimming pool, fitness centre and golf course. He also envisions an airport large enough to accommodate a 737 jet.

Farfetched? Nope. To people who want to accomplish big things, there's just one thing standing in their way: naysayers.

Sometimes you have to wonder if government really knows what it's doing.

Take the NWT Housing Corporation. Shortly after admitting it has $5 million in rental arrears, it announced plans to raise rents in some of its units.

The corporation says it will raise an additional $700,000.

How?

With many renters behind or not paying rent at all, this move just doesn't add up.