Northwestel opens new Yukon tech headquarters

Bell subsidiary Northwestel and Chu Níikwän LP on Tuesday celebrated the official opening of the northern telecom company’s new tech headquarters in Whitehorse, Yukon. Now housing Northwestel’s hybrid tech workforce, the new headquarters spanning 41,250 square feet is situated along the Yukon River on Quartz Road in Whitehorse on Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) settlement land. KDFN created Chu Níikwän LP in 2015 to implement economic development measures on behalf of the First Nation. “We are incredibly proud to unveil our new Yukon tech headquarters and honoured to have been able to do this in partnership with Chu Níikwän. Our tech workforce will call this space...