Supporting local business ventures is a meaningful way to foster creativity, innovation, and community well-being. Last summer, this commitment inspired a seasonal partnership with Pin Me Pretty, a youth-led business in Cartwright.

This holiday season, the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) Santa Express once again brought the Christmas spirit to remote and northern Indigenous communities across Manitoba.

Founded by Joshua Hennan, a proud member of Bloodvein First Nation, Keya Bedding embodies deep First Nations roots and community spirit. Learn more about the story behind The North West Company’s growing partnership with Keya.

On December 10, our Northern store in Fort Chipewyan was proud to support the 2025 Métis Winter Gathering & Christmas Celebration, organized by the Fort Chipewyan Metis Nation in Alberta.

At nine years old, Algonquin youth Mya Beaudry transformed her creativity and respect for history, culture, and community into Kokom Scrunchies, now reaching new horizons through a partnership with The North West Company.

In 2023, the Healthy Horizons Foundation proudly supported the Sewing Skills Labs program, facilitated by I Love First Peoples (ILFP), connecting Indigenous youth across Canada with cultural heritage and fashion-related career pathways.

With support from the Healthy Horizons Foundation (HHF), 11 Inuit youth from six communities participated in the Ayalik Expeditions program, delivered in partnership with YMCA Camp Wanakita in Haliburton, Ontario, during the summer of 2024

The Healthy Horizons Foundation (HHF) supported Northern Youth Leadership (NYL), based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, with a $10,000 grant for its Youth and Elders Harvesting Program.

Youth aged 10 to 30 from 14 communities across Nunavik, QC, are building confidence, leadership skills and cultural pride through the Nurrait | Jeunes Karibus programs supported by the Healthy Horizons Foundation (HHF).

Youth from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (Nelson House), MB, attended the 2024 Career Trek Career Education Summer Camp, made possible through a Healthy Horizons Foundation (HHF) grant.