Nearly 18 months on, little sign of movement on Northwestel deal – Cabin Radio

October 22, 2025

More than a year after a consortium of Indigenous companies from the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut announced a $1-billion plan to buy Northwestel, the status of the deal is unclear.

A group named Sixty North Unity – led by Yukon First Nations Telco in Yukon, Denendeh Investments Incorporated in the Northwest Territories and Kitikmeot Corporation in Nunavut, announced the move in June 2024.

If it goes ahead, it will transform the North’s dominant telecoms provider from a subsidiary of Bell Media into an Indigenous-owned firm.