Lunchtime News: Recent Episodes
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The Union of Northern Workers is becoming increasingly vocal in its criticism of the territorial government, as the NWT's healthcare staffing crisis shows little sign of ending. We hear from the new union president, Gayla Thunstrom, and the NWT's health minister, Julie Green. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
More than nine million dollars in repairs and upgrades have been allocated for residents living in Yellowknife's Borealis Housing Cooperative. Also on the show, the City of Yellowknife is promising action to improve safety at a crossing where a musher was hit by a truck last month. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Gold Terra, a company trying to restart gold mining around Yellowknife, is considering reopening the Robertson mine shaft if its project eventually goes ahead. Also on the show, a country-wide collaborative project is looking to celebrate the cultural diversity of Canada — through art. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The new Canada Research Chair in northern wildlife biology discusses her role, ambitions, and the evolving tools of the job. Plus Mary Rose Sundberg explains why she decided to run for MLA in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh. Ollie Williams hosts.
The head of the Northern Tornadoes Project describes a rare weather phenomenon that obliterated trees across a 60-kilometre stretch of the Dehcho last summer, plus the NWT's medical director assesses the current strain on the territory's healthcare system. Ollie Williams hosts.
Is tourism over? The Mayor of Fort Smith thinks so. Also on the show, Ollie Williams brings us the latest on Covid-19 figures in the territory as the NWT reaches more than a thousand active cases. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada’s jails is a longstanding issue that has only intensified in recent years. Reporter Emily Blake speaks about the NWT’s approach — and how legal experts believe things could be improved. Also on the show, Richard Edjericon speaks about his intention to become Tu Nehdé-Wiilideh’s next MLA. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Eighteen-year-old Milo Martin from Yellowknife is being remembered as an extrovert who touched the lives of many people. Also on the show, Ernest Betsina, the former Chief of Ndilǫ, speaks about his decision to run in the forthcoming Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh by-election, and a fundraiser for a Yellowknife firefighter being treated for a rare form of cancer surpasses $40,000. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Setting up your own solar panel gets you cheap, renewable energy and you can sell the excess to the NWT's utility companies. But that system threatens to cause some novel problems, and now answers are needed. Ollie Williams hosts.
Yellowknife's mayor leads a national campaign to solve challenges facing communities, plus can dogs distinguish between different human languages? Ollie Williams hosts.
The NWT is relying increasingly on rapid Covid-19 tests — but finding them is proving tricky. We hear what the GNWT had to say at yesterday's Covid-19 news conference. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Yellowknife's Gail Cyr is now a Member of the Order of Canada. Also on the show, Lawrence Neyando is closing down his tour company, Arctic Motorcycle Adventures, almost two years after the pandemic first disrupted the NWT's tourism industry. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The kids of Colville Lake rewrite the 12 Days of Christmas, plus the Arctic Energy Alliance finds new funding to reopen programs that had run dry mid-pandemic. Ollie Williams hosts.
Mercedes Rabesca started a sewing group in Behchoko called ‘Come Sew with Auntie.' She speaks about starting the group and the impact it has had on her and her community. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Yellowknife has welcomed the world's finest snow carvers for years — now the city is exporting them. Niki McKenzie is heading to Sweden next month to take part in a carving contest. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
As the NWT reports its first Omicron exposure, Dr Anthony Fauci discusses the emergence of the variant, what's different this time, and what's next. Ollie Williams hosts.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the global supply chain. Sandy Macpherson, the manager of business development for Buffalo Airways, speaks about the impact to northern airlines. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
On Monday, a truck collided with veteran musher Richard Beck and his dog team on the road between Yellowknife's Grace Lake and Kam Lake. Mushers say an accident like this was just a matter of time. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Mark Patrick Ryan passed away in April of 2020 at a Yellowknife apartment building. It took until last week for anyone to be charged. Mark's mother, Evelyn Bishop, talks about Mark, his passing, and the effect of the 19-month wait. Also on the show, Yellowknife United Church will host their annual service of comfort to support those who are struggling. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Students in the Dehcho region have the chance to learn on the land about winter ecology during a February field camp hosted by the Scotty Creek Research Centre. Also on the show, Yellowknife Community Fundraising Club’s Adopt-A-Family program says they’ve seen an increase in the number of families in need of support this year. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Délınę opened its new daycare and preschool last week. Also on the show, a server at Yellowknife's Woodyard brewpub was the latest to receive a $1,000 festive tip. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Yellowknife Day Care Association president Ryan Fequet discusses the choice between keeping childcare costs down and paying employees a living wage. Plus Yellowknife has a new smokehouse. Ollie Williams hosts.
Herman Oyagak, his wife, and his lawyer speak with Cabin Radio after his deportation from Aklavik to Alaska is suspended. Ollie Williams hosts.
A new national survey is looking at how people experience care during pregnancy and childbirth across Canada. Also on the show, ministers and officials held a news conference at which they published the NWT's annual climate reporting. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
A month ago, members of Yellowknife's Sudanese community protested in Somba K'e Park as the military seized power in Sudan. One of the protestors, Magdi Hassan, is now a member of the country's Unionist party and is working from Yellowknife to support protests against military rule. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Most of the NWT tourism industry remains shut down. Katrina Nokleby, the Great Slave MLA, had questions about this for tourism minister Caroline Wawzonek in the legislature last week. Also on the show, the territorial government gave updates on a number of key infrastructure projects that are underway in the territory. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Some families who have to head to Edmonton to give birth are worried about who will take care of their kids in the NWT. Also, the territorial government launched a new campaign looking at how to live with the "new normal" of Covid-19. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Yellowknifer Darrel Mack talks about his stage four cancer diagnosis and his plan to beat it. Also on the show, low occupancy rates at NWT's jails came to light in the legislative assembly earlier this week. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Gerald Antoine, former chief of the Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation, is challenging incumbent Norman Yakeleya for the position of Dene National Chief. Also on the show, the Tłı̨chǫ Highway or Highway 9 has officially opened, marking the first time Whatì is accessible by road year-round. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Norman Yakeleya is hoping to hold his position as Dene National Chief when polls open later this week. Also on the show, The K'asho Got'ine Housing Society in Fort Good Hope has won a national housing award from the federal government. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The minister responsible for the GNWT's vaccination policy goes into detail about what it currently says and how it can be expected to evolve. Plus a Yellowknife composer and videographers conspire on a work of art about ice and climate change. Ollie Williams hosts.
The president of the NWT's midwives' associations discusses vacancies in Yellowknife that could, if filled, have helped to alleviate the city's sudden birthing crisis. Ollie Williams hosts.
Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn announced on Tuesday he would resign from the NWT’s legislature. Also on the show, Stanton Territorial Hospital has suspended labour and delivery services. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Yellowknifers remember Elke Richter for her smile, humour, and cooking. Also on the show, students from Sir John Franklin High School and St Patrick High School participated in the annual Wellness Walk coordinated by the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre to raise awareness about addictions in the community.
A new school bus service has launched in Inuvik. The chief instructor of Fort Smith’s flight school talks about what it was like to help rescue people stranded by floodwaters in BC. Finally, a YWCA NWT program that sponsors gifts and food for Yellowknife families at Christmas has sold out.
Housing in Yellowknife is pricier than ever. A housing analyst joins us to discuss what's happening in the NWT. Plus Yellowknife's city manager discusses, in detail, what happens if residents vote yes or no in the aquatic centre referendum. Ollie Williams hosts.
The NWT is ahead of most of Canada on booster shots. A member of a national Covid-19 variant research group discusses the implications of boosters domestically and globally. Plus the NWT's lack of Indigenous representation at COP26. Ollie Williams hosts.
A new survey conducted by the NWT Teachers' Association shows dozens of positions in schools remain unfilled and almost every school in the territory lacks enough substitute teachers. Also on the show, Jes Amora is organizing a Facebook auction to help her friend Adam Scarf, and holding a giveaway to spread the word. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Between now and December 10, Northwestel will be collecting toys at their retail location on Franklin Avenue in downtown Yellowknife for hundreds of local families this season. Also on the show, Yellowknife’s Santa Claus parade will return to the city’s downtown on Saturday, November 20. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Residential school survivors and community leaders have called on Pope Francis to issue a formal apology for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in running residential schools across Canada. Rocky Norwegian, of the Fort Norman Métis Community and a residential school survivor, speaks about why an apology without accountability is meaningless. Also on the show, a new outdoor learning centre at Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife gives students a space outside to learn about language, culture, and being on the land. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Yellowknife's Wren Acorn looks ahead to the university games in Switzerland next month, where she will compete in short-track speed skating. Plus examples of climate action from Jamaica and South Africa as COP26 draws to a close. Ollie Williams hosts.
With or without snow, Yellowknife's ski club looks ahead to the start of its season -- and the quest to find skis during a global supply crunch. Plus Fort Smith's council unanimously approves the continued use of proof of vaccination at town facilities. Ollie Williams hosts.
Yellowknife's mayor discusses a mammoth meeting at which, by a narrow margin, councillors voted to use proof of vaccination at city facilities. Plus we remember the late Sergeant Tom Eagle. Ollie Williams hosts.
Chief Fred Sangris discusses the unusually snowless start to the Yellowknife area's winter season, while Sean Whelly describes the impact of freeze-up on food security in his community of Fort Simpson. Ollie Williams hosts.
Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby provides an update from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, while Yellowknifer Hermina Joldersma describes her switch from owning a vehicle to car-sharing. Ollie Williams hosts.
Arn Keeling, one of two authors attempting to cover the history of Canadian mining from all angles in a new book, explains how the pair went about the task – including examples from the NWT. Ollie Williams hosts.
The Canadian Red Cross is pairing with the community of Fort Simpson to help with the longer-term recovery from this year's flooding. The mayor of Fort Simpson, Sean Whelly, speaks about how the wellness project will help residents moving forward. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Yellowknife city councillors and the mayor discuss a proposal to implement a proof-of-vaccination requirement at city facilities. Also on the show, Délı̨nę's community's leader, Leeroy Andre, speaks about the value of a year-round country food processing facility. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Hay River residents paid tribute to local Halloween legend, Linda Carter, with a Halloween parade in her honour. Also on the show, dozens of Yellowknife's Sudanese residents protested on Saturday after the military seized power in their home country. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
When is it OK to evict some people in order to house others? An ethicist joins the show to examine a situation in Yellowknife. Plus convincing young people in the Sahtu to get their Covid-19 vaccine. If they haven't been persuaded yet, what will persuade them now? Ollie Williams hosts.
Officials leading the transformation of Aurora College into a polytechnic promise all NWT communities and residents will be served by the new institution. Plus a recap of the 2021 wildfire season and the 17-year-old from Yellowknife about to make her debut for Alberta's hockey team. Ollie Williams hosts.
Mark Henry, owner of the Copperhouse Eatery and Lounge in Yellowknife, is one of the first employers to participate in a new Covid-19 screening program. Also on the show, a fundraiser started by friends of Yellowknifer, Adam Scarf, will help cover his family’s expenses while he recovers in Edmonton following surgery to repair a brain bleed.
Owen Wilkes is a Yellowknife 13-year-old who is now sponsored to solve Rubik's Cubes. Also on the show, RCMP say no staffing changes have been made since research called for more officers in Tuktoyaktuk and Behchokǫ̀. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Chief Fred Sangris of Ndilǫ tells the story of English explorer John Franklin's rescue by the Yellowknives Dene in 1821. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby sets out how she envisages the NWT fitting into next month's Glasgow climate conference, which she will attend. Plus ReLeaf NT's Luke Wood explains why he believes a privately run cannabis website in the NWT can outperform the GNWT's disastrous attempt, and Martina Norwegian explains the significance of Fort Simpson's newest heritage site. Ollie Williams hosts.
The late former Yellowknife MLA and Gumboots lyricist Bob MacQuarrie is remembered by his daughter, Catherine, and musical companion Bill Gilday. Plus the NWT Teachers' Association assesses the latest developments in a shortage of teachers' housing. Ollie Williams hosts.
We hear from some of the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Business Resilience Award winners. Also on the show, Tammy Roberts, executive director of Home Base YK, talks about a new apartment complex the organization purchased to house youth in Yellowknife. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Fred Daniels is the new mayor of Fort Smith, plus more on Monday's municipal and district education authority election results. Also on the show, two new mini-libraries have been created in Fort Simpson to help residents get their hands on books more easily. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Chief Public Health Officer Dr Kami Kandola explains why the NWT is outpacing national guidance and offering Covid-19 booster shots to NWT residents aged 60 and over in bigger communities and 50 and over in smaller communities. Also on the show, Eleanor Young, president of the NWT Housing Corporation, speaks about why the department took over control of the shelters in Inuvik over the summer. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
A Friday film special: Yellowknife International Film Festival director Jeremy Emerson joins Ollie Williams to preview this year's festival from November 3-7.
Will the Pope apologize for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, and will he do it in Canada? Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya discusses his planned trip to the Vatican City in December. Plus a new program combats social isolation for Dehcho Elders, and a company in Edmonton tries to help NWT residents navigate medical travel. Ollie Williams hosts.
Yellowknife city councillor Julian Morse speaks about why he's in support of a new aquatic centre during a Tuesday meeting. Also on the show, Fort Simpson's director of recreation, Andre Bolduc, talks about the new recreation centre floor and why that upgrade was necessary. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Chief of the Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation, Joachim Bonnetrouge, speaks about what precautions the community has taken to try and prevent Covid-19 from getting to Fort Providence. Also on the show, an update on the NWT's Covid-19 outbreak — and what changed over the Thanksgiving weekend. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Almost half a year has passed and still the Acho Dene Koe First Nation's election of a new chief remains in suspended animation. Floyd Bertrand, who's at the heart of things, discusses the potential consequences. Ollie Williams hosts.
To what extent is climate change driving Yellowknife's new approach to zoning? The city's manager and planning director discuss the proposed changes. Plus the latest from the inquiry into MLA Steve Norn's conduct. Ollie Williams hosts.
Pandemic restrictions in Yellowknife have increased demand for childcare services. YWCA NWT’s executive director explains how school closures has impacted the organization. Also on the show, advocates and leaders react to city council's rejection of a proposed temporary day shelter location in downtown Yellowknife. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
At a special council meeting on Monday night, four of seven Yellowknife city councillors voted against the GNWT’s request to use a downtown building as a day shelter over the next three years. Also on the show, NWT curler Kerry Galusha speaks about the impact of her team making it to the pre-trials for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Cabin Radio hosted a forum on October 3 for the candidates running for council positions in Hay River's upcoming election. Also on the show, former city councillor Adrian Bell talks about the proposed new zoning bylaw for Yellowknife. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Dene designer Tishna Marlowe describes creating a dress from bathroom tissue in a campaign supporting breast cancer. Plus a new anti-viral pill shows promise for Covid-19 patients and a chance to hear an excerpt from our newest Cabin Radio podcast series. Ollie Williams hosts.
Two candidates are in the running to be the next mayor of Fort Smith. Fred Daniels speaks about his plans for the town if elected. Also on the show, Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya speaks about the first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation taking place on September 30. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Staffing shortages in Yellowknife, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, led a number of local businesses to temporarily close this month. Also on the show, we hear from Fort Smith mayoral candidate Jessica Cox about her plans for the town if elected. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
YWCA NWT is working on a program to help address violence against women in smaller communities. The executive director, Hawa Dumbuya-Sesay, speaks about the Safe Homes pilot project. Also on the show, MP Michael McLeod, president of the Northwest Territories' Métis Nation Garry Bailey, and Dene Nation National Chief Norman Yakeleya discuss plans to address housing issues in the North. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Businesses are piling on complaints about the proposed new location of a Yellowknife day shelter. What was it like next to the last one? We asked Overlander Sports. Plus restaurants prepare for Yellowknife's circuit-breaker and Michael McLeod discusses turning Liberal housing pledges into reality. Ollie Williams hosts.
Premier Caroline Cochrane discusses mandatory vaccination and vaccine passports in the NWT, Indigenous leaders consider how reconciliation might move forward as the Liberals return to minority government, and an accessible playground opens in Yellowknife. Ollie Williams hosts.
A new animated video series produced by SMASH is educating northern youth on consent. Also on the show, a new flying company in the Dehcho region, Goose Flying Service, is bringing passengers and supplies to and from smaller communities near Fort Simpson. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Liberal Michael McLeod declared he had overcome a strong challenge from the NDP's Kelvin Kotchilea to win a third term as NWT MP. Also on the show, the executive director of the NWT's Foster Family Coalition, Tammy Roberts, talks about the need for more volunteer foster families to come forward. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
May’s historic flooding in the Dehcho region will keep residents in Fort Simpson and Jean Marie River out of their homes into winter. Also on the show, speakers at the Reclaiming the Right to Housing in Northern Canada conference discuss some of the housing issues the North faces, and how groups can work together to help overcome them. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The NWT Housing Corporation's new boss discusses solving the territory's housing crisis, the GNWT promises a new approach to placating neighbours of a proposed Yellowknife shelter, and we'll head to Ecuador to discover "regenerative gastronomy." Ollie Williams hosts.
The NWT is beginning to offer booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines. What do we know about how well third doses work? We'll take a look at data from Israel, which began booster shots last month. Plus the 13-year-old raising money for snacks at his Fort Resolution school, and an update from Kerry Galusha as she pursues a place in next year's Olympic curling. Ollie Williams hosts.
The NWT chief electoral officer, Nicole Latour, has been suspended for the remainder of her appointment — and will not be returning for another term. Later on the show, the NWT Teachers' Association president, Matthew Miller, speaks about the decision to close Yellowknife-area schools and the impact of that decision on teachers. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
A Yellowknife resident and local business owner share their reactions to the NWT government's proposed location for a new temporary day shelter in downtown Yellowknife. Also on the show, NDP candidate Kelvin Kotchilea speaks about how he'll tackle the NWT’s housing crisis at a Tuesday press conference. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
With an outbreak declared in Yellowknife’s homeless population, Neesha Rao, the executive director of the Yellowknife Women’s Society, talks about the need for decision makers to do more to help this group. Also on the show, the Village of Fort Simpson will be discussing how to spend its homelessness funding this week. We hear from the mayor of Fort Simpson, Sean Whelly, and village councillor and Unity Store operator, Muaz Hassan. Hadley-Burke hosts.
Hear from the federal party leaders on reconciliation, plus how Elections Canada is adapting to new NWT Covid-19 restrictions, where the NWT's Conservative candidate might be, and how Behchokǫ̀ is responding to Covid-19 containment. Ollie Williams hosts.
The organizer of a Yellowknife climate rally explains what she believes young northerners want from this federal election. Plus the latest on Fort Smith's plans to stabilize the slope of the Slave River, and meet the first dogs to represent the NWT at dog agility regionals. Ollie Williams hosts.
NWT health officials announce reinstated pandemic restrictions in several communities. Also on the show, more than $50,000 was raised in just two days for a family facing an ultra rare form of cancer. We hear from the sister of the woman who received the diagnosis. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Environment Minister Shane Thompson responds to last month’s IPCC climate report. Also on the show, we hear from co-authors Audrey Giles and Tyrone Raddi about their new research paper that looks at how to make a cold water safety course culturally relevant for communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Cabin Radio hosted an election forum with four out of five NWT federal election candidates on Thursday evening. Also, the Hay River Ski Club worries about its future funding. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Containment orders in Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope are set to lift later this week, the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit New York and New Jersey, and Ontario unveils a new plan for vaccination certificates in the province. Also, NWT NDP federal candidate Kelvin Kotchilea held a meeting last night. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The owner of Coyote's Bistro is looking for business pitches to run a food truck in Yellowknife. People in Louisiana and Mississippi are recovering after Hurricane Ida, and Yellowknife's Rotary Club donates $4,500 worth of supplies to Fort Good Hope. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Smaller Dehcho communities are asking visitors to stay out for the time because of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Fort Simpson. The last American military plane has left Afghanistan, and Jane Groenewegen is running as an independent for the NWT MP seat. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A nurses' association describes its efforts to understand why NWT members are leaving, plus the restoration of historic plaques in the territory and Cameroon's efforts to restore its lakes -- with help from weevils. Ollie Williams hosts.
Assistant Deputy Minister of Education and Culture Shannon Barnett-Aikman discusses why the department is moving ahead with in-person learning. Also on the show, reporter Emily Blake shares findings from a workplace review and investigation into the NWT legislature’s clerk’s office. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Chief Public Health Officer Dr Kami Kandola announces a number of changes to the territory's current public health orders. Also on the show, a woman in Inuvik is raising concerns about the treatment of Indigenous women by RCMP. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
A Fort Good Hope Elder has become the first person in the NWT to pass away from Covid-19. His daughter, Rose McNeely, shares memories of her late father. Also on the show, researchers are looking into whether water at the bottom of the former Con Mine could be used to heat and cool a Yellowknife industrial park. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The newly elected Chief of Ndilǫ, Fred Sangris, talks about what he plans to tackle first after taking office. Later, the chief executive of the NWT's health authority, Kim Riles, talks about the emergency reinforcements arriving in the NWT to help combat the latest Covid-19 outbreak. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
The candidates running to become the next Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief share why they believe they should be elected to the position, while Ollie Williams provides updates on the Covid-19 situation in the territory. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya argues this week's outbreak is highlighting "two standards" of healthcare in the NWT, while an exhibit dedicated to how Indigenous northerners view their role in the future opens in Yellowknife. Ollie Williams hosts.
The NWT's health minister discusses this week's Covid-19 outbreak with McKenna Hadley-Burke, saying she expects "very alarming" growth in cases ahead. Plus Fort Simpson must wait till after the federal election for a key Nutrition North decision. Ollie Williams hosts.
A Fort Simpson student describes life in Fort Smith's aviation school and his ambitions to keep a legacy of northern bush pilots alive, plus how the NWT could start holding manufacturers accountable for how goods are disposed of. Ollie Williams hosts.
Meaghan Brackenbury reports from Yellowknife's Strong People, Strong Communities mural festival, while Chief Tommy Kakfwi tells McKenna Hadley-Burke his community of Fort Good Hope is not getting the help it needs. Ollie Williams hosts.
The latest from Fort Good Hope and Colville Lake as a fresh Covid-19 outbreak develops and Dr Kami Kandola declares community spread is taking place. Plus we're on the ground in Afghanistan as the Taliban takes control. Ollie Williams hosts.
An eight year old girl organizes a clean-up of Frame Lake and the federal government announces $340 million in funding for Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship. The Department of Natural Resources also talks about why they identified three new waste management priorities. Catriona Koenig hosts.
The territory releases its 2021-2022 school reopening guidelines, the Arctic Wellness Foundation invites people experiencing homelessness to different programming, and we discuss third doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Catriona Koenig hosts.
A new restaurant is opening in Yellowknife and a NWT curling team will be competing for a spot in the 2022 Winter Olympics starting with pre-pre trials in the fall. Also, we look at Covid-19 vaccine incentives in the NWT and the United States. Catriona Koenig hosts.
Kristine McLeod is remembered as a leader and an inspiration, Canada opens its borders to fully vaccinated US citizens, and Cabin Radio tries out Yellowknife's Water Bikes. Catriona Koenig hosts.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases a new report, the GNWT creates a video series about substance abuse and mental health, and Erica Donovan gets married in a traditional Inuvialuit atikluk dress, designed by her cousin. Catriona Koenig hosts.
Clem Paul is remembered as Métis advocate and hero, and a new study looks at risk factors of depression in northern teens. Also, a new Dene-led initiative is looking to solve the NWT's housing crisis. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A ground-breaking ceremony marks the first stage of construction for Yellowknife's new bike pump track. Wildfires have been ravaging Turkey, and Barren Ground Coffee is hosting the Yellowknife Grand Prix, a time trial cycling race. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Canada's first recognized Emancipation Day was on August 1, and the Nutrition North program that subsidizes the cost of healthy food and other essential items expands to five new NWT communities. Also, we hear why the Northern mountain caribou is now a species at risk. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Unemployment rates amongst Black and Latina women are on the rise in the US, and a new study shows the earliest evidence of animal life on Earth was found in fossils from the Mackenzie Mountains. Plus, a new board game from Fort Smith showcases the NWT landscape and Cree language. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Funding to help NWT residents with housing costs is announced, and candidates for the upcoming chief election in Ndilǫ outline their platforms. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
US Olympian Simone Biles steps away from gymnastics individual finals at Tokyo Olympics, and the great Yellowknife shelter debate continues. Plus, a canoe trip acts as a way to connect community and culture. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Eighteen new affordable modular houses are being built in the NWT's Tłı̨chǫ communities, and Canada has enough Covid-19 vaccines to get every eligible person in the country vaccinated. Also, a group is tying to bring rowing to the territory. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The great mask debate heats up in the United States, the Yellowknife Artists' Co-operative moves into the Wildcat Café for the rest of the summer, and the re-established Crazy Indians Brotherhood hosts a community breakfast. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Tommy Kakfwi talks about his plans as the new chief of Fort Good Hope. Also on the show, Ollie Williams joins to talk about how the NWT's isolation rules differ from the rest of the country — and what that means for families traveling outside the territory.
Chief Joachim Bonnetrouge talks about the Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation’s plans to search the grounds of the former Sacred Heart residential school site in Fort Providence for unmarked graves. Also on the show, Yellowknife golfers move on to the regional competition after a weekend win, and a local artist discusses the making of a woodland mural. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
John J Gon, one of four Monfwi MLA candidates, talks about his plans if elected in this month’s by-election. Also on the show, officials from Habitat for Humanity NWT and Yellowknives Dene First Nation talk about an upcoming project in Dettah. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
Inuvik artist Abe Drennan from Folk on the Rocks talks inspiration and song writing at the Folk on the Rocks festival. Also on the show, Jacob Charpentier discusses his new clothing line, Twin Otter. McKenna Hadley-Burke hosts.
James Wah-Shee, an MLA in the 1980s, hopes to be voted in as the new Monfwi MLA. Also, group of Indigenous youth are paddling a historic Dene route through the Sahtu from Délı̨nę to Fort Good Hope. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The territory's deputy chief public health officer talks about the NWT's syphilis outbreak. Joey O'Neil is set to perform at Folk on the Rocks this weekend after doing a virtual tour over the last year, and Family Feud Canada is looking for families to try out for the show. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Six out-of-territory artists set to headline Folk on the Rocks performed some music they created while self-isolating together, while Jane Weyallon Armstrong hopes to become the next Monfwi MLA. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya addressed the United Nations 14th session of Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and $10,000 grants are available for businesses in Yellowknife looking to expand outdoor spaces. Also, Friday's Folk on the Rocks kick-off will include a burlesque show. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The GNWT warns about a possible rise in mosquito-borne infections as the territory's climate changes, and the Western Arctic Youth Collective gets ready to host a Youth Wellness Gathering in Ulukhaktok this July. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Giant Mine remediation begins Monday, NWT Brewing Company steps up to educate beer-drinkers about endangered caribou, and Inuvik researcher Erika Hille wins $50,000 award for permafrost research. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Candidate for MLA of Monfwi Kelvin Kotchilea lays out his campaign platform, and NWT residents could have their likeness used in Tłı̨chǫ author Richard Van Camp's upcoming graphic novel. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The Yellowknife Artists Co-operative makes a bid to turn the vacant Wildcat Café into an art space for the summer, and a small group of Yellowknifers vie to bring Toastmasters back to the city. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Cabin Radio digs into how the GNWT issued compliance fines at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and remediation at the former Giant Mine site begins in earnest. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
A Métis veteran in Yellowknife works to get headstones for Indigenous veterans, and the Sundog Trading Post now offers sweet treats and lunch times. Plus, we find out what its like to own and operate an electric car year-round in the North. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Emily Blake examines the potential impact on the NWT of Canada Goose's decision to drop fur. We also hear from an organizer of Thursday's protest march in Yellowknife and the Dene National Chief discusses remembrance of Indigenous veterans. Ollie Williams hosts.
What should Thursday mean in light of recent discoveries at residential schools? Meaghan Brackenbury has a special report. Plus how limits on indoor gatherings are changing in the NWT. Ollie Williams hosts.
The GNWT promises to foot the bill for all home repairs, and even replacement buildings, after the spring floods – find out more about how that'll work. Plus a trip to Yellowknife's newest restaurant. Ollie Williams hosts.
The Northern Birthwork Collective's founders discuss its achievements in its first year, while two benches are unveiled in Yellowknife to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Ollie Williams hosts.
A new study has found one 'forever chemical' is more common in northerners, and Derek Chauvin is set to be sentenced in court today after being convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Also, Yellowknife gets set to celebrate Multicultural Day on Sunday. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A building collapses in South Florida, a new online art store showcases artists across the Beaufort Delta, and Susan Chaffee, the first female guide in the NWT, releases a book of her adventures. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Some Yellowknife residents are concerned about gaps in services for users of shelters in the city, and the Líídlįį Kúę First Nation calls in the Red Cross to help with emergency preparedness. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Georgina Liberty has been named a director of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, and Jolene Fyfe has made it on to the next round of an international baking competition. Meanwhile, Fort Providence's school has received a $10,000 grant to help with literacy in the community. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Adeline Football is the first female chief of Wekweètì in history, and Kavanaugh Bros. in Yellowknife is honouring a late co-worker. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The US and Russia have their first talks in three years as tensions run high, and Hay River has a knew crosswalk to honour those affected by the residential school system. Plus, new science shows the aurora favours the North Pole. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Fort Simpson wonders why more Canadian Rangers were sent to help with flood relief, and Yellowknife councillor Stacie Smith speaks about racism and representation in the city. Plus, Doreen Arrowmaker becomes Gamètì's first female chief. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Western states in America are heating up, the Rainbow Coalition of Yellowknife creates 2SLGBTQIIA+ educational materials, and one Yellowknife resident goes for gold in an online baking competition. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Israel has a new government, and the Dene Nation has called a Special General Assembly in Yellowknife this August to pass its Constitution. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Yellowknife hosted a vigil to remember the four members of the Afzaal family killed and nine-year-old boy still in the hospital after a hate-motivated attack in London, Ontario earlier this week. NWT residents are asked to provide input on the UK's fur industry. Sarah Sibley hosts.
We review some key aspects of the NWT's new-look Emerging Wisely plan. Plus red tape halts what was already a watered-down service for people without homes in Yellowknife. Ollie Williams hosts.
We hear from four Tłı̨chǫ women about the increase in female candidates for chief and council in the region's communities this summer, plus Sarah Sibley heads out on a tour of Yellowknife's farmers' market as it returns. Ollie Williams hosts.
Dene musician Leela Gilday discusses her second Juno win, Francois Paulette describes the response he wants to see from Canada after the discovery of 215 children's remains at the Kamloops Residential School site, and Fort Smith's new senior administrator sets out her plan for the job. Ollie Williams hosts.
The territorial government announced two new funding programs for tourism operators and accommodations on Monday morning. Also, an eight-unit apartment complex that runs on biomass heating was unveiled in Yellowknife on Friday, and Tuktut Nogait National Park near Paulatuk turns 25. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty resigned from his position in the Legislative Assembly today, while MLA Lesa Semmler called on Health Minister Julie Green to get answers for many concerns nurses have voiced. The territorial government also introduced a new film strategy to help it grow in the future. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Over 1,000 NWT residents have had private student loan information shared, and researchers have found ancient sand in the Slave Craton. Also, a new book called How Frog Brought Winter celebrates Tłı̨chǫ language and culture. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A Fort Smith resident describes a confrontation as she tried to add shoes to a Kamloops Residential School memorial at the local Catholic church, only to watch a man throw them away. Plus Fort Simpson's mayor has the latest on recovery from last month's flood. Ollie Williams hosts.
NWT residents are mourning and honouring the 215 First Nation children whose remains were located last week at a former residential school in British Columbia. Yellowknife's temporary shelter has closed its doors, and residents of Fort Simpson are still figuring out how to navigate the recovery phase post-flooding. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Fort Simpson businesses affected by severe flooding earlier this month look to the recovery phase, while a woman in Fort Liard says victims need more support and protection by the NWT legal system. Also, a youth led climate walk happened in Yellowknife yesterday. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The GNWT is set to release a Covid-19 economic recovery plan next week, and one Yellowknife mother says there has a been a lack of support for those caring for differently abled children in isolation. Plus, the Fort Simpson Historical Society gets a helping hand to fix its building damaged by flooding. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The territory's Maca minister says she should have intervened in Dehcho flooding responses sooner and flood watch continues in the Sahtu and Beaufort Delta. Plus, Tulita gets $4.9 million for modular housing. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
NWT MLAs discuss their priorities ahead of the upcoming Legislative Assembly sitting, and the mural designs are revealed for the Strong People, Strong Communities project. Plus, a mother-daughter mural duo talk about creating designs together. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Yellowknife's mayor defends the decision to put the new visitors centre in the Centre Square Mall. The Yellowknife International Film Festival returns in November, and a new northern pet supply business is ramping up to open. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Sarah Sibley analyzes the options ahead for Jean Marie River as its residents contemplate how, and where, to rebuild from this month's flood. Plus Yellowknife's city manager discusses the city's latest traffic problem: the new KFC and Starbucks. Ollie Williams hosts.
Meaghan Brackenbury assesses the likelihood of flooding as breakup reaches the Sahtu, plus Sarah Sibley meets Inuvialuit youth creating a beluga whale documentary. Ollie Williams hosts.
Here's your Yellowknife construction season outlook. Plus a federal task force on northern post-secondary education kicks into gear, and the director of the CDC - the US agency leading much of that country's Covid-19 guidance - explains why fully vaccinated Americans don't need masks any more in many settings. Ollie Williams hosts.
An Inuvik MLA says unfair treatment of NWT nurses has been a problem for years. Meanwhile, a pair of golden slippers raises a smile - and $2,500 - as Fort Simpson copes with flooding. Ollie Williams hosts.
While Fort Simpson deals with its current state of flooding and waits for the Mackenzie River to break, some Sahtu communities are preparing for breakup to happen near them. Also, Fort Liard has a new mayor and an NWT resident has won a Sobey Art Award. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Cabin Radio heads to Fort Simpson with donations for flooding evacuees, and Fort Good Hope prepares for possible flooding as the Mackenzie River breaks up. Plus, Gwich'in Elder Sarah Jerome is appointed to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Schools in the North Slave will reopen May 17, nurses at Stanton Territorial Hospital raise workplace concerns, and Flavour Trader closes after five years of business. Plus, the federal government has plans to build two new ice-breakers. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
NWT residents and communities are trying to do their part to help the Dehcho communities affected by severe flooding, new mental health supports aimed to help parents talk to their kids during the pandemic have been released, and the first all-female flight crew board a specific North-Wright Air flight. Also, a pair of Hay River men save two dogs during river breakup. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Flooding in the Dehcho region has left Jean Marie River and Fort Simpson dealing with the impacts of it, public health officials give an update on Covid-19 and how the NJ Macpherson School outbreak may have started, and the Dene Nation urges people to get vaccinated. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The 2021 Canadian census is underway, and Behchokǫ̀ is vaccinating as many residents as possible. Plus, the first NWT got his Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The US backs an international motion to waive intellectual property regulations on Covid-19 vaccines, Yellowknife businesses make the case for a complete shutdown, and neighbours of the proposed Avens Pavillion have a bone to pick with the development. Plus, a group of Yellowknifers are taking Mother's Day matters into their own hands. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Health Canada approves Pfizer-BioNTech for ages 12 and up, and the principal of NJ Macpherson addresses the outbreak. Plus, the Steve Norn fiasco continues at the Legislature. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is set to be authorized for use in 12 to 15-year-olds in the US, Behchokǫ̀'s chief makes a plea to the community, and a federal minister talks a big game to NWT small businesses. Plus, KFC returns to Yellowknife in style. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
We get the lowdown on the evolving Covid-19 situation in Yellowknife. Plus, volunteers are rushing to lend a helping hand to those in isolation. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Fort Simpson's mayor, Sean Whelly, discusses a new study that will determine the feasibility of a year-round bridge connecting the village's island to the highway network. Plus Gwich'in Tribal Council Grand Chief Ken Kyikavichik discusses the legal bid to prosecute the federal government over the death of Eddie Snowshoe more than a decade ago. Ollie Williams hosts.
Former Dene national chief Bill Erasmus remembers Thomas Berger, whose Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry gave northern Indigenous peoples an unprecedented voice. Berger has passed away at the age of 88. Plus, on the 10th anniversary of a Yellowknife artists' collective, Meaghan Brackenbury explores the NWT's lack of a territorial art gallery. Ollie Williams hosts.
Unusually, Yellowknife is being told to watch for flooding this spring. A hydrologist explains why things are different this year. Plus the City of Yellowknife and Yellowknives Dene First Nation "graduate" from an economic development program. Ollie Williams hosts.
The Ekati diamond mine's new owners plan a new open pit, plus we examine the fate of the NWT's failed Rapid Housing Initiative applications. Sarah Pruys hosts.
The NWT's chief public health officer holds a news conference over "public concern" regarding a cluster of Covid-19 cases in Yellowknife, plus Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is on the show. Sarah Pruys hosts.
MLA Steve Norn has publicly announced he and a family member are the two new cases of Covid-19 in Yellowknife. A three-day public hearing about the Rayrock mine starts next week, and new playing cards have been created for residents in the Beaufort Delta. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A Yellowknife tax consultant talks about how proposed changes in the federal budget could help northerners, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses changes to Canada's emissions goals, and a new NWT documentary looks at food as a form of activism. Also, a new high resolution map of the Inuvik-Tuk Highway helps to monitor fish habitat. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The territorial government has announced some changes public health regulations regarding self-isolation and tourism. Derek Chauvin is found guilty on all three charges in connection to the death of George Floyd, Caroline Cochrane reacts to the federal budget, and Ollie Williams fills us in on what's happening at the NWT's newest mine. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The federal government has released Canada's new budget, while the territorial government is investigating concerns over mismanagement at Yellowknife's day and sobering centre. Also, a program led by Northern Compass is trying to get 20 kids from across the North to attend a college in British Columbia. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The hamlet of Fort Providence plans to enter the NWT's fishing industry. Closing arguments for Derek Chauvin's murder trial happen today, and a Fort Providence man is trying to make recycling more accessible in his community. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A shooting in Indianapolis leaves eight dead, unlimited internet is on its way to Whatì, and Dehcho leaders worry about flooding amidst high-water levels. Plus, the Lı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation is looking to entice northerners to check out the community. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The US is set to pull out of Afghanistan this fall, and Inuvik's new hydroponic growing facility is almost ready to go. Plus, Yellowknifers have a new spot to get their chicken wing fix. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The murder trial of Derek Chauvin continues and one Hay River resident says Northwestel wouldn’t connect her household to unlimited internet. Plus, Grand Chief Ken Kyikavichik of the Gwich'in Tribal Council reclaims his family name. Meaghan Brackenbury reports.
Inuvik's Top of the World Loppet returns after a short hiatus and Arlene Hache, an long-time community advocate, raises the alarm on housing needs in the NWT. Plus, there are concerns around blood clotting from Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Sarah Pruys hosts.
Advocates say the NWT needs to change the way it runs it's child protective services, plus the NWT gets its own kickboxing organization. Sarah Pruys hosts.
The NWT's changing up how it will do vaccine clinics, Derek Chauvin's trial continues, and Enterprise's gas station is set to open this weekend with new owners. Also, the Ice Road Run from Yellowknife to Dettah will see people running, walking and fat-biking down the ice road on Saturday. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The results of a taxi survey are released, advocates talk about how to reform the child protective services program, and Ontario enters a month long lockdown to curb Covid-19. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The City of Yellowknife is debating changing the mill rates residents may pay. MLAs hear about a new housing alternative that may be a new solution to northern issues, Alberta sees more restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19, and a virtual table tennis challenge comes to the NWT. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The RCMP release a report from the Sexual Assault Investigations Review Committee, we'll hear more about it and the review process. Canada is being hit by a third wave of Covid-19 and the court hears more from police officers about the use of force in Derek Chauvin's murder trial. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Derek Chauvin's trial enters day four, rape culture in British schools comes to light, and Rocky and RJ Simpson exchange thoughts the Legislative Assembly on illicit drug trade. Plus, Fraser Place gets a green light in Hay River. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The GNWT makes amendments to its budget, and Hay River ponders changing its taxi bylaws. Plus, a student from Inuvik wins the Loran Scholarship. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who knelt of George Floyd's neck, gets underway in Minneapolis. Plus, wildlife officers and hunters discuss the decline in the Bathurst caribou herd. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The murder trial of Derek Chauvin begins today, the NWT ponders a new law library, and a Yellowknives Dene TikTok star is using her platform to raise awareness around Giant Mine. Plus, Grant Beck is this year's 150-mile victor in the 2021 Canadian Championship Dog Derby. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Meet contenders in this year's Canadian Championship Dog Derby, plus the MLA leading a fresh review of housing in the NWT explains what she needs to hear from residents. Ollie Williams hosts.
Inuvik's deputy mayor resigns as council considers whether some of its members broke a code of conduct. Plus a former bush pilot recounts a northern tale from the 1960s and we explore the Dene Futurisms fashion line. Ollie Williams hosts.
Some residents in Hay River still oppose the Fraser Place development of around 30 new homes, even as it moves closer to construction commencing. Plus the new president of the Yellowknife Seniors' Society describes the challenges facing seniors and the solutions she intends to pursue. Ollie Williams hosts.
Emily Blake describes Cabin Radio's investigation into working conditions at Yellowknife's day shelter and sobering centre, plus the latest from Boulder, Colorado following another US mass shooting. Ollie Williams hosts.
The GNWT and Ottawa finally, in one go, spend a $60-million housing fund that had become a sore point in relations between the two. But will it mean some NWT rapid housing proposals miss out? Plus the dog musher who considers herself the underdog in this week's Under Dog 100. Ollie Williams hosts.
Stanton Territorial Hospital had issues last year with sterilization equipment malfunctioning, Emily Blake is on the show to fill us in on more. Hay River's proposed development of Fraser Place had a public meeting and a snowmobile drove into Bullocks Bistro. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A NWT company has bought some downtown Yellowknife properties, an arctic comedy show hopes to raise money for Arctic Paws after a bingo mishap last month, and a Harry Potter themed snow sculpture cast a spell on the judges of the Snowbuddy's snow carving competition and took home the top prize. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Live music may return soon to a local venue near you in the NWT and Fort Good Hope thinks it has made the world's largest drum. Sarah Sibley hosts.
More lynx are expected to show up in communities looking for food, and women in the United Kingdom are protest their right to feel safe in the streets. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The NWT is looking at its options on what curriculum to teach students, the Northwest Territorial Pipe band has found a way to keep practicing, and the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation has come up with a new program to teach its members how to make furniture. Sarah Sibley hosts.
US president Joe Biden makes his first primetime speech, and the NWT's minimum wage is set to go up in September. Plus, we get the results of a study on arsenic levels in Yellowknife, Dettah, and Ndilo communities. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Hay River South MLA Rocky Simpson questions Premier about housing minister, and the GNWT gives a slew of Covid-19 updates. Plus, two siblings from Hay River have won the Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
We get more on the conversations surrounding "irresponsible caribou hunting practices," plus MLAs in the Legislative Assembly discuss the unlikely nature of the Yukon-NWT travel bubble. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Caribou management boards warn against irresponsible hunting, and musicians push for live music to return to the territory. Plus, the Snowbuddy gives the lowdown on the ongoing snow-carving competition. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The Status of Women Council of the NWT has announced it's winners of the 2020 Wise Women Awards, plus Kristi Searle remembers her late father, David Searle, the first elected speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Fort Simpson and Norman Wells residents can now self-isolate in their homes, the federal government approved the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, and one Yellowknife MLA says downtown should get a new recycling depot. Also, Diavik Diamond Mines is trying to help revitalize Frame Lake for residents to enjoy in the future. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Author Ryan McCord and photographer Bill Braden join Ollie to discuss their new book documenting 25 years of Yellowknife's Snowcastle.
Meaghan Brackenbury checks in on the progress of NWT Black advocacy coalition BACUpNorth and MLA Jackson Lafferty questions the territory's social services minister regarding Indigenous control of child and family services. Ollie Williams hosts.
We examine why A New Day, the NWT's healing program for men who use violence on their partners, is closing down. Plus meet the 19-year-old running a muskox pizza business. Ollie Williams hosts.
The Arctic Inspiration Prize wants more applicants for its youth category, where hundreds of thousands of dollars was left unspent this year. Plus, should the City of Yellowknife pay $750,000 for a strategically placed Back Bay lot? Ollie Williams hosts.
Health Canada has approved the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for widespread use, MLAs grill Minister Caroline Wawzonek about the state of NWT roadside bathrooms, and Fort Simpson's Housing Authority Board is getting reestablished. Sarah Sibley reports.
The Legislative Assembly yesterday saw MLAs pressing the health minister about how the territory is responding to various health and addiction issues. A settlement is soon to be finalized for former students who were sexually abused by a Nunavut teacher in the 1970s and the torch relay for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics begins in one month. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A plan to determine how residents who live on the Ingraham Trail will access fire services still needs to be confirmed, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden had their first meeting of Biden's presidency. Sarah Sibley reports.
Bill C-22 has caused some debate about how effective it will be and if it's a concern to public safety, Emily Blake explains more. The city of Yellowknife decided how to spend about $1.7 million in homelessness funding, and a group of friends use a homemade Zamboni to smooth out the ice on Houseboat Bay. Sarah Sibley reports.
The Nechalacho mining project to extract rare earth minerals is officially set to begin in March, while the World Health Organization releases some of its first findings from a trip to determine the origins of the Covid-19 virus. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The federal government has tabled legislation potentially doing away with mandatory minimums for some offenses, plus a new NWT collective is aiming to make reproductive healthcare more inclusive in the territory. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Texas struggles to cope as snowstorms ravage the state, and the Yellowknife lynx has been "disptached" by ENR - aka, killed. Plus, we hear one Yellowknifer's story about wrestling the cat to save her puppy. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The Status of Women Council launches an online survey after reports of drivers making unwanted advances towards women, and the Midwives Association of the NWT makes the case for expanding midwifery services in the territory. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo comes under fire for allegedly underreporting Covid-19 related deaths in nursing homes on purpose, plus a high-ranking government clerk is accused of intimidating staff and abusing authority. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Donald Trump faces a growing number of legal battles, and Pine Point starts the environmental review process for a new mine. Plus, Ulukhaktok gets its first cross-country ski team. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Environment minister Shane Thompson defends the NWT's climate change progress against Frame Lake MLA Kevin O'Reilly, while Stacie Smith explains how Yellowknife is set to use more on-the-land programming to combat the impacts of homelessness. Ollie Williams hosts.
We're putting out fires and taking down cabins on the Ingraham Trail as we examine the issues of fire coverage and unauthorized structures. Plus the latest news for trappers whose cabins near the Taltson River were flooded. Ollie Williams hosts.
Why aren't more communities gaining access to the NWT's midwifery program? We have the latest from the legislature plus the CFL's Edmonton team pledges to keep its links with the North and we hear from a WHO inspector in Wuhan. Ollie Williams hosts.
MLAs worry teachers may vacate the territory en-masse over the prolonged nature of Covid-19 travel restrictions. Plus the Yellowknife 24-year-old battling an abnormal mass on her brain. Ollie Williams hosts.
Jescinda Cullihall describes getting married on Yellowknife's ice road at -45C. Plus finance minister Caroline Wawzonek explains how Government Renewal is designed to work. Ollie Williams hosts.
The territorial government released its 2021-2022 budget, Ollie Williams breaks it down. Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend and American health officials are urging people to follow public health guidelines for the big game. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Wednesday was the Legislative Assembly's first day of a new sitting where MLAs brought up multiple issues and questioned their fellow members. The two curling teams set to represent the NWT at national competitions have been identified, and it's been six months since the successful face and double hand transplant of a American man. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Emily Blake joins us in the studio to give an update on the NWT's Covid-19 situation, and A&W has partnered with Mealshare, which will donate $1 from orders to the Food First Foundation. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced some vaccines will start being made in Canada later this year, a new report shows emergency protection orders aren't working in the NWT, and the debate about whether or not to give Avens an exception to allow its expansion project to move forward continues. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The Northwest Territories has introduced a new healthcare plan for transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals, and a Yellowknifer makes the cut and has secured a spot on the University of Alberta's varsity soccer team. Sarah Sibley reports.
Countries in the developing world struggle to access Covid-19 vaccines and vet students head to the Sahtu to spay and neuter. Plus, a look at how Reddit users stumped Wall Street. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
A Fort Simpson resident looks to start a long-term care facility in the community, plus the Gwich'in Tribal Council release book capturing the oral histories of 23 Elders. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Yellowknife MLAs give a slew of updates on different GNWT projects, plus the Snowking opens its snow carving contest to residents. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Trump's second impeachment is officially in front of the US Senate, and Air Canada leaves Yellowknife gap that other airlines must fill. Plus, two Northerners win big money to produce original short film. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The GNWT may soon change how the premier and cabinet are chosen. Plus an emergency vehicle expert analyzes the recent fire truck theft in Inuvik, and the YWCA in Yellowknife "sounds alarm" on youth and family homelessness. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Can computers fill in gaps related to race and ethnicity in Canadian health data? A former NWT epidemiologist tries to answer that question. Plus Yellowknife's giant new green screen and the Prime Minister responds to Julie Payette's departure. Ollie Williams hosts.
Makerspace YK's Cat McGurk and Julian Morse explain their plans for a new Yellowknife space in 2021. Plus Mayor Rebecca Alty discusses the city's bid for new NWT accessibility legislation, and meet the young poet who stole the show at Joe Biden's inauguration. Ollie Williams hosts.
Hear from President Joe Biden as he formally takes office. Plus Melissa Daniels describes trying to reinvent the way people in the NWT do business, and Steve Payne looks ahead to becoming Yellowknife's deputy mayor. Ollie Williams hosts.
Cabin Radio's Emily Blake dissects an internal document exposing the many concerns held by staff at the NWT's corrections facilities. Plus Ross Potter retires as Hay River's fire chief. Ollie Williams hosts.
Hear from the NWT's chief public health officer and a range of Fort Liard residents as a Covid-19 cluster emerges in the Dehcho. Plus Thomsen D'Hont describes how his family joined the "guerrilla grooming" craze as Yellowknife embraces skiing. Ollie Williams hosts.
Cabin Radio's Meaghan Brackenbury went to Wekweètì as health officials were there to administer Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, and Yellowknife-based band The Housemen released new single today. Sarah Sibley hosts.
US Donald Trump has been impeached for the second time, but now US officials are worried about more violence leading up to Joe Biden's inauguration. A Yellowknife company is trying out a wood pellet heating system, people are speaking out against the proposed Alaska to Alberta railway, and Gastown's milkshakes may bring more people to its yard in the near future if it gets the proper permits. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Reporter Meaghan Brackenbury is in Wekweètì where some residents are getting the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, the US House of Representatives is debating on whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump, meanwhile NWT curling champions Jamie Koe and his team will not participate in this year's territorial competition and may not be able to advance to the Brier in Calgary. Jocelyn Zoe, the host of Information is Medicine - an interview series that tackles questions and concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic - also joins us to to talk about her experience. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The territorial government laid out how much progress has been made for its 2030 climate framework, residents in Ulukhaktok sign up for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, and Trump speaks publicly for the first time since US Democrats announced they're pushing to impeach him. Sarah Sibley reports.
The Yellowknife organization SideDoor finally has a new location for its resource centre, a handgames tournament gets postponed, and US Democrats call for Trump to be impeached. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The mayhem in Washington DC continues, a Yellowknife singer releases a new single, and Inuvik names its 2020 recipient of the Bill Mero Memorial Volunteer Recognition Award. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Chaos ensues in Washington as a pro-Trump mob storms the Capitol, one MLA calls out the NWT vaccine strategy, plus a man claims to have taken the highest resolution photographs of a snowflake ever published - and he did it in Yellowknife. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The NWT releases its vaccine rollout plan, top GNWT officials come under fire after travelling South during holiday season, plus Fort Simpson states it's case for help from the territory to run its warming centre. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Polls open for Georgia's runoff election, a family in Behchokǫ̀ recovers after losing their house in a fire, and the Nahanni Inn in Fort Simpson gets a new lease on life. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
We get the lowdown on how the NWT Covid-19 vaccine campaign is going so far, plus we chat with fat bikers in Yellowknife to learn what they love about the sport. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The latest from the NWT government as it prepares for a surge in holiday travel - which likely means a surge in Covid-19 risk - and from the federal government as Health Canada approves the Moderna vaccine. Plus what could the next threats be beyond Covid-19? Ollie Williams hosts.
Reacting to The Narwhal's coverage of a report suggesting Alberta's oilsands tailing ponds are leaking more than previously known, Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya calls for action and plans a summit on the issue. Plus the Mud Bucket Challenge raises $76,000 for NWT cancer treatment and the Islamic Centre of Yellowknife issues winter warmth kits. Ollie Williams hosts.
Eight months on, how the NWT Power Corporation was hit by a ransomware attack remains unclear. Emily Blake goes through her access to information request. Plus a new bus for Avens, a new Covid-19 variant in the UK, and how sewage testing in the NWT is helping epidemiologists track the virus here. Ollie Williams hosts.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says "cabin fever" will bring tourists back to the NWT after the pandemic is over, a new daytime warming shelter opens in Hay River, and Prime Minister Trudeau talks about Covid-19 in Canada going into the holidays. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Chief Public Health Officer Dr Kami Kandola says lots of people are getting tested for Covid-19 and a vaccine rollout plan will be released soon, and thousands of pounds of chicken legs are being delivered to the NWT for people to grab. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The territorial government announced Covid-19 guidelines people should follow this holiday season, three Canadian companies have found a fix for plane doors that have caused fatalities in the NWT, and a new mayor has been elected in Enterprise. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will have approximately 168,000 vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine when it gets approved by Health Canada. The territory is failing to adequately address poverty within its borders, and two Yellowknifers are living their dreams and playing university basketball next year. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Pfizer's vaccine can't make the journey to the North, Emily Blake has more on what that means for the NWT's vaccine plan. Yellowknife's Indian community stands in solidarity with farmers in India who are protesting agricultural reforms, and a 14-year-old debuts her newly published poetry book. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Five new cases of Covid-19 discovered in Yellowknife and a hockey gear drive in the city this Saturday. Plus meet the two servers who got the best tip of their lives this holiday season. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Traces of Covid-19 have been detected in Yellowknife wastewater and NACC offers new funding to support artists during the pandemic. Plus one Yellowknifer shares her favourite Covid cocktail recipes in a new book. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Canada approves use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the US struggles as Covid-19 hospitalizations surge, plus a councillor in Fort Simpson challenges other NWT communities to donate to the SPCA. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The NWT examines gender-based violence in the territory during the 16 Days of Activism campaign, plus a former pound pup from Hay River's animal shelter is now a movie star. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Yellowknife is set to get a new building designed for people with accessibility needs, global warming could cause more winter drownings, and a new report lays out the unanticipated costs of climate change. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Emily Blake joins members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation as they reissue a call for Canada to apologize and provide compensation over the toxic impacts of Giant Mine. Plus remember the vacant Mine Rescue Building taken over by the GNWT to provide a day shelter in Yellowknife? Turns out it wasn't so vacant, and two programs have been displaced. Ollie Williams hosts.
Hear from federal ministers and the Assembly of First Nations as Canada introduces legislation designed to move the country toward implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Plus property developer Milan Mrdjenovich reacts to a Yellowknife appeal board decision lopping a storey off one of his projects, and author Jamie Bastedo discusses his latest book on the fight against climate injustice.
Emily Blake asks the NDP leader about his priorities for the NWT, where the party has had a quiet few years since last holding the territory's seat in 2015. Plus the NWT changes the rules on who pays for isolation centres, and the UK approves Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. Ollie Williams hosts.
Northern affairs minister Dan Vandal tells Cabin Radio NWT residents are a "high priority" for a Covid-19 vaccine once available, and explains how Canada's fall economic statement affects northerners. Plus the tale of a lost moosehide wallet that made its way home to the NWT from the Atlantic coast - via Wisconsin - a year later. Ollie Williams hosts.
Cat McGurk explains how roughly $1 million over the next three years will transform the Makerspace charity she leads in Yellowknife. Plus how NWT hair salons are coping with Covid-19, Fort Smith's museum helps out artists this Christmas, and what has become of a strange monolith in the Utah desert? Ollie Williams hosts.
Premier Caroline Cochrane and chief public health officer Dr Kami Kandola are encouraging people to not travel in or out of the territory, Yellowknife businesses aren't doing as many - if any - holiday parties this year, and a Yellowknife artist has his first solo exhibit. Meanwhile, students at a school in Dettah get a letter from a unicorn who live on Sparkle Lane to teach them about how the postal service works, while developing reading and writing skills. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Fort Simpson is looking to create its own warming shelter, an university student curates his own exhibit at a museum in Fort Smith, and Northlands Trailer Park gets decorated for the holidays. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Northwestel announced it will finally roll out unlimited internet packages in four NWT communities on December 1. A new ban on heavy fuel oil isn't going far enough for some, a NWT veteran is asking for help after his license plate was stolen off his car, and Journal of a Travelling Girl has its launch. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Meaghan Brackenbury attends the Tree of Peace's annual Wellness Walk for addiction awareness, Hay River was denied disaster funding from the GNWT for its landfill fire last year, and NWT educators try to get more Indigenous people in STEM. Sarah Sibley reports.
AstraZeneca announced its making progress with its vaccine, reporter Emily Blake explores what a vaccine could mean for the Northwest Territories and who'd get it first. Nick Sibbeston, an Elder from Fort Simpson/Líídlįį Kúę, talks about his experience being featured in a mini-documentary on climate change. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Hay River and a Yellowknifer spread the holiday cheer, plus the Prince of Wales museum in Yellowknife sees the closing of the Walt Humphries exhibit off with flashlights. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Sarah Sibley gives us an update on the NWT's chief public health officer's pandemic recommendations during the holiday season, plus a new production of Handel's Messiah breaks linguistic barriers. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
A new hydroponic greenhouse is on it's way to Inuvik, plus we take a tour of the famous Bullock's Bistro walls. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The NWT suspends its travel bubble with Nunavut, plus Avens Community for Seniors starts up its annual "Tree of Giving" program. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Where are all the taxis in Hay River? Plus harvest limits on caribou in the Sahtu are set aside in favour of community-led conservation efforts. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya examines the NWT's ambition to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Plus a slippery slope for work to fix Fort Smith's riverbanks, the Unity store in Fort Simpson reopens, and Northwestel launches its annual holiday toy drive. Ollie Williams hosts.
Statistics Canada explains why some NWT residents are receiving Covid-19 antibody tests in the mail, we hear from Gwich'in land defenders who believe a Joe Biden administration will reverse course on opening up the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, and a project pairs youth and Elders to document climate change in the Dehcho. Ollie Williams hosts.
Who should pay when you need to self-isolate? The mayor of one NWT community says potential changes could be unfair. Plus a new Dehcho podcast will examine the role of climate change in residents' lives. Ollie Williams hosts.
Cabin Radio reviews the weekend's US election developments and the NWT government's decision to announce a local emergency in Yellowknife so as to solve a day shelter dilemma. Plus Pfizer's chief executive on promising news from its search for a Covid-19 vaccine, and Yellowknife's radio control club. Ollie Williams hosts.
The GNWT has committed to increasing Indigenous representation in its departments, the American election is still too close to call, but is leaning in Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's favour, and Digawolf drops a new album called High Arctic. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The MV Lafferty ferry is no longer stuck in the Liard River. We'll hear from the Arctic Response team lead on how they got its crew off yesterday. There's still no clear winner in the American presidential election. Aviation legend Max Ward has passed away at age 98. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Americans casted their votes and now they're still being counted, as a winner in the presidential race has yet to be determined. We hear from a man who's been waiting since December 2019 for his surgery because of delays at Yellowknife's hospital. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The pressure is on to get a new day shelter up and running in Yellowknife as soon as possible, we hear about a proposed location and why it may be a good idea. Meaghan Brackenbury discusses a new special committee made up of five MLAs set to address Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The NWT's Dempster Highway is now closed, much to the surprise of the Gwich'in Tribal Council. Meaghan Brackenbury is on the show to talk about how the rule now lets local residents hunt and harvest. Pehdzeh Ki's Chief and council election had a lot of disqualified candidates, resulting in acclaimed positions. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A special Halloween episode of the Lunchtime News, complete with spooky sound effects. Fort Smith lives it up with a big donation of chicken and fries, plus PIQSIQ drops brand-new album. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
A former Yellowknifer gives us the lowdown on his new French-language novel, plus we listen as Jennifer Inch, daughter of Yellowknife pool namesake Ruth Inch, tells us who her mother was and what her legacy means. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The debate around a new day shelter in Yellowknife continues. Plus, a Yukon music program for women, girls, and non-binary folks is looking to expand to the NWT as soon as next summer. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Premier Caroline Cochrane calls for a meeting of NWT community leaders, plus the Hay River radio station looks for a new home. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Will Yellowknife have a new day shelter before winter truly hits? Plus an in-depth conversation with Dr. Crystal Fraser about the violence Mi'kmaq fishermen in Nova Scotia are experiencing from non-Indigenous people. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Meaghan Brackenbury investigates the arrival of DoorDash in Yellowknife, where restaurants say the app listed them without their consent. Plus a warning about bison in Wood Buffalo National Park, and the northern firefighter helping the state of Oregon tackle a particularly bad fire season.
Det'on Cho boss Paul Gruner and Frame Lake MLA Kevin O'Reilly discuss how procurement in the NWT can improve. Plus how Yellowknife's housing market has shifted in the year of the pandemic.
Some Elders are comparing their experience at NWT isolation centres to residential school. What mental health supports should be provided? Plus a tribute to the couple who fought off a bear and saved a woman's life in Hay River, and why francophone media outlets L'Aquilon and Radio Taiga are merging. Ollie Williams hosts.
Ambe Chenemu, president of a new, Black-led advocacy coalition in the NWT, sets out the coalition's plans and priorities. Plus Isis Essery and Rhiannon White describe their new children's book, I Love You More Than The North Is Vast. Ollie Williams hosts.
Curtis Shaw, Northwestel boss, discusses unlimited plans and the company's prices. Plus the latest on the three Covid-19 presumptive positives, Imperial Oil donates to the Sahtu for mental health, and the NWT Disabilities Council's fundraising challenges.
Three new presumptive Covid-19 cases in the NWT, what next summer's wildfire season could look like, and Inuvialuit GIFs hit the interweb. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a 'virtual tour' of the territories, including a stop at Cabin Radio. We ask him about the NWT's economy, protecting communities, and travel restrictions. Reporter Meaghan Brackenbury talks to the staff representative from the Ekati mine about how workers are feeling after hearing about the only bid to purchase the mine falling through. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The Deputy Warden of the women's correctional complex in Fort Smith, Janelle Minute, talks to Cabin Radio about the facility, its programming, and how it is navigating Covid-19 and safety. Animal care in the Northwest Territories can be very difficult to access. Dr Susan Kutz, a researcher from the University of Calgary talks about the implications of this. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Erosion is Tuktoyaktuk is hitting new extremes, Meaghan Brackenbury is in the studio to tell us more. National Coming Out Day was on October 11, Cabin Radio talks to the executive director of the Rainbow Coalition to talk about why this is important and what Yellowknife did. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Cabin Radio chats with Annamie Paul, new leader of the federal Green Party, about her win and what it means for the North. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Jean Marie River First Nation hits a territorial roadblock in trying to get small homes built, plus the NWT Diamond Centre establishes cross-Yellowknife scavenger hunt with free diamond jewelry spoils for the winner. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The territorial hospital STILL can gets its sterilizing machines to work properly and daycare providers ask NWT residents to imagine the future of childcare. Plus new kiosks in Yellowknife tell Yellowknives Dene stories alongside local artwork. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The City of Yellowknife is not too pleased with the territory's plans for a polytechnic university, plus Hay River fixes up "the Zoo" and passes a community plan. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
First Nations in the Dehcho react to the proposed Alberta-Alaska railway, and Inuktitut children's books on course for the NWT narrowly avoid destruction. Plus, a Yellowknife teen steps up to help out those experiencing homelessness in the city. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Mervin Brass, newly appointed as CBC North's senior managing director, discusses his priorities for the broadcaster and how he has learned from past mistakes. Ollie Williams hosts.
Emily Blake discovers the world of live action roleplay as a group of Yellowknife mercenaries hunts a child-eating witch off the Ingraham Trail. Meanwhile, Meaghan Brackenbury previews a new documentary series featuring the Sahtu's biosphere reserve. Ollie Williams hosts.
As Canada turns some southern residential schools into national historic sites, should the North do the same or take a different approach? Meaghan Brackenbury speaks to survivors in the NWT. Plus what a new agreement between three NWT colleges actually means for students and staff, a new 12-week program at the Northern Farm Training Institute immerses residents in food and farming, and how a Hay River midwife hopes to take on a decline in breastfeeding. Ollie Williams hosts.
Jason Snaggs, chief executive of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, explains why it's taking action against houseboaters. Plus Sarah Pruys explorers how our grocery shopping habits have changed during the pandemic. Ollie Williams hosts.
Emily Blake reports from Dettah as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation signs Thaidene Nene's final agreement, Johanna Tiemessen explains how the NWT's crafters are being supported through the pandemic, and Sarah Sibley discovers how the Foster Family Coalition's upgraded space will help more youth. Ollie Williams hosts.
Looking to go grocery shopping at Independent? Make sure you bring a mask. Reporter Emily Blake talks about the new rule implemented at the grocery chain. A University of Alberta researcher has finished a study that finds virtual mental health care is just as effective as in-person care for some professions, Meaghan Brackenbury reports. Fort Simpson now has two new crosswalks painted in rainbow colours to support its LGBTQ2S+ community, the woman who brought the idea forward chats with us about it. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Governor General Julie Payette delivered the Throne Speech yesterday, and the Cabin Radio team talked to government officials about their reactions and how they plan to advocate for the territory. Meaghan Brackenbury talked to Premier Caroline Cochrane, and MP Michael McLeod is also on to talk about how he plans to keep the NWT in the loop. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Men in Hay River are coming together to address gender-based violence. Bike shops in Yellowknife are dealing with the repercussions of the pandemic, while researcher Darcy McNicholl talks about how salmon in the NWT may have been impacted by the high water this year. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Mildred Hall has once again seen windows on its bus smashed, vice principal Ryan Nichols tells us more. Squash is on the rebound and is set to return to Yellowknife, while a teacher in Gamètì is incentivizing her students to raise funds for Terry Fox by offering to shave her head. Sarah Sibley hosts.
A research vessel called the Nahidik embarks on a one-week journey with seven youth aboard to learn about science and climate change, Meaghan Brackenbury reports. The Dechinta Centre gets students back on the land, and Aurora Village pivots its business model to start attracting locals. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Premier Caroline Cochrane issues new mandate letters for her ministers, plus organizers, fundraisers, and cancer survivors talk about what Terry Fox's legacy means to them ahead of this Sunday's run. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Rapid testing for Covid-19 comes to the NWT, Dominion (owner of NWT's Ekati mine) gets bought by its own parent company, and Yellowknife residents gear up for a socially-distanced Halloween. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Two climate scientists give us the lowdown on their new study which shows the Arctic is transitioning to a new climate state, plus MP Michael McLeod announces new funding boost to territorial food organizations. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The Yellowknife Solid Waste Facility sees improvements as it re-opens for salvaging, and a group called Digital NWT is looking into the gaps in northern internet infrastructure. Plus the first ever Gwich'in fire crew is tackling California's raging wildfires. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Chambers of Commerce across the territory express their concerns regarding the territory's plan for a new Covid-19 Secretariat, plus Premier Caroline Cochrane gives us a one-on-one lowdown of the NWT's pandemic plans. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The NWT's new health minister discusses the pandemic and the territory's many other health priorities in an extensive issue, plus how Gwich'in communities are looking to reshape the way wildfires are handled. Ollie Williams hosts.
Some residents are urging the City of Yellowknife and GNWT to figure out a new emergency shelter sooner rather than later. Plus: Yellowknife's Covid-19 drive-through test centre reopens, the YWCA NWT plans kits to tackle "period poverty," and Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya remembers late Sahtu leader George Cleary. Ollie Williams hosts.
Nancy MacNeill describes why she wants Yellowknife men to be more vocal in addressing gender-based violence, and Jay Boast explains how he intends to answer that call. Plus aurora tour operators fear for the winter season, new NWT health minister Julie Green speaks for the first time about her portfolio, and an old Volvo owner has a request. Ollie Williams hosts.
New federal Conservative leader Erin O'Toole talks to Ollie Williams about his plan to win back northern voters after the territories collectively rejected his party at last year's election.
Emily Blake explains how a new Covid-19 Secretariat with 150 staff will help with the NWT's pandemic response, Stephane Millette discusses the reopening plan of Hay River's recreation centre, and Meaghan Brackenbury talks about the results of the Gwich'in Tribal Council elections. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The territorial government announced they have acquired four new double-hulled barges to add to its fleet, Meaghan Brackenbury is on the show to talk about it, and the Wellness Coordinator for the Lı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nations talks about how to get more Elders participating in community events during Covid-19.
Sarah Sibley hosts.
Meaghan Brackenbury checks in with the Inuvik Food Bank after it has received over $15,000 in donations throughout the summer, and reporter Sarah Pruys is on the show to talk about recent complaints to the Language Commissioner's Office, and how they are being addressed.
Sarah Sibley hosts.
Emily Blake reports as a group of Yellowknife women calls on men to do more to end gender-based violence, while Meaghan Brackenbury explores the challenges facing NWT emergency shelters this winter, and Sarah Pruys previews the return of salvaging at Yellowknife's dump. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Yellowknife's homebrewing contest, a touch-up for Fort Simpson's teepee, the winner of Craig Cardiff's music video contest for new single Yellowknife, and how one artichoke is thriving in the North. Yes, an artichoke. Sarah Sibley hosts.
How plans to reduce the North Slave's wolf population are changing, and car dealerships in the NWT explain why they're having a tough time sourcing vehicles. Plus Sarah Pruys meets Yellowknife's new denturist and a Tuktoyaktuk family takes youth on the land to hunt caribou. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Julie Green joins cabinet a day after Katrina Nokleby is voted out by 16 to one. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Sarah Pruys looks at reports of people being followed late at night on Highway 3, while a Yellowknife 14-year-old holds a lone Black Lives Matter demonstration. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Face masks are mandated on Yellowknife public transit, an Inuvialuit community monitoring project reaches its one-year anniversary, and Sarah Sibley goes dog agility training. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The NWT government holds an emergency session over Katrina Nokleby's future, and Indigenous governments react to plans at the Pine Point mine site. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Grand Chief Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan explains why the Gwich'in are trying to defend Alaska's Arctic Wildlife Refuge from drilling, while a flood closes downtown Yellowknife stores.
Katrina Nokleby is stripped of her portfolios by Premier Caroline Cochrane: hear from former industry minister Wally Schumann and the territory's mining industry following that decision. Plus the Islamic Centre of Yellowknife delivers meat to groups across the city.
Aron Abadi gives Ollie a tour of his new Yellowknife shoe store, while wolf biologist Paul Frame explains what he learned from a study of 18 wolf dens in the NWT barrenlands.
Yellowknife city councillors move closer to making masks mandatory in some settings, while Emily Blake explains why the city is pushing back at a GNWT attempt to turn a downtown building into a temporary day shelter.
Sarah Pruys reports on the NWT government's preparation for the twin perils of Covid-19 and flu season, while David Gilday - newly inducted to Speed Skating Canada's hall of fame - recounts a tale from his three decades of coaching northern athletes.
The NWT government and Mental Health Commission of Canada team up, and musicians in the North express concern for their industry's long-term future amid the pandemic. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Yellowknife ponders whether to turn the former SideDoor building into a temporary day shelter, and why the Indian flag is being raised at City Hall. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
The Pine Point mine's new owners say things are looking up, while NWT swimming clubs anxiously await a chance to get back into the pool. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Caroline Wawzonek explains how the NWT will develop its own MMIWG plan, Alice Twa explores the first year in operation for Thaidene Nene, and a parent support group wins a national award. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Alice Twa has the latest on school plans to reopen in the NWT, the cinema in Yellowknife reopens at last, and we meet participants in Yellowknife's Rainbow Run. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.
Yellowknife's outgoing RCMP detachment commander speaks to Meaghan Brackenbury, plus a new study into the health and wellness of Canadian Rangers and a preview of Andrea Bettger's album release show. Sarah Sibley hosts.
The latest twist in the saga of Yellowknife's proposed West Bay condos – and Tesla the parrot goes missing. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Sarah Pruys talks to campers as severe weather hits an NWT campsite, Yellowknife's dump shows off its latest acquisition, and fun at the 47 Street Festival with Meaghan Brackenbury. Sarah Sibley hosts.
Val Gendron describes her plan to create a mini golf in Fort Simpson using Dehcho landmarks as inspiration, Alice Twa explains why NWT Curling is struggling to get its season going during the pandemic, and Sarah Pruys finds out what to expect as Big River gas station upgrades its pumps in Fort Providence.
Schitt's Creek actor Dustin Milligan talks to Emily Blake about his birthday plea for fans to help groups in his home town of Yellowknife. Plus Ollie Williams speaks to Premier Caroline Cochrane about her cabinet reshuffle and the NWT's Covid-19 plans.
Emily Blake speaks with Inuksuk Mackay about how the Edmonton CFL team's northern programming may change when its name changes, while Sarah Sibley spends time at Yellowknife's mountain bike camp.
Hay River's Linda Duford has been writing short stories to pass the time mid-pandemic. Now, she's hoping to turn them into a paperback. Alice Twa finds out more.
How big a financial hole is opening up at the City of Yellowknife during the pandemic? Mayor Rebecca Alty joins Ollie on the show.
Dwayne Wohlgemuth sets out to walk North America's longest esker. Not sure what an esker is? Get listening. Plus an update on bear sightings in Yellowknife and why one NWT woman is organizing a wedding for her dog.
Comics journalist Joe Sacco speaks to Emily Blake about his new book Paying The Land, which focuses on Dene in the NWT. Meanwhile, Alice Twa discovers just how many bikes and canoes Yellowknifers bought this summer -- everywhere is just-about sold out.
Ray Solotki tells Alice Twa how Inuvik's greenhouse is finding new ways to get produce to the public during a bumper harvest. Plus Fred Sangris describes his memories of the Bristol Freighter in Yellowknife.
Sarah Sibley figures out what exactly happens to your garbage and recycling in Yellowknife, while Alice Twa meets the organizer of next month's Play Music on the Porch Day.
Cabin Radio's Lunchtime News returns with an examination of the effects of uranium mining on the Dene of the Sahtu.
Fentanyl is back in the NWT, RCMP warn, plus parents are told to expect rapid shifts from classrooms to distance learning and back for students this fall.
Two NWT diamond mines opened up a new legal battle, while the availability of cremation in the territory is a step closer.
Yellowknife raises more than $25,000 for a family whose home burned down, while there are new rebates for NWT purchasers of electric vehicles.
A special edition as we provide live coverage of the NWT's move into phase two and changes to travel restrictions.
The NWT issues its first charge under its pandemic public health orders, and a Yellowknife doctor runs for the leadership of the federal Green Party.
Ollie examines the NWT government's decision to change its travel restrictions to avoid a Charter challenge.
Premier Caroline Cochrane says any Canadian can come into the NWT as long as they self-isolate, and tourists are welcome. The health minister says it's "not a free-for-all" at the border and "leisure travel is prohibited." Who's right? Who knows!
Some parents ask for demolition of a Yellowknife school to be postponed to free up more classroom space this fall if pandemic restrictions remain in place.
The NWT's director of child and family services and the Foster Family Coalition's executive director join Ollie to look at how children and foster caregivers are being helped through the pandemic. Plus RCMP provide a second, more detailed account of how a dog ended up being shot in downtown Yellowknife.
The owners of a dog shot by Yellowknife police give their side of the story, plus Ollie is joined by Sara Chorostkowski to look at how the NWT government is helping vulnerable people during the pandemic.
Aurora College says it'll offer full refunds to anyone dissatisfied with its distance learning programs this fall – plus an epic tale involving a vintage plane and 16 sled dogs.
A motion to remove Katrina Nokleby from cabinet is abruptly withdrawn, bringing to an end a two-day political whirlwind. Here's what we know.
What's the latest on the cleanup of one of Canada's most contaminated sites? In a special show sponsored by the Giant Mine Oversight Board, board chair Dr Kathy Racher talks Ollie through a new report.
Some MLAs are trying to have Minister Katrina Nokleby removed from cabinet, but nobody will explain why.
Aurora College prepares for more distance learning this fall, Yellowknife plans creative ways to get restaurants and retailers out in the open, and a contest involving your pets and famous art.
Andrea Brown, the NWT health authority's territorial manager of mental health and addictions, joins Ollie to take questions about mental health during the pandemic.
What Dominion's potential sale means for Ekati and Diavik, plus setting up a small farm in Yellowknife.
Yellowknife's construction season, new condos, and a police dog stops an escaped prisoner.
Karen Novak, lead singer of Welders Daughter, explains how the pandemic has threatened her livelihood and how she's coping.
Welcome to phase one. Here are some details you might have missed in the new rules for the NWT's first recovery phase. Plus speed skater Wren Acorn's on the show!
Education minister RJ Simpson looks at what'll happen next after confirming NWT schools will remain closed till the fall.
The chief public health officer and health minister join Ollie to discuss the NWT's pandemic recovery plan.
The one where the analogies get worse and the NWT develops an economic recovery philosophy.
The one where the NWT tightens up its travel restrictions and Ollie enjoys bouncy grass.
The one where the minister responsible for the power corporation says you can forget rate reductions.
The one with the Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment (and the Minister of Naps and Catnip).
The one where Dominion Diamond Mines files for insolvency protection, giving us something to talk about that isn't a global pandemic.
The one where the NWT's first Covid-19 patient sponsors the show and the premier talks about an exit strategy.
The one where Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson talks about his role during a pandemic.
The one where Minister Caroline Wawzonek explains the new $200/day restriction at the liquor store.
Premier Caroline Cochrane joins Ollie to discuss the NWT's new rules banning gatherings.
Premier Caroline Cochrane joins Ollie on the show. As disagreements develop between Cochrane's government and communities, are residents losing trust?
The one where Ollie describes why a coronavirus vaccine will work better than flu vaccines usually do.
With Cabin Radio's Lunchtime News off the air, we'll be running podcast versions of the audio from Ollie's Covid Corner nightly Facebook live broadcast. Here's our April 2 show – everything you need to know about Covid-19 and the NWT.
Space researcher and aurora scientist Dr David Knudsen previews a talk he'll deliver in Yellowknife next week, plus we check out some tasty treats coming up at the Snowcastle. Cabin Radio's Lunchtime News takes a three-week hiatus after this show -- back on the air March 23.
The late Samuel Roland's family pay their tributes to the 25-year-old from the NWT, who passed away last week. Housing minister Paulie Chinna is grilled in the legislature on the Arnica Inn housing proposal, and Taiko drumming comes to Yellowknife.
Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek explains her government's philosophy as she unveils her first budget, plus a family in Yellowknife finds itself in an Aussie rules football team's marketing campaign.
What does Northview's sale mean for Yellowknife property? Rob Warburton joins the show to discuss. Plus we meet three of this year's NWT Jane Glassco fellows, looking to improve the territory through public policy.
The Yellowknife Women's Society says the NWT Housing Corp's failure to back a transitional housing project caused federal funding to collapse. Plus the Yellowknife student who won a $100,000 scholarship, and the artists and teens collaborating on a new Yellowknife mural.
Tom Weegar speaks in depth about his firing from Aurora College and how the transformation into a polytechnic university had been progressing. Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says Teck's Frontier mine could be Canada's next protest flashpoint. And Keith Robertson describes filming a paddling documentary for three straight months in the barrenlands ahead of a festival in Yellowknife this weekend.
Yellowknife pilot Maxie Plant describes winning gold at the Red Bull Ice Cross World Championship, and Lynn Elkin explains why one of Yellowknife's best-known charities changed its name to Inclusion NWT.
Aurora College's Yellowknife campus has a glycol problem, and students say it's giving them headaches. We investigate. Plus we'll tour Yellowknife's new dome theatre with the entrepreneur who built it.
A Dene lawyer, a civil liberties advocate, and the NWT's justice minister discuss how to tackle high rates of Indigenous incarceration in both the territory and Canada as a whole.
Looking back at Hockey Day in Canada, we'll hear from Ron MacLean during his live guest appearance on Cabin Radio at the Challenge Cup. Plus we listen in as the NWT government debates how adding 100 new homes in the territory will work.
After a woman is kept in a Yellowknife RCMP holding cell for 11 straight days, we ask justice minister Caroline Wawzonek if the NWT justice system is discriminatory.
Shaznay Waugh, a 17-year-old from Fort Simpson, describes joining demonstrators outside BC's legislature.
New regulations mean cremation in the NWT is a step closer to becoming a reality. Plus Tom Makepeace discusses setting up a temporary men's shelter in Hay River, and Morven MacPherson describes being removed from the Tłı̨chǫ Investment Corporation's board.
Friends of the late Gary Vaillancourt pay tribute to the "Baron of Houseboat Bay," while Ollie sets out what the NWT government is promising in its new mandate.
Listen in as reporters question education minister RJ Simpson on the chaotic firing of Aurora College president Tom Weegar and a new audit critical of the NWT's education system. Plus the new store opening for ice road truckers and the Yellowknife Ski Club member who's never been near the NWT.
The winners of this year's Arctic Inspiration Prize explain how they'll use the $1-million award to improve the prospects of NWT and Nunavut youth. Plus a Yellowknife personal trainer says modern fitness is doing nothing to help pregnant women and moms -- but she has solutions.
The NWT's education minister explains why there's a new leader for Aurora College and the creation of a polytechnic university, plus rapper Crook the Kid discusses Ottawa Bluesfest and science.
Listen to tracks from the three NWT entrants in the CBC Searchlight 2020 contest. Plus, after years of trying to gain residency in Canada and the territory, one man explains why he's giving up.
One of a Thai's Sousanh Chanthalangsy-Bornilla talks us through her burgeoning powerlifting career, plus the NWT Housing Corporation's boss explains how Whati's new housing plan is intended to help the community.
The producer of the Turning Points documentary series explains how eight northerners told their stories of addiction and recovery ahead of a screening at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre on Saturday. Plus we'll get you excited, very possibly for the first time in your life, about slag cement.
Fort McPherson chef JenniLee Vaneltsi discusses her trip to Toronto as a star of a Food Network cooking show, while Anna Gervais describes setting up a new pet supply store and grooming parlour in Fort Smith.
After a teenager is sentenced to four years in prison for the manslaughter of a Yellowknife 73-year-old, criminal defence counsel Peter Harte joins Ollie to examine how sentencing works.
Inuvik's mayor demands action to improve the Dempster Highway, a woman with dreams of opening a Yellowknife bakery wins an Inuit Circumpolar Council award, and the city's fieldhouse gets a Rio Tinto rebrand.
Cabin Radio's Lunchtime News returns with an episode examining how Yellowknife caterer The Fat Fox's electric car is faring in an NWT winter.
Yellowknife's mayor, Rebecca Alty, discusses whether keeping taxes low year-on-year in the city is setting residents up for a shock in future years - plus a discussion of council's decision not to find money to keep an Indigenous relations advisor employed.
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation's chief executive sets out his community's plan to take control of housing, plus Breanna Strand talks about the cancer fight of her dad, longtime Yellownifer Rob.
A company specializing in low-cost prosthetics wants to open a 3D printing facility in Yellowknife to help northerners. Plus an NWT airline says new passenger protection regulations will mean the end of some more 'relaxed' approaches to northern flying.
Founders of the NWT's new boxing organization join Ollie in studio, while Yellowknife's lone Indigenous councillor explains why she opposed last night's budget.
The man who gave his name to Yellowknife's francophone school looks back on its first 30 years in existence.
A memorandum of understanding is signed between the City of Yellowknife and Yellowknives Dene. What does that actually mean? Plus why one Yellowknife resident is teaming up with Amnesty International to campaign about threats to human rights elsewhere in Canada.
Mayor of Yellowknife Rebecca Alty is on the show as council brings down a property tax increase from 8.5 percent to 1.63 percent. Meanwhile, Louise Elder is on the show to discuss a vigil in memory of the Montreal massacre 30 years ago.
Newly published data suggests the NWT's housing is in big trouble. What is the territory's housing corporation doing to address that? Its president is on the show.
We examine newly released figures suggesting housing in the NWT is getting worse, not better. Plus we catch up with a Yellowknife man at the UN climate change conference in Madrid.
Yellowknife's young climate protesters say they don't think it's too late and they do think they can win you over. Plus exploration in the NWT is not dead yet: we hear from one project picking up steam in the Sahtu.
The president of Fortune Minerals discusses what he sees as a big step on the road to launching the company's Nico mine outside Whati, while the legislature works on introducing a family room for staff and politicians.
Creation of the Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta protects 10,000 square kilometres of the Sahtu. Cabin Radio's Emelie Peacock reports from a celebration of the protected area in Fort Good Hope.
We meet a biologist behind adorable photos of grizzly bears playing with remote scratching posts in the NWT, plus two of the 27 Yellowknifers who took on a Las Vegas marathon are in studio.
Yellowknife's gravel-pit snowboard park makes headlines in one of the sport's leading magazines. Plus a new protected area is about to be celebrated in Fort Good Hope.
Longtime Yellowknife prospector Walt Humphries is among three people joining us on the show after being honoured at the NWT's mineral and exploration awards.
Why aluminum might (and might not) be the material of choice for the territory's future runways, plus the NWT opens a chapter of Women in Mining.
Yellowknife musician Carmen Braden joins us from Ontario as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performs her latest composition. Meanwhile, Ecology North is in the studio to discuss composting programs in the NWT.
CBC North's managing director, Janice Stein, joins Ollie to discuss her planned merger of three separate newscasts - for the NWT, Nunavut, and Yukon - into one.
The GNWT attempts to sell a remote community's disused air terminal for $100 on Facebook - with one catch - and Three Feathers, the South Slave movie, is released on DVD.
Some Canadian North staff say the new airline feels more like it's being taken over by First Air than a merger.
The Yellowknife Dog Trotters Association reacts as councillors once again question the long-term home of dog mushers in the city, while YK1 school district superintendent Metro Huculak announces his retirement.
Former owner Charles Dent and some of CJCD's first broadcasters join Ollie to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Yellowknife's first commercial radio station.
Henry and Eileen Beaver discuss their work helping Mindy Willett complete a series of nine children's books, one in each of the NWT's Indigenous languages.
Behind the scenes of a Yukon documentary about farmers finding their way in Dawson City, being screened as part of Yellowknife's annual film festival.
Emelie Peacock hosts this edition, joining people in downtown Yellowknife marching against family violence and then reflecting on the opening days of 9-1-1.
Ollie walks the red carpet with the creators behind Red Snow, which got its NWT premiere in Dettah - where it was partly shot - on Tuesday evening. Plus the maker of documentary Aurora Love is in studio, we listen in on Caroline Cochrane's first formal news conference as premier, and neighbours and users of Yellowknife's downtown day shelter talk about its future.
Mildred Hall School's principal describes her sadness and frustration as the school's bus is vandalized. Plus Shania Young on the Northern Jack Summit for mental health, the YWCA's Lyda Fuller discusses plans for a new building in Yellowknife, and Mayor Rebecca Alty explains why City Hall is proposing an 8.48-percent property tax increase -- and looks ahead to Hockey Day in Canada, three months from now.
We head inside Yellowknife's new thrift store while Ollie interviews the man hoping to start a "demonstration" mine at Nechalacho, east of the city, next year.
The NWT's new ombud, representing residents when they have complaints about the territorial government, is about to take office. Colette Langlois tells Ollie Williams how she hopes to do the job.
Sarah Pruys speaks with the NWT Metis Nation's Vance Sanderson about new broadcasts in Fort Smith, while Emelie Peacock discusses Tsiigehtchic's campaign to "out" bootleggers with the district's MLA, Sonny Blake.
We listen in as Yellowknife's politicians examine plans for territory-wide 9-1-1 to roll out next Monday, plus the mayor of Norman Wells explains why the community is demanding all residents register their pets by Thursday.
... but he still says there's a climate crisis and his Snowcastle needs to adapt. Plus Emelie Peacock meets two of the NWT's Wise Women.
In her first full interview with Cabin Radio as premier, Caroline Cochrane sets out what she means when she promises the NWT's "most progressive" government. Plus Yellowknife mayor Rebecca Alty has concerns as the introduction of 911 service gets closer.
Emelie Peacock speaks with Marie Clements about Red Snow, her movie combining Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun, and Pashto, and interviews Jeremy Emerson about his 2014 wildfire season documentary Summer of Smoke. Plus Ollie Williams celebrates Ecole Allain St-Cyr's first sports tournament in 30 years.
Caroline Cochrane is chosen as the next NWT premier while Ollie is live on the air. We hear her vision for the next four years. Plus the NWT's chief public health officer is on the show to discuss cannabis edibles.
The Edmonton Eskimos visit Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, the NWT's mining industry lobbies MLAs as they prepare to set the new government's priorities, and a haunted hootenanny is on the way this Friday.
Reaction from Michael McLeod, Yanik D'Aigle, Mary Beckett, and Paul Falvo as the Liberal candidate is re-elected to a second term as the NWT's MP.
Students at a Yellowknife high school exercise their non-existent right to vote with enthusiasm, while Rebecca Alty talks Yellowknife traffic lights, among other things.
Liberal candidate Michael McLeod and Conservative candidate Yanik D'Aigle join Ollie to discuss why they belief they are the best option for the NWT in Ottawa.
NDP candidate Mary Beckett sets out her vision for the NWT in conversation with Sarah Pruys, while one MLA responds to criticism of a decision not to significantly change the secret-ballot method by which the next NWT premier will be selected.
People's Party candidate Luke Quinlan sets out why he believes he should be the NWT's next MP. Plus, Yellowknife high-school student Ella Kokelj lobbies the City of Yellowknife over declaring a climate emergency.
Green Party candidate Paul Falvo speaks to Emelie Peacock about why he believes he should be the NWT's first Green MP, plus Mayor of Yellowknife Rebecca Alty discusses Uber and Opportunities North.
The Canadian Chamber Choir sings a Cabin Radio news article on the Yellowknife stage, plus we speak to an NWT moviemaker who helped to create Red Snow, the new film about a Gwich'in soldier in Afghanistan.
Emelie Peacock reports on trouble finding beds for medical travellers at Yellowknife's Larga Kitikmeot as surrounding hotels book up, plus Entreprenorth launches a new program designed to help Indigenous tour operators thrive.
The co-founder of a movement using pop songs to help kids grapple with colonial history joins Ollie on the show, plus we listen in as MLAs-elect begin setting their priorities for the new NWT government.
Stars of Yellowknife's new pin-up calendar chat to Ollie, while Sarah interviews Mayor Rebecca Alty about the city's draft community plan and Northwestel's vision for a fibre line under Great Slave Lake.
The latest as it becomes clear an MLA-elect owes nearly $2 million to the NWT government, plus the Status of Women Council celebrates nine women in power.
A Yellowknife-based biologist tells Sarah Pruys NWT data matches a continent-wide study showing stunning loss of birdlife, plus we spend time at Hay River's friendship centre as families search for four missing fishers, and Steve Norn discusses his election victory in Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Caroline Cochrane and Jackson Lafferty make their pitches to be the NWT's next premier. Plus, why are so many salmon descending on the Arctic?
Ollie recaps the 2019 NWT election's initial results with interviews featuring the night's key players.
Emelie Peacock speaks to participants at the global climate strike march in Yellowknife, Sarah Pruys analyzes the 2019 wildfire season with the NWT's fire operations manager, and Ollie Williams discovers where Yellowknife's Carmen Braden fits in the world of Canadian contemporary composers. Oh, and it's election day.
Afters 12 years representing Great Slave and six years as the NWT's health minister, Glen Abernethy discusses decisions his government made, how things did or didn't get done, and what the next NWT government must prioritize.
Emelie Peacock rounds off Cabin Radio's election interviews by talking to Jackie Jacobson in Nunakput and Jimmy Kalinek in Inuvik Boot Lake.
Frederick Blake Jr in Mackenzie Delta, Sallie Ross in Inuvik Twin Lakes, and Herb Nakimayak in Nunakput set out their campaigns to Emelie Peacock.
Caitlin Cleveland and Rommel Silverio speak with Ollie Williams about their NWT election campaigns in Kam Lake, while Emelie Peacock interviews Nunakput contender Sheila Nasogaluak.
Nahendeh candidates Randy Sibbeston and Mike Drake set out their platforms to Sarah Pruys, while former grand chief Wilfred McNeely Jr speaks to Emelie Peacock about his run for Sahtu MLA.
Emelie Peacock speaks with Donald Hendrick about his election campaign in Inuvik Twin Lakes, and with Danny McNeely and Caroline Yukon about their campaigns in the Sahtu.
Michael Nadli speaks to Sarah Pruys about his re-election campaign in the Deh Cho district, Dez Loreen talks to Emelie Peacock about his bid for a first term in Inuvik Boot Lake, and Ollie Williams interviews Gaeleen MacPherson about her campaign in Yellowknife South.
Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh candidate Steve Norn talks to Sarah Pruys while Jackson Lafferty, to be acclaimed in Monfwi, looks ahead to the next term with Emelie Peacock. Ollie Williams is joined by Leanne Robinson and Dwayne Wohlgemuth to recap a three-month canoe adventure with their two young children in the NWT barrenlands.
Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh candidates Paul Betsina, Nadine Delorme, and Richard Edjericon talk to Cabin Radio's Sarah Pruys about their campaigns.
Hughie Graham sets out his challenge to Caroline Cochrane in Range Lake, Lila Erasmus discusses her bid to become the new MLA in Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, and Robert Hawkins aims to return to politics in Kam Lake.
Sahtu candidate Paulie Chinna, Hay River North's RJ Simpson - who is to be acclaimed -- and Yellowknife North challenger Jan Vallillee explain their visions for the next four years.
The two contenders in Yellowknife's Great Slave, Patrick Scott and Katrina Nokleby, join Ollie to discuss their campaigns.
Niels Konge makes his pitch to become Yellowknife Centre MLA, Wally Schumann discusses his record in Hay River South, and Kevin O'Reilly bids for re-election in Frame Lake.
A Yellowknife Centre special, with a bonus section on the NWT university debate. Skip as follows: 1:10 Julie Green's bid for re-election... 18:10 Thom Jarvis puts forward his candidacy... 36:11 Arlene Hache's bid for election in YK Centre... 54:05 Julian Morse says many candidates are getting the university debate wrong.
Kieron Testart and Shane Thompson set out their platforms for re-election in Kam Lake and Nahendeh respectively, while Mayor Rebecca Alty discusses Yellowknife's downtown crisis and the Foster Family Coalition's Tammy Roberts is up for a national award.
Don Jaque and Frieda Martselos set out their credentials as candidates in Thebacha, while Cory Vanthuyne seeks re-election in Yellowknife North.
Dave Ramsay says the NWT needs his experience as the former minister seeks a comeback in Frame Lake, while Rylund Johnson promises to cut out government doublespeak if elected in Yellowknife North.
Caroline Cochrane says it's time for a female premier as she stands for re-election in Range Lake, while Caroline Wawzonek promises to "empower the public service" in Yellowknife South.
Election coverage continues with Thebacha candidates Louis Sebert and Denise Yuhas on the show, plus the francophone school board reacts after the NWT minister of education denies five families' bids to send children to its schools.
Cabin Radio's NWT election candidate interviews begin with Kam Lake's Cherish Winsor, plus Yellowknife's mayor provides an update on the 10-year plan to end homelessness.
Dettah 19-year-old Kateri Lynn, newly elected to council, talks to Ollie about her priorities for the community.
The NWT Literacy Council says thousands of kids are missing out on extra federal cash for their education, plus a new boxing gym opens in Yellowknife, and what studying small, Arctic fish can tell us about broader impacts on the climate.
Liang Chen explains more about his plan for a fish restaurant that won Yellowknife's Win Your Space contest - including how he hopes it can help revitalize the NWT fish industry.
Political leaders and residents talk to Alice Twa about the impact of connecting Whati to the wider world as construction on an all-season road begins. Plus, a California family brings a rocket to the Dark Sky Festival.
Steven Nitah, who helped bring the new Thaidene Nene park to life, joins Ollie on the show, plus Jack Bourassa sets out 10 priorities the Public Service Alliance of Canada thinks northerners should focus on this election.
Hay River's senior administrative officer, Judy Goucher, explains why the town is aiming to add several thousand people to its population. Plus the nation's egg producers descend on Yellowknife, and Barren Ground Coffee relocates downtown.
Parks Canada is accused of disregarding regulatory due process in its creation of the new Thaidene Nene park, while Yellowknife's mayor discusses good neighbour agreements and Canada Council for the Arts boss Simon Brault visits the NWT.
The NWT's finance minister explains why he detests the very carbon tax measures he's introducing, plus we catch up with NWT participants at the Impact science camp for girls at the University of Waterloo.
A Californian 15-year-old's Make-a-Wish dream is granted... by Buffalo Airways. Plus the education minister admits the NWT is failing its students.
The NWT's industry minister explains how a new $40-million investment will help a "transformative" road from the NWT to Nunavut get built. Plus members of a project sharing Indigenous women's health stories examine how reconciliation in healthcare is progressing.
Jessie Loutit and Leo Konge join Ollie to talk about their medals: Pan American Games rowing silver and Western Canada Summer Games swimming gold, respectively. Plus the Mayor of Yellowknife says the NWT's planned carbon tax should be delayed unless urgent changes are made to the draft legislation.
Inuvik-based folk artist Abe Drennan describes turning the town's iconic Igloo Church into a recording studio for his latest album.
Herb Norwegian and France Benoit remember Rene Fumoleau, northern priest and photographer, who passed away on his 93rd birthday. Plus the creators of a new plan to save NWT barren-ground caribou acknowledge it's far from certain that any of their measures will make a difference.
Habitat for Humanity NWT looks at expanding to communities beyond Yellowknife, while we spend time at Yellowknife's Indigenous healing camp as it begins an expansion of its own.
Judith Drinnan, owner of Yellowknife's Book Cellar, reflects on the store's 40-year history. Plus amateur astronomer Steve Bedingfield gives sun-gazing lessons on the streets of Yellowknife.
Martin Doyle and his wife, Lorraine, remember Yellowknife 50 years ago as they return to celebrate five decades of marriage at Fred Henne Territorial Park.
Derek Mundy describes his Hay River team's victory at the world championship of jet boating.
The latest on suspicious packages in downtown Yellowknife and near the airport, plus the Fort Smith teenager whose ASMR YouTube channel is a hit, and the fundraiser taking place to help restore a houseboat.
A Yellowknife resident questions whether some dog owners are ruining the city's streets and trails for others, plus the francophone school board's chair analyzes a legal dispute with the GNWT, and the Rainbow Cabaret prepares for its debut.
Chris Avery, Canadian North's boss, joins Ollie to discuss the merger of Canadian North and First Air.
Sue Cullen, boss of the NWT's health authority, joins Ollie to discuss how the authority is responding to a serious staff shortage.
Yellowknife's dog mushers say acquiring their land from the City, at no cost, would be an "act of reconciliation." The City feels that would set a difficult precedent. Listen in on the debate.
Chief Ernest Betsina of Ndilo remembers Muriel Betsina, his mother, who passed away on Monday. Plus federal immigration minister Ahmed Hussen discusses ways northern immigration could change.
Rebecca Alty, the Mayor of Yellowknife, considers how to respond as the city's dog mushing association asks to buy a plot of land, attempting to settle a longstanding debate.
Dianne Whelan, heading from coast to coast to coast on a journey that's already taken four years, reaches Fort Smith. Plus we spend time with the basketball players running an Active Tots club in Yellowknife.
Wildlife officer Lee Mandeville describes rescuing two tourists after a bear destroys their canoe and wrecks their campsite, plus Northwestel contemplates compensation for customers after a major outage, and Jay Gilday launches his new album in Yellowknife.
Yellowknife's 11-year-old DJ sensation from Folk on the Rocks reflects on his breakout weekend. Also on the show: RCMP provide an update on their investigation into a cut fibre line outside Yellowknife, and the Yellowknives Dene chiefs analyze plans to move Yellowknife's municipal boundary.
Yellowknife's senior administrator says City Hall is "at Defcon 4" when it comes to strain on staff. Find out why, and what it might mean for you - plus we ask why it seems nobody knew what was happening to their recycling for a year.
Rebecca Alty explains why the City of Yellowknife and Yellowknives Dene are close to requesting that the territorial government change Yellowknife's municipal boundary.
A hospital worker and union representative explains why some staff at Stanton will begin wearing 'worried but working' pins, plus we preview the Midnight Sun Fly In.
Sarah Pruys interviews Paul Falvo, newly selected candidate for the Green Part in the fall's federal election - plus an update on the territorial election's list of probable candidates.
A locum doctor in Yellowknife helps kids in her role with Islamic Relief Canada, plus Fort Providence mayor Danny Beaulieu shows off his new golf course, and we tour the Yellowknife Co-op's hydroponic greenhouse.
As Nunavut celebrates 20 years, the federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations joins Ollie to examine the state of Ottawa's relationship with Inuit.
The Royal Canadian Legion responds after its monument in downtown Yellowknife is seriously damaged, plus Mayor Rebecca Alty discusses the chance for the city to host the 2023 Francophone Games.
Mayor Rebecca Alty comes on the show to explain why some Yellowknife recycling is going into the city's landfill, plus John Kidder remembers his late sister, Margot - Lois Lane, to Superman movie fans - as he spreads her ashes in the town of her birth, Yellowknife.
The Green Party's federal leader sets out her platform for the North this federal election in an extensive interview.
Why an NWT Supreme Court judge found against the territory's education minister in a case about francophone school access, plus the RCMP's latest recruitment drive.
If you see a wild pig, feel free to shoot the thing according to new NWT rules. Plus the latest on regulations governing hunting with drones, and why the territory's forthcoming university could offer degrees in mine reclamation.
Yellowknife chef Robin Wasicuna explains why he chose to become a certified cannabis sommelier, and how he hopes to introduce cannabis to his cooking.
We examine NWT communities' evacuation plans in the event of wildfire - including why Yellowknife would stay put. Plus Elon Muskox returns in a floral summer coat outside City Hall.
The owner of a now-defunct business dismisses concerns that his employees' private data turned up in a box abandoned on a Yellowknife street.
The Mayor of Yellowknife makes a proposal to examine reducing liquor store hours and limiting the quantity of alcohol each person can purchase - but city councillors strongly disagree with the approach.
Greenie, a nine-year-old Siberian husky, was found - deceased - in the Yellowknife River. An ENR officer placed the dog's body in a dumpster, devastating the husky's owner and setting off a broader discussion about what should happen in those circumstances.
Exploring the terms and conditions attached to the approved merger of First Air and Canadian North, plus a Yellowknife clothing store's pro-choice display window, and a Fort Smith medical student's hopes for Indigenous healthcare professionals in the North.
While top government and industry figures gather in Yellowknife to figure out the future of the NWT's economy, in Inuvik... we're going wrestling.
The NWT Autism Society explains why it feels a territorial government healthcare program is breaking residents' rights, while Elders in Smith's Landing turn to a video to publicize their concerns about low water levels.
Yellowknife stay-at-home dads unite to form a band. Plus Rebecca Alty describes how the City of Yellowknife will work toward reconciliation, and breaking news of an evacuation in northern Alberta.
How a Fort McPherson community came together following a suicide last month, plus Yellowknife teacher Maureen Tonge on her brain tumour diagnosis, and Mayor Rebecca Alty on the Bellanca building's fate. Lunchtime News returns on Friday.
As Yellowknife businesses report 'chronic' vacancies, we meet a group helping people with a disability get those jobs.
An NWT diamond mine steps in to help the Yellowknife Women's Society revamp its shelter, plus Mikey McBryan's race to get a DC-3 in the air for D-Day, and a new TV show promises $500,000 to the last person left in the NWT wilderness.
Education minister Caroline Cochrane says she's planning to go to the federal government for funding to build a new university campus building in Yellowknife, plus meet the 13-year-old king of NWT puppy fostering.
How Stacie Smith, who phoned Cabin Radio in tears eight month ago, turned her Yellowknife flower shop from a failure into what she hopes will become a tourist destination. Plus a tornado specialist joins the show, and Yellowknife's farmers' market opens.
Brittanie Gladue describes seeing a funnel cloud feet away from her in Fort Smith on Sunday. Plus Dr Hasan Hutchinson explains how he believes the new edition of Canada's Food Guide, which he helped to produce, can work for northerners.
Indigenous poet and author Billy-Ray Belcourt, who grew up in northern Alberta, joins Ollie in studio ahead of his appearance at this weekend's Northwords NWT literary festival. Plus we meet the only female welder at Skills Canada nationals (she's from Yellowknife), and the Fort Smith greenhouse owner whose flowers might rescue grad.
Cabin Radio meets Casey, the very first baby born at Yellowknife's new Stanton Hospital. Plus we check in with businesses to see what kind of impact you might expect from the highway closure on the NWT-Alberta border.
Should Yellowknife's vacant Bellanca building be torn down? Plus we go inside the Mackenzie Datastream, meet a YK teacher recognized by the Prime Minister, and listen in on an all-new chant for the NWT at Skills Canada Nationals in Halifax.
Three Aurora College students create a help manual for new Yellowknifers who speak Arabic and Tagalog, plus how a Yellowknife hotel may become transitional housing.
Premier Bob McLeod launches a broadside at Ottawa over a perceived lack of Arctic leadership. Plus the NWT mulls icebreaking LNG tankers in the Arctic Ocean, and the NWT's finest head to Skills Canada Nationals.
Norm Glowach describes how he turned photo and audio records of old-time Yellowknife into a new stage production. Plus we hear from cyclists attempting a 2,200-km journey from Whistler to YK.
The NWT's Foster Family Coalition launches a new service for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Evacuees from the High Level wildfire reach South Slave communities, plus the owners of Yellowknife's Fat Fox Cafe describe their year-long quest to find a new home since closing in May 2018.
Alfred Moses, the minister responsible for housing in the NWT, discusses what needs to change to make the territory's housing better and easier to access.
A Queen's University researcher and former Yellowknife resident is hosting an open session asking: what happens when the diamond mines are gone? She's in the studio.
Annika Trimble, from the Aurora Research Institute, explains how her work engaging kids with science led to a national award. Plus a search and rescue operation begins for three overdue travelers, and a houseboat burns down in Yellowknife.
The NWT's wildfire operations manager provides the first update of the 2019 fire season, while the City of Yellowknife makes its final pitch for $5 million in federal money for smart tech.
Yellowknife's Shea Alain, who is leaving Reuben and the Dark after nearly a decade, describes life on the road with an up-and-coming Canadian band.
Bow-tied banker Yanik D'Aigle steps forward as a contender for the Conservative nomination in the NWT, while youth MLAs standing in for their adult counterparts discuss an extraordinary debate on Thursday which ended in a 9-8 vote in favour of expanding youth mental health supports.
The former NDP MP gives Cabin Radio a tour of his environmentally friendly Fort Smith office complex, plus the class of '79 looks forward to a Yellowknife high school reunion, 40 years later.
The creators of a podcast focusing on animal-related legislation say the NWT needs to do more.
Top NWT nurses explain the importance of forthcoming changes to the way their profession is regulated in the territory. Plus more health records turn up at an NWT dump, and we look ahead to Ollie's favourite event of the year: Yellowknife's Grand Prix soapbox derby.
Inside NWT Conservatives' bid to find their candidate for this fall's federal election, plus we hear about the mayor's plumbing background at Skills Canada territorials, take a look inside the new Miniso in Yellowknife, and hear from the daughter of a woman whose name is on a new fund to help NWT office administrators.
Breaking news as a Buffalo Airways DC-3 goes down with the crew unharmed, plus a leader of the Giant Mine clean-up defends the operation over criticisms made by its watchdog. And Leela Gilday is in studio as she releases her first new music in almost five years.
Ruby Slickeur previews her Soulful Bodies burlesque event and gives the inside line on her own career across Canada, plus Dez Loreen discusses plans for a new TV series based on Inuvialuit legends.
A territory mourns as the body of a 15-year-old is found near a Yellowknife trail. Also today: the latest from investigators working on January's Air Tindi plane crash, and two Yellowknifers with MS discuss the supports they use to cope in the NWT.
Running one of the NWT's parks is a matter of bidding for the job and proving you have what it takes. So what do you need, and who might enjoy it? We find out as the parks prepare to open. Plus, a look back at the news the last time it was this cold in Yellowknife on April 30.
Lawyer Caroline Wawzonek explains why she intends to run for office in this fall's territorial election, targeting Yellowknife South - currently the constituency of Premier Bob McLeod.
No bad news on today's show. Ollie talks to two women about their ski trip with a dog named Nanook across the NWT tundra, plus a Yellowknife resident tries to find out where the name "nuisance grounds" for a dump originates.
Rebecca Alty, the Mayor of Yellowknife, responds to concerns about violence on 50 Street – as does Northern News Services, which owns the building in which a day shelter was opened six months ago. Meanwhile, Murray Jones explains why he's calling time on his downtown food truck business.
April Desjarlais, owner of the Finn Hansen building next to Yellowknife's downtown day shelter, describes in detail the assaults she witnesses, threats she has received, and negative impacts she has experienced in the six months since the shelter moved to its new location.
Two criminal defence lawyers discuss what's getting in the way of rehabilitation in the North, plus the NWT's record-breaking Canada goose, and a dog enters legend in Fort Providence.
The owner of the Namushka Lodge describes the three-year rebuild after a wildfire wiped it out in 2016. We also meet the woman behind an Instagram account collecting photos of classic GNWT swag.
If you're planning a four-month canoe trip with two toddlers, this is the podcast for you. Tips on long journeys with little ones from two NWT experts, plus artist and director Jen Walden on the return of her movie, Elijah and the Rock Creature, to Yellowknife.
The leaders of a Fort Smith workshop describe what the reintroduction of handmade ribbon skirts means to the community.
Dead North's founders tell Sarah how they plan to turn the festival into a TV show, plus a literary agent describes what she's looking for when she selects six lucky Northwords winners to receive her mentorship.
Can Yellowknifers be helped to grow more of their own food? The author of a new strategy for the city joins the mayor and Ollie on the show.
A Yellowknife lawyer says the owner of the Hay River highrise may owe his tenants money, not the other way around. Plus, the Grapes of Wrath are in the NWT.
Reporting in the North can mean thousands of dollars just to reach one community. APTN and Up Here magazine describe how they teamed up to help solve that for Nunavut's 20th anniversary. Also: Ptarmicon reveals its theme for 2019 on the show.
A licence is up for grabs to guide tourists down the Nahanni River... but who deserves to get it? Plus we head to the rink as a Californian hockey team comes north.
Robert C McLeod's exit interview after 15 years in NWT politics, looking at the future of the territory and his home town, Inuvik. Also today: the Yellowknife loppet's organizers say despite the heat, the snow looks great.
How a block of ice and a ring transformed Yellowknife's fieldhouse parking lot into a romantic getaway, plus why new aviation workshops in the NWT will focus on women, and the Mayor of Yellowknife discusses Hockey Day in Canada's bid to hold next year's live TV show in the city.
Dr Pertice Moffitt describes a new program in which she joins researchers across Canada to make maternal health work better in remote communities. Plus Monique Chapman explains how she's hoping to clean up the ice road to Dettah.
Fort Resolution is laying people off and says it's broke. Sarah Pruys speaks to the community's mayor and the territorial government officials trying to help balance the books. Plus a look back at 2018 tourism stats, and the hunt for Walt's work - some Walt Humphries originals have gone missing. Can you find them?
Carolyn Bennett, the federal minister for Crown-Indigenous relations, and NWT MP Michael McLeod join Ollie to discuss this year's federal budget and its ramifications for the territory - plus the impact of the SNC-Lavalin affair on Indigenous representation in the Liberal government.
As mediator Vince Ready publishes his binding recommendations, the NWT's finance minister gives his analysis of the deal - and sets out lessons the government and the union can learn. Plus the Long John Jamboree's president explains why organizers chose to relocate to a parking lot for this weekend's festival.
Why Snowking's Winter Festival had to close a week early, plus Yellowknife's mayor Rebecca Alty, and Dr Nicole Redvers, author of a new book which seeks to "bridge the gap" between western and Indigenous medicine.
After a week-long Cabin Radio broadcasting workshop in Fort Simpson, members of the Nahanni Butte Dene Band discuss setting up a radio studio in their community.
An exercise in optimistic entomology: if the heat is causing chaos to humans in the NWT, what's it doing to bugs like mosquitoes and black flies?
With the NWT's record March high smashed in Nahanni Butte, Ollie is joined by an atmospheric science researcher. Plus Don Bubar says his company's mine near Blatchford Lake could open in just two years, and MLA Julie Green reviews an updated code of conduct for the NWT's politicians.
As temperatures almost 20C warmer than normal cook the NWT, Snowking's Winter Festival temporarily closes. Plus the NWT's new ombud is on the show.
Residents describe Friday's fire at the Hay River highrise, while territorial authorities begin working out how to house people who are temporarily - possibly permanently - displaced.
Industry and tourism minister Wally Schumann discusses the planned road to Nunavut and the messy job of finding a way to keep the territory's highway washrooms clean. Plus Sarah Erasmus previews the latest 100 Women Who Give a Damn and Martin Emslander celebrates his newfound status as Yellowknife's 'poopmeister'.
An award-winning movie tells the true story of a Kugluktuk lacrosse team's transformative impact on the community's youth. Ollie is joined by the movie's director, one of its stars, and one of the original Grizzlies.
More rooms, bigger conference facilities -- and those lights on the roof. Ed Romanowski, from hotel operator Nunastar, talks us through the expansion of his Explorer Hotel. Plus an update on a new fast food development on Yellowknife's Old Airport Road.
A measles special: Ollie speaks to the NWT's chief public health officer from Inuvik, where an outbreak has been declared, and a Yellowknife woman describes being sent into quarantine at her home after being exposed to measles at Edmonton Airport last month.
Listen in as MLAs debate the state of the NWT's highway outhouses, plus how researchers believe they are far better-equipped for the next severe wildfire season.
Ollie looks back at a year of Cabin Radio's broadcast news as the station celebrates its first birthday, plus a $10M power plant for Sachs Harbour is announced.
Ollie is back after the Canada Games with a look at federal funding to begin planning a road connecting Highway 4 to Nunavut, and the winners from Dead North.
In a shorter, pre-taped show (Ollie is heading to Red Deer with Team NT for the Canada Games), federal minister Amarjeet Sohi discusses a new fund to help remote communities move away from diesel.
Hear from the NWT winners of $500,000 at last night's Arctic Inspiration Prize ceremony in Whitehorse, plus how a Yellowknife hockey team rescued its California rivals at a tournament in BC.
Yellowknife 25-year-old Nicole Lawson returns from a four-month volunteering trip to Cambodia to share what she learned.
There's no strike, so let's take a moment to talk about something else. As federal money is spent on new lights for Yellowknife Airport's runway, what's the grander plan for the airport itself? We ask the minister responsible.
The latest from the NWT legislature as a strike looms, plus Ollie's Facebook Live strike Q&A, and a trip to Rankin Inlet, where a gymnastics program is captivating the community.
Premier Bob McLeod tells Ollie he believes union activists carried out "illegal job action" in confronting him at a constituency meeting. Also today: Canada learns about land protection from Australia's Indigenous experts, and a chronic disease the Dene Nation fears could decimate the NWT's caribou.
Highlights from a news conference Q&A with union leader Todd Parsons as he serves strike notice on the territorial government, plus one of the NWT's MLAs says it's time he - and other politicians - apologized for letting the dispute reach this point.
A Conservative northern affairs critic sets out his party's agenda for the NWT as we head into an election year, plus the City of Yellowknife waits for a windfall from the territory's budget this week, and NWT Pride's president explains why the organization will fold.
The territorial government is proposing a tax on some sugary drinks. Ollie speaks to a cinema owner, a dietitian, and the NWT's chief public health officer about the tax and its potential impacts.
Al Martin, the president of Air Tindi, speaks of the company's sense of loss following the news two pilots died when their plane came down in a remote area.
In an excerpt from today's show, Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green discusses her attempts to help more women into NWT politics. Note: much of the live show focused on what was, at the time, the wait for more information about a missing Air Tindi flight. We have removed these elements as they have been superseded by later events. Our Friday show will contain a full report on the Air Tindi air crash and the tragic loss of two pilots.
As the polar vortex heads south, we hear about how the armed forces train to escape an icy plunge in -35C -- plus the tale of Ollie's own on-ice (and under-ice) emergency.
At 10am, applications opened. At 10:06am, theirs was complete. At 10:07am, they were told their application was refused as all 27,000 places were full. We examine the federal immigration process that drove a Yellowknife couple to tears this week.
As the NWT's teachers get training in how to code, we hear from one of the people leading that training - and provide some tips on how to keep up if you're a parent who needs some hints.
Industry minister Wally Schumann explains how he believes a big GNWT presence at a Vancouver mining conference can make a difference - and reviews this week's Taltson announcement and its ramifications - while a Yellowknife principal advocates for her school's name to be changed.
We examine the future of the Taltson hydro expansion after a federal minister suggests Ottawa is committed to helping the NWT complete its potentially transformative project, plus Queer City Cinema's Gary Varro joins Ollie in studio.
We talk to the NWT's health minister about the territory's augmented-reality cannabis education campaign and meet the artist behind it, plus the latest from Yellowknife City Hall - including trouble at the library.
After acrimonious posts on Facebook, what's happening to the union bargaining team in Hay River? Plus Carmen Braden explains why she's helping to organize a fundraiser for the NWT's music teachers.
Ollie speaks to the Great Slave Snowmobile Association about the dangers of a hoax call which sparked a major search and rescue, plus there's a fat bike race coming up in Yellowknife this weekend.
The NWT's privacy commissioner has the latest on an investigation into how medical records ended up at Fort Simpson's dump, and students from Chief Sunrise Education Centre – on the Kátł’odeeche First Nation – create projects to melt your heart, helping their community.
Yellowknife artist Terry Pamplin discusses the way chemotherapy is informing his work, as he undergoes a second series of treatments for cancer.
Cabin Radio's Lunchtime News returns for 2019 with a profile of new Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan, plus why three communities are aiming for a "united front" over the NWT's new university. And if you're worried about your property assessment in Yellowknife, listen to this.
Rebecca Alty discusses the city budget, the new public consultation for the proposed pool, and other civic housekeeping. Lunchtime News will be taking a break for the rest of the month. We'll be back in 2019.
Don't be left with a $2 tree you have to cut yourself. Premium, bespoke, artisanal Christmas trees from Saskatchewan are running out; Yellowknife Scouts expect to sell out by Sunday.
Dean Riou of the Federal Investigations Unit in Yellowknife explains the recent cocaine-related charges, how investigations are conducted, and the long-term impacts to drug trafficking activity in Yellowknife.
Sandra Noel is the NWT representative for an organisation that represents children in foster care. In this interview she speaks about YIC Canada, her experiences in foster care, and her plans to advocate at the national level.
The future of a new swimming pool in Yellowknife is set to go to a public vote. Mayor Rebecca Alty explains what's happening.
Ollie interviews MLA Kieron Testart about the merits of switching from consensus by independent politicans to a party system that would lead to more accountability in the territorial government. NWT elections are next year.
Hockey Night in Yellowknife: Sir John vs St. Pat's. Cabin Radio attended the annual championship; post-game interviews for both the girl's and boy's teams are at hand.
3:43 - Girl's Hockey
5:41 - Boy's Hockey
03:42 - Former CBC broadcaster Patti Kay has published a book outlining her transition "from the trapline to the deadline of radio" and her 30 years of experience as a northern journalist following 10 years of hunting and fishing.
03:42 - The YWCA is accused of not doing enough to help victims of the recent residential fire but the head of the charity explains how it operates and what it is doing to help.
14:37 - The Executive Producer for Folk on the Rocks describes the selection process for the summer music festival.
The Long John Jamboree attempts to recover from a $20,000 loss caused by wild weather at its 2018 festival, and a Yellowknife daycare closes amid a range of complaints, angering parents.
A father and son appear in court over the murder of a Yellowknife cab driver, and teams take part in a battle of wits where they play the role of administrators organizing an NWT community in the face of increasing peril.
An airline is considering direct flights from Yellowknife to Toronto, and the NWT Power Corporation says ratepayers must still help foot a repair bill despite new government funding,
An 18-year-old is accused of murdering a Yellowknife cab driver, while the territory says caribou numbers have plunged to a fresh low.
Brent Kaulback, Richard Van Camp, and Eileen Beaver take us inside South Slave-produced movie Three Feathers, which was made in four separate languages and launched on the weekend.
Jamie Koe gives his version of why his rink was kicked out of a World Curling Tour event, plus how a house cat survived six weeks on the Yellowknife streets.
Mayor Rebecca Alty on pushing for more federal money and how a strike might affect the City, plus Casey Koyczan debuts a new track,
Wally Schumann, the NWT's industry, tourism, investment, and infrastructure minister, joins Ollie for an in-depth look at the territory's economic prospects.
An emotional interview with Stacie Smith as she predicts the failure of her Yellowknife business Flowers North, plus the NWT's flu season begins, pressure to make an abortion pill free to all, and Carmen Braden begins work on a new album.
Ollie heads to Behchoko to meet two social workers who help the community's children and families, following recent criticism of Child and Family Services.
The new Mayor of Yellowknife, Rebecca Alty, talks Cabin Radio through her first week in office and the city's draft budget.
Yellowknife photographer Angela Gzowski goes behind the scenes on a Netflix hit, and Movember pits two NWT airlines against each other.
The Democrats seize the House of Representatives, plus Air North boss Joe Sparling explains the future of his airline's Yellowknife-Ottawa flights.
Dr Kami Kandola discusses her role as the NWT's new chief public health officer, Chris Gillander makes his pitch for your vote in Yellowknife, and we remember Gaby Barbier.
Yellowknife mayoral candidate Jerald Sibbeston is interviewed, plus director Jen Walden on NWT feature Elijah and the Rock Creature.
Ollie joins teens jumping from the Yellowknife River bridge, and a woman helping the city's homeless finds her own home is now full – to bursting – of donated items.
Adrian Bell resigns as Yellowknife's deputy mayor, and a Cabin Radio host plans a run for election with a platform based on Walt Humphries paintings.
Trans Mountain expansion approvals are halted by a federal court, Yellowknife's bike park plans get a boost, and how an airline reunited a Yellowknifer with her lost book.
The findings are published of an inquiry into how harassment allegations at Yellowknife's City Hall were handled, and former Giant Mine boss Margaret Kent speaks.
How Yellowknife is losing millions in cold-weather testing revenue, a quiet wildfire season, and the lights on the city's water treatment plant are too bright for some.
The Conservatives say the territories should keep 100 percent of resource royalties, and Fort Smith names an observatory for Canada's first female astronaut.
Yellowknife's Copperhouse restaurant fires its head chef, Music Exchange triumphs in 2018's Win Your Space contest, and a reward is posted for a renegade turtle.
Norman Yakeleya is the new Dene National Chief, RCMP review their treatment of a Yellowknife sexual assault victim, and Sahtu students take flight with NASA.
Pilots' union discusses First Air and Canadian North merger, the siding falls off Yellowknife's Bellanca building, and a trip to the new pop-up pantry.
Bob McLeod stands down the 'red alert', Dominic LeBlanc's first NWT news conference as northern affairs minister, and Yellowknife's fearless, young fundraiser.
Tributes to late Deninu School principal Kate Powell, Yellowknife's mud run is hit by an apparent theft, and a close encounter with a fugitive turtle.
Three people die in a plane crash in the Dehcho, the Tundra Mine is declared fully cleaned up by the federal government, and we preview NWT Pride.
Natan Obed re-elected ITK leader, woman charged over Sushi Café smash, and what caribou poop says about mining.
Yellowknife's Instagram status, needle and syringe concerns in Fort Smith, and the World Wildlife Fund's northern projects.
A Northwest Passage special, plus the risks behind a viral kayaking video over an NWT waterfall.
The Dene sacred tree falls, the NWT smokes more cannabis than most of Canada, and a wonderful Queerlesque wedding.