Northwest Territories News
Watch: Extreme Duck Racing 2023
Did you win WestJet flights or a Canadian Tire gift card? Or do you just want to see rubber ducks take on waterfalls? Watch Extreme Duck Racing right here.
The post Watch: Extreme Duck Racing 2023 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Prime Minister to visit Yellowknife
Justin Trudeau will visit Yellowknife this week, his first trip to the territorial capital in years. The full itinerary isn't yet clear.
The post Prime Minister to visit Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.What long-term health consequences will NWT wildfire smoke have?
Most of us just spent months breathing wildfire smoke. What does that actually do to humans? Scientists are still finding that out, but it won't be good.
The post What long-term health consequences will NWT wildfire smoke have? first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tenants begin moving into Nordic Arms after Housing NWT takeover
After a year of upgrade work, tenants are moving into Yellowknife's Nordic Arms – which Housing NWT is using to reduce its reliance on big private landlords.
The post Tenants begin moving into Nordic Arms after Housing NWT takeover first appeared on Cabin Radio.What would you ask the Prime Minister?
What would you ask the Prime Minister? Let us know your questions for Justin Trudeau about issues affecting the NWT and Canada.
The post What would you ask the Prime Minister? first appeared on Cabin Radio.Snowfall warning for Norman Wells and Tulita
Up to 15 cm of snow could fall in the Norman Wells and Tulita region of the Sahtu on Thanksgiving Sunday, Environment Canada says.
The post Snowfall warning for Norman Wells and Tulita first appeared on Cabin Radio.Coming Tuesday: Extreme Duck Racing 2023
Each year, we send rubber ducks over waterfalls for charity. Go behind the scenes at Extreme Duck Racing ahead of Tuesday morning's race broadcast.
The post Coming Tuesday: Extreme Duck Racing 2023 first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT will push for indoor clean-air shelters, cheap purifiers
The NWT's chief public health officer is working on helping communities to establish clean-air shelters and buy cheap purifiers ahead of the next megafires.
The post NWT will push for indoor clean-air shelters, cheap purifiers first appeared on Cabin Radio.What to watch at the 2023 Yellowknife International Film Festival
Yellowknife's annual film festival, YKIFF, runs from October 28 to November 5. Here's a guide to what's playing at the 2023 edition.
The post What to watch at the 2023 Yellowknife International Film Festival first appeared on Cabin Radio.Stabbing reported outside Yellowknife’s downtown liquor store
A man required treatment from paramedics after an apparent stabbing outside Yellowknife's downtown liquor store on Saturday evening.
The post Stabbing reported outside Yellowknife’s downtown liquor store first appeared on Cabin Radio.Impaired driver hurts officer and security guard, police say
RCMP in Yellowknife say an impaired 20-year-old driver hit a police car at speed, injuring an officer, having earlier struck a security guard.
The post Impaired driver hurts officer and security guard, police say first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tell us your evacuation experience in 100 words
Everyone has a different story from this summer's NWT wildfires and evacuations. Tell us about the moment or mental image you'll always remember.
The post Tell us your evacuation experience in 100 words first appeared on Cabin Radio.As finale, 19th Assembly fines Nokleby and passes capital budget
The 19th Assembly of the NWT legislature petered out on Friday by fining one of its own members, a final act that served as shorthand for the past four years.
The post As finale, 19th Assembly fines Nokleby and passes capital budget first appeared on Cabin Radio.Jackie Jacobson says he won’t seek re-election in Nunakput
Nunakput MLA Jackie Jacobson, who represented the NWT's northernmost communities for 12 years, says he won't seek re-election.
The post Jackie Jacobson says he won’t seek re-election in Nunakput first appeared on Cabin Radio.Some Yellowknifers still missing after evacuation, society says
Yellowknife's evacuation left vulnerable people at huge risk and some are still not accounted for, the city's women's society said in a damning account.
The post Some Yellowknifers still missing after evacuation, society says first appeared on Cabin Radio.Two Gwich’in presidents removed on volatile final day of assembly
Two Gwich'in presidents were permanently removed and a delegation briefly walked out as the 2023 annual assembly concluded.
The post Two Gwich’in presidents removed on volatile final day of assembly first appeared on Cabin Radio.Temperatures set to rebound for NWT’s Thanksgiving weekend
There's rain and snow in the air – which, after the summer the NWT has had, is no bad thing, But temperatures should warm up again over Thanksgiving.
The post Temperatures set to rebound for NWT’s Thanksgiving weekend first appeared on Cabin Radio.‘We don’t even know Tin Can Hill is going to be the location’
The GNWT appeared to cool just slightly on turning Yellowknife's Tin Can Hill into a polytechnic university site, acknowledging the location wasn't a certainty.
The post ‘We don’t even know Tin Can Hill is going to be the location’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.Wheels begin to turn on new NWT trauma healing lodge
Indigenous counselling group Dene Wellness Warriors' plans for an NWT trauma healing lodge are beginning to advance, despite a wildfire-related setback.
The post Wheels begin to turn on new NWT trauma healing lodge first appeared on Cabin Radio.Telling Our Story docuseries to ‘rectify history’
In their own words and languages, Indigenous peoples across Canada feature in a new four-part docuseries now streaming on CBC Gem.
The post Telling Our Story docuseries to ‘rectify history’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.