Northwest Territories News
Charges pending, RCMP say, after man dies on Inuvik-Tuk highway
Police allege an impaired driver caused the death of a man in a "serious motor vehicle accident" on the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway on Saturday evening.
The post Charges pending, RCMP say, after man dies on Inuvik-Tuk highway first appeared on Cabin Radio.Body is discovered in search for missing man near Fort Resolution
Police say a body has been found in the search for a 42-year-old reported missing from the NWT community of Fort Resolution last week.
The post Body is discovered in search for missing man near Fort Resolution first appeared on Cabin Radio.No timeline for PrEP coverage in NWT, minister says
The GNWT says it supports offering HIV prophylactic PrEP in principle but can't commit to a date on which all residents will be able to receive it at no cost.
The post No timeline for PrEP coverage in NWT, minister says first appeared on Cabin Radio.The ‘music and stories’ of ice come to a Yellowknife stage
Pianist Megumi Masaki performs compositions about ice, climate change and the North at NACC next week, featuring the work of Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden.
The post The ‘music and stories’ of ice come to a Yellowknife stage first appeared on Cabin Radio.Indigenous counsellors lead new Yellowknife men’s group
The first graduates from a northern Indigenous counselling program are starting to have an impact in the NWT. Here's an example in Yellowknife.
The post Indigenous counsellors lead new Yellowknife men’s group first appeared on Cabin Radio.Bonuses ‘aren’t off the table’ at Hay River health authority
The boss of Hay River's health authority says work will take place to ensure staff don't miss out on retention bonuses being offered in other NWT communities.
The post Bonuses ‘aren’t off the table’ at Hay River health authority first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tulita hit by 90 km/h gusts with Yellowknife braced for more wind
Thanksgiving brought wind and snow to the Sahtu with similar conditions forecast for Yellowknife on Tuesday. Ulukhaktok, meanwhile, could get a 25-cm snow dump.
The post Tulita hit by 90 km/h gusts with Yellowknife braced for more wind first appeared on Cabin Radio.In pictures: Yellowknife’s Food Rescue preps to fundraise for facility
Yellowknife's Food Rescue says its facility needs upgrade work costing tens of thousands of dollars. We spent a morning there leading up to Thanksgiving.
The post In pictures: Yellowknife’s Food Rescue preps to fundraise for facility first appeared on Cabin Radio.Candidates asked to set out vision for Yellowknife’s arts future
Candidates for Yellowknife's city council faced a series of questions about the arts at a forum hosted by the Yellowknife Artist-Run Community Centre.
The post Candidates asked to set out vision for Yellowknife’s arts future first appeared on Cabin Radio.Dehcho will ‘play hardball’ over devolution, leaders’ council
An obscure council of NWT leaders – a "money and access club," as one MLA calls it – is at the centre of a dispute between the GNWT and Dehcho First Nations.
The post Dehcho will ‘play hardball’ over devolution, leaders’ council first appeared on Cabin Radio.More extreme wind in Sahtu, snow heading to Yellowknife
The Sahtu can expect another unusually windy day on Thanksgiving Monday with heavy snow. In Yellowknife, expect snow on Monday night and throughout Tuesday.
The post More extreme wind in Sahtu, snow heading to Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.Some ballots arrive, some don’t. ‘So far, so good,’ says city
The City of Yellowknife expressed increasing confidence in its election arrangements as ballots began to arrive. (Still, if yours doesn't, here's what to do.)
The post Some ballots arrive, some don’t. ‘So far, so good,’ says city first appeared on Cabin Radio.Permafrost slumps spew carbon into streams, study shows
New research shows how carbon levels in streams depend on what the local permafrost is doing. It's a useful step in understanding a bigger climate picture.
The post Permafrost slumps spew carbon into streams, study shows first appeared on Cabin Radio.Edward Lennie’s sports hall of fame induction is complete
The late Inuvialuit Elder Edward Lennie's induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, as a builder of Arctic sports, took place in a live broadcast.
The post Edward Lennie’s sports hall of fame induction is complete first appeared on Cabin Radio.Films by Tanya Tagaq and KC Carthew headline YK festival
November's Yellowknife International Film Festival features Tanya Tagaq's new documentary and the NWT première of KC Carthew movie Polaris. Watch trailers here.
The post Films by Tanya Tagaq and KC Carthew headline YK festival first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife’s Monkey Tree Pub cleared of Covid-19 charge
A charge that Yellowknife's Monkey Tree Pub broke Covid-19 rules has been dismissed because the prosecution failed to demonstrate the pub had ever been told.
The post Yellowknife’s Monkey Tree Pub cleared of Covid-19 charge first appeared on Cabin Radio.Municipal ballots begin arriving in Yellowknife
They're here! Well, yours might not be – who knows – but some municipal ballots have started landing in Yellowknife mailboxes, 10 days from the voting deadline.
The post Municipal ballots begin arriving in Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.GNWT will rewrite benefits explainer, extend feedback deadline
Following criticism, the GNWT will rewrite materials explaining proposed changes to some health benefits and extend the deadline for feedback.
The post GNWT will rewrite benefits explainer, extend feedback deadline first appeared on Cabin Radio.Hay River healthcare staff won’t get NWT’s new bonuses
Healthcare workers in Hay River won't get the thousands of dollars in new bonuses announced by the NWT government and Union of Northern Workers.
The post Hay River healthcare staff won’t get NWT’s new bonuses first appeared on Cabin Radio.City under pressure to add polling stations over ballot chaos
The City of Yellowknife is facing calls for more polling stations on election day as residents wait for mail-in ballots with just days left to return them.
The post City under pressure to add polling stations over ballot chaos first appeared on Cabin Radio.