Northwest Territories News
More upheaval at owner of NWT’s Nechalacho rare earths mine
Nechalacho rare earths mine owner Vital Metals is parting company with managing director John Dorward, just months after appointing him.
The post More upheaval at owner of NWT’s Nechalacho rare earths mine first appeared on Cabin Radio.City of Yellowknife sets out how some services will resume
Yellowknife City Hall, the multiplex, fieldhouse, pool, library and visitor centre will all reopen on Tuesday. The dump remains closed until further notice.
The post City of Yellowknife sets out how some services will resume first appeared on Cabin Radio.The NWT still has Canada’s highest median wage. Here’s the data.
New data suggests the median annual wage in the Northwest Territories increased by 11.7 percent from 2019 to 2021, the second-largest increase in Canada.
The post The NWT still has Canada’s highest median wage. Here’s the data. first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tenant must pay $11,000 to cover damages after RCMP drug raid
A tenant must pay more than $11,000 to Hay River's housing authority to cover damage left behind after they tried to barricade a home against an RCMP drug raid.
The post Tenant must pay $11,000 to cover damages after RCMP drug raid first appeared on Cabin Radio.GNWT completes climbdown over Covid-19 leave
The NWT government ended a rule limiting employees to five days of Covid-19 leave per year, effectively completing a climbdown in a dispute over the measure.
The post GNWT completes climbdown over Covid-19 leave first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife paddlers snow-kayak down Bristol Pit
If snowboarding isn't your thing, maybe all you needed was a kayak. Yellowknife paddlers spent their weekend dropping down the slopes of a former gravel pit.
The post Yellowknife paddlers snow-kayak down Bristol Pit first appeared on Cabin Radio.So, you’d like to kayak the Inside Passage. This Yellowknifer did it.
A new YouTube series tracks a Yellowknifer and friend as they spend 72 days kayaking the Inside Passage from BC to Alaska. Read our interview.
The post So, you’d like to kayak the Inside Passage. This Yellowknifer did it. first appeared on Cabin Radio.Cree activist Clayton Thomas-Müller visits Yellowknife
Activist and author Clayton Thomas-Müller hosts a "community reading and conversation" at Yellowknife's Makerspace from noon on Saturday.
The post Cree activist Clayton Thomas-Müller visits Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.City and workers formally accept agreement, ending strike and lockout
City of Yellowknife workers formally ratified a new collective agreement and the deal was authorized by city council, ending a six-week strike and lockout.
The post City and workers formally accept agreement, ending strike and lockout first appeared on Cabin Radio.On St Patrick’s Day, Polar Pond Hockey offers a warm welcome
The bad news? It's kinda warm out. The good news? It's St Patrick's Day. Polar Pond Hockey begins in Hay River with a perfectly timed party.
The post On St Patrick’s Day, Polar Pond Hockey offers a warm welcome first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife’s fourth Javaroma opens on Saturday
After Covid-19 set the business "back 10 years," Javaroma's Rami Kassem says the opening of a new location on Saturday shows things are improving.
The post Yellowknife’s fourth Javaroma opens on Saturday first appeared on Cabin Radio.YK council votes to reallocate Reaching Home funding to GNWT
Yellowknife rerouted $1.3 million in federal cash at the last minute. It'll now go toward a GNWT project creating transitional housing for addictions recovery.
The post YK council votes to reallocate Reaching Home funding to GNWT first appeared on Cabin Radio.Man in Fort McPherson ‘found with 79 baggies of crack’
RCMP in Fort McPherson say a man will face charges after being found in a car with "79 individual baggies believed to be crack cocaine."
The post Man in Fort McPherson ‘found with 79 baggies of crack’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT-built nano-satellite en route to International Space Station
A satellite that launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday was built partly by students from the Northwest Territories. Here's what it'll do.
The post NWT-built nano-satellite en route to International Space Station first appeared on Cabin Radio.Ratification of city deal is now not expected until next week
Ratification of a deal that would end Yellowknife's municipal strike and lockout is now highly unlikely to take place before next week, Cabin Radio understands.
The post Ratification of city deal is now not expected until next week first appeared on Cabin Radio.Ernest Monias and Johnny Landry are coming to Nahanni Butte
It may be Nahanni Butte's biggest-ever show: the legendary Ernest Monias is playing at the Dehcho community's spring carnival this weekend.
The post Ernest Monias and Johnny Landry are coming to Nahanni Butte first appeared on Cabin Radio.Illustrator joins team rebuilding NWT research station
An illustrator is joining work to repair an NWT research station hit by a wildfire, with the intention of eventually creating a graphic novel about the site.
The post Illustrator joins team rebuilding NWT research station first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith set to reactivate post-secondary committee
The Town of Fort Smith will bring back a committee dedicated to preserving the community's voice within the transformation of Aurora College.
The post Fort Smith set to reactivate post-secondary committee first appeared on Cabin Radio.After ‘worst-case’ 2022, Hay River prepares for another breakup
The Town of Hay River held a public meeting ahead of spring breakup, with many residents still working to recover from last year's devastating flood.
The post After ‘worst-case’ 2022, Hay River prepares for another breakup first appeared on Cabin Radio.They planned a water summit. Then Kearl happened.
A Dene Nation water summit being held this week has taken on new urgency as delegates deal with the fallout from Imperial Oil's Kearl tailings spills.
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