Northwest Territories News
NWT to release 2023-24 budget as legislature reconvenes
NWT finance minister Caroline Wawzonek will on Wednesday release the territory's proposed budget for 2023-24 as MLAs resume sitting at the legislature.
The post NWT to release 2023-24 budget as legislature reconvenes first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT premier and provinces, territories to meet Trudeau over healthcare
As Canada's premiers seek more federal health funding, Caroline Cochrane said the existing per-capita payment plan cannot meet the NWT's "extraordinary" needs.
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The owner of Yellowknife's Mainstreet Pizza says he has sold the business and will focus on his remaining donair outlet on Franklin Avenue.
The post Yellowknife’s Mainstreet Pizza ‘sold to new owner’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.YWCA NWT launches Welcome Home campaign to furnish units
YWCA NWT is launching a campaign to raise funds that will help furnish a 21-unit family housing building under construction in downtown Yellowknife.
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"It's a new experience and it's been really fun." The Arctic Winter Games offer some sets of siblings the rare opportunity to appear together on one team.
The post Three kids, same family, same team at the Arctic Winter Games first appeared on Cabin Radio.Young YK musicians await anniversary concert and a student’s return
The Yellowknife Music Festival will showcase the city's music students on Saturday before St Pat's alumnus Johnathan Raine performs at NACC on Sunday.
The post Young YK musicians await anniversary concert and a student’s return first appeared on Cabin Radio.Indigenous energy advisor training begins in Yellowknife
"They said we can get a job anywhere." A dozen people met for the first in-person segment of an NWT program preparing them to be energy efficiency experts.
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The City of Yellowknife says unionized workers have declared they'll strike on Wednesday. The unions say the city is preparing to lock those workers out.
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Callum MacLean scored the game-winning overtime goal as the NWT's U16 male hockey team upset hosts Alberta North to win Arctic Winter Games gold.
The post NWT defeats Alberta North in overtime for U16 male hockey gold first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT archer wins silver ulu despite mid-match food poisoning
Em Gilmour, 12, delivered a heroic performance for Team NT on Friday to win a silver archery ulu despite persistent bouts of food poisoning.
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Speed skater Sage Acorn will carry the NWT flag into Saturday's Arctic Winter Games closing ceremony after winning four individual gold ulus this week.
The post Sage Acorn to carry NWT flag at Arctic Winter Games closing ceremony first appeared on Cabin Radio.Eugene Hope elected chief of Acho Dene Koe First Nation
Eugene Hope will once more become chief of the Acho Dene Koe Nation after receiving 149 of 318 votes in an election on Thursday, 59 more than his nearest rival.
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The City of Yellowknife and unions representing its workers will hold new talks early next week with the possibility of strike action if no deal is reached.
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The federal government abandoned amendments to proposed gun legislation that Indigenous groups had opposed. The move followed a meeting with NWT leaders.
The post Ottawa drops firearms bill amendments after NWT meeting first appeared on Cabin Radio.Loutitt, with Gwich’in roots, is new ski jump junior world champion
Alexandria Loutitt, a Nihtat Gwich’in member, is the new women's ski jump junior world champion after victory in Whistler on Thursday.
The post Loutitt, with Gwich’in roots, is new ski jump junior world champion first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tsiigehtchic moves closer to switch from charter to hamlet
Tsiigehtchic appears set to change from a charter community to a hamlet, a process some members of the community have pursued for years.
The post Tsiigehtchic moves closer to switch from charter to hamlet first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT introduces new guidance to help artists sell their work
The NWT government is running a series of workshops designed to help the territory's artists better understand how to price and sell their work.
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Assembly of First Nations leaders will campaign for a monument on Parliament Hill to recognize atrocities committed by the British and Canadian governments.
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Team NT's female curlers won the territory's first Arctic Winter Games title in the sport for more than a decade, defeating Alberta North 10-4.
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For the second time in half a year, the NWT government says nobody has come forward to run Yellowknife's day shelter and sobering centre.
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