Northwest Territories News
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.Income assistance staff are overburdened, NWT ombud says
The NWT's income assistance workers have too much work and not enough support, the territory's ombud concludes in a new report.
The post Income assistance staff are overburdened, NWT ombud says first appeared on Cabin Radio.Search continues for 42-year-old missing near Fort Resolution
Fort Resolution RCMP said they were scaling back some aspects of the search for a 42-year-old missing after a Monday boating incident, but the search continues.
The post Search continues for 42-year-old missing near Fort Resolution first appeared on Cabin Radio.Nahanni Butte band manager wins award after award
"He just wants to build up Nahanni Butte in every way." Band manager Soham Srimani won three awards in a month for his work running the small Dehcho community.
The post Nahanni Butte band manager wins award after award first appeared on Cabin Radio.Alaska Daily, partly filmed in Dettah, debuts on Thursday
Alaska Daily, the show filmed in Dettah for two days last month, airs its first episode on Thursday. Here's how to watch and when to expect Dettah on-screen.
The post Alaska Daily, partly filmed in Dettah, debuts on Thursday first appeared on Cabin Radio.