Northwest Territories News
Take a Family on the Land program opens for applications
Now in its fourth year, the Take a Family on the Land program will once again offset the cost of land-based experiences so more NWT families can participate.
The post Take a Family on the Land program opens for applications first appeared on Cabin Radio.NorthWords seeks 2024 book award nominations
Are you an NWT author? Did you write an award-worthy book in 2023? NorthWords has opened submissions for its annual book awards.
The post NorthWords seeks 2024 book award nominations first appeared on Cabin Radio.‘If I was going to be homeless, this is how I would want to heal’
A roofing company, a Tłı̨chǫ-language instructor and their supporters are building what they call a tent encampment to help people in Yellowknife without homes.
The post ‘If I was going to be homeless, this is how I would want to heal’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Good Hope barge will be scrapped as low water chaos continues
The NWT government is abandoning another summer barge shipment with Mackenzie River water already at a record low and, if anything, expected to recede further.
The post Fort Good Hope barge will be scrapped as low water chaos continues first appeared on Cabin Radio.Two people uninjured as floatplane comes down south of Fort Smith
Two people escaped unharmed when their light aircraft ran out of fuel and was forced into an emergency landing near Fort Smith, officials said.
The post Two people uninjured as floatplane comes down south of Fort Smith first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT allocates $1.6M for addiction recovery aftercare pilot
The new NWT budget funds a transitional housing pilot project to support people returning from addiction treatment in the south. Here's what we know about it.
The post NWT allocates $1.6M for addiction recovery aftercare pilot first appeared on Cabin Radio.This is a scorpion. Here’s how it got to Yellowknife.
"And then I see this thing with eight legs and pincers, and I'm like... oh my God." This is the tale of a scorpion that showed up in a Yellowknife bathroom.
The post This is a scorpion. Here’s how it got to Yellowknife. first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT politicians call for mental health crisis intervention team
Extending an unusual run of motions seeking GNWT action, regular MLAs unanimously called for mental health intervention teams to work alongside RCMP.
The post NWT politicians call for mental health crisis intervention team first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith opens up timber for residents to collect
Dozens of Fort Smith residents have claimed free permits allowing them access to some of the vast supply of wood generated during 2023 wildfire defence work.
The post Fort Smith opens up timber for residents to collect first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT’s 20th Assembly passes its first budget
All regular MLAs and cabinet members present voted in favour of the NWT's budget, but some politicians expressed disappointment that not all their requests made the cut.
The post NWT’s 20th Assembly passes its first budget first appeared on Cabin Radio.Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation will elect chief and council on July 11
Nominations opened for the Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation's election, to be held in just under a month's time. The chief said he would seek a second term.
The post Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation will elect chief and council on July 11 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Advocates say Yellowknife’s shelter system is in crisis
Shelter operators in Yellowknife say they don't have enough room for the growing number of people who need help. One MLA worries the system is nearing collapse.
The post Advocates say Yellowknife’s shelter system is in crisis first appeared on Cabin Radio.Meet the candidates aspiring to become Yellowknife’s therapy dogs
Yellowknife dogs and their owners lined up this week to try to become therapy dogs. Meet some of the contenders and watch Cabin Radio dog Penny take the test.
The post Meet the candidates aspiring to become Yellowknife’s therapy dogs first appeared on Cabin Radio.Watch: Yellowknife’s new pigeons (and their friend, the cat)
You don't see many pigeons in the NWT. Patrice Lapointe now has eight of them, and they're in Yellowknife for a purpose: to help his dog. We went to meet them.
The post Watch: Yellowknife’s new pigeons (and their friend, the cat) first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT launching new highway conditions map
The NWT is getting a new highway conditions map with cameras and more detail. The old one was a key online destination during the 2023 wildfires.
The post NWT launching new highway conditions map first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith jail and some midwifery funding reinstated in budget
The GNWT reinstated spending worth $13 million in its proposed budget, finding cash to keep Fort Smith's men's jail open and reverse some midwifery cuts.
The post Fort Smith jail and some midwifery funding reinstated in budget first appeared on Cabin Radio.NDP effort to reform Nutrition North program fails
A federal New Democratic motion that pushed for reforms to the Nutrition North program failed to pass in the House of Commons.
The post NDP effort to reform Nutrition North program fails first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT wildfire risk to increase this summer, forecast suggests
Federal officials offering the latest pan-Canadian wildfire forecast said the NWT should expect increased risk in June and July after a quieter start than 2023.
The post NWT wildfire risk to increase this summer, forecast suggests first appeared on Cabin Radio.Mail resumes in Colville Lake after weeks-long delay
Colville Lake residents say they had not received mail for almost a month until parcels started arriving again on Tuesday afternoon.
The post Mail resumes in Colville Lake after weeks-long delay first appeared on Cabin Radio.Removal of sunken Yellowknife vessel to begin ‘as soon as possible’
The Canadian Coast Guard is working to remove a vessel that sank last month from Great Slave Lake near Yellowknife's Giant Mine dock.
The post Removal of sunken Yellowknife vessel to begin ‘as soon as possible’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.