Northwest Territories News
Yellowknife plans to implement hotel levy in April 2025
A 4% Yellowknife hotel levy (that also affects the likes of Airbnbs) is set to kick in on April 1 next year. City Hall will use the revenue to support tourism.
The post Yellowknife plans to implement hotel levy in April 2025 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Hay River RCMP charge Toronto man with drug trafficking
RCMP say this is the third time this year they have charged a 39-year-old man from Toronto with drug trafficking in the NWT.
The post Hay River RCMP charge Toronto man with drug trafficking first appeared on Cabin Radio.Feds announce $758K for NWT gender equality programs
Ottawa announced $758,241 in funding for Foxy and Qmunity Camp NWT to support efforts to address gender-based violence and 2SLGBTQIPA+ equality.
The post Feds announce $758K for NWT gender equality programs first appeared on Cabin Radio.Still Dark Festival announces final wave of performers
Yellowknife's newest winter music festival has announced its second and final wave of performers. It includes artists from the NWT and elsewhere in Canada.
The post Still Dark Festival announces final wave of performers first appeared on Cabin Radio.Meet some of the voices central to Fort Smith’s drug awareness drive
Fort Smith residents spent the past week trying to create a dialogue about drugs and healing through a series of meetings. These people told us their stories.
The post Meet some of the voices central to Fort Smith’s drug awareness drive first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Providence grapples with new set of water problems
Fort Providence water supply problems have been compounded by some residents' fear that theirs may be contaminated. The mayor says issues will soon be solved.
The post Fort Providence grapples with new set of water problems first appeared on Cabin Radio.Canada Post says ‘limited progress’ in talks to end strike
Canada Post said on Sunday there had been no major weekend developments in mediated talks designed to end a strike that has now lasted for more than a week.
The post Canada Post says ‘limited progress’ in talks to end strike first appeared on Cabin Radio.In pictures: Grinch takes over Yellowknife’s Santa Claus parade
Neon green lights and Grinches took over Yellowknife's 2024 Santa Claus parade. Check out our photographer's best shots from the night.
The post In pictures: Grinch takes over Yellowknife’s Santa Claus parade first appeared on Cabin Radio.Listen: The Grinch’s best bits from the Santa Claus parade
The Grinch stepped in as guest host of our Santa Claus parade special – and became increasingly giddy with glee as Cabin Radio struggled to find its own float.
The post Listen: The Grinch’s best bits from the Santa Claus parade first appeared on Cabin Radio.Listen: Returning to one of YK’s worst moments, three decades later
More than 30 years after a deadly explosion during a strike at Yellowknife's Giant Mine, Lee Selleck tells Cabin Talks there is more to say about what happened.
The post Listen: Returning to one of YK’s worst moments, three decades later first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tłı̨chǫ Arts launches new line of tea and fireweed syrup
Tłı̨chǫ members and a firm that makes products from wild plants joined forces to create a tea and fireweed syrup. You can try them in Yellowknife this weekend.
The post Tłı̨chǫ Arts launches new line of tea and fireweed syrup first appeared on Cabin Radio.Do not feed Yellowknife’s sick-looking fox, GNWT says
An odd-looking Yellowknife fox dubbed Anubis keeps attracting attention – perhaps too much. Its condition has been "worsened by human feeding," the GNWT said.
The post Do not feed Yellowknife’s sick-looking fox, GNWT says first appeared on Cabin Radio.Regulator pushes back decision on Imperial environmental assessment
The Mackenzie Valley Review Board said it needed more time to decide if an environmental assessment of Imperial Oil's Norman Wells facility should go ahead.
The post Regulator pushes back decision on Imperial environmental assessment first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Simpson Housing Authority strike to end
A strike at the Fort Simpson Housing Authority that lasted for more than a month and a half is coming to an end, the union involved says.
The post Fort Simpson Housing Authority strike to end first appeared on Cabin Radio.Listen to Cabin Radio’s Santa Claus parade special on Saturday
Yellowknife's Santa Claus parade begins at 5pm on Saturday. Join Cabin Radio for the best holiday music alongside live updates from the event.
The post Listen to Cabin Radio’s Santa Claus parade special on Saturday first appeared on Cabin Radio.Premier appoints new bosses for Housing NWT, ECC
Housing NWT will have a new president from next week and the Department of Environment and Climate Change will have a new deputy minister, the premier said.
The post Premier appoints new bosses for Housing NWT, ECC first appeared on Cabin Radio.Buffalo seeks next generation of pilots to fight wildfires
Buffalo Airways wants pilots in the North to sign up for training with new two-seater aircraft that teach them how to fight wildfires from the air.
The post Buffalo seeks next generation of pilots to fight wildfires first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tree of Peace to host Yellowknife addictions awareness walk
Yellowknife's Tree of Peace Friendship Centre will host a walk to mark National Addictions Awareness Week on Monday. This year's theme is "forging connections."
The post Tree of Peace to host Yellowknife addictions awareness walk first appeared on Cabin Radio.Day of Remembrance vigil at NWT legislature on December 6
Five organizations will together hold a vigil at the territorial legislature on the National Day of Remembrance, December 6.
The post Day of Remembrance vigil at NWT legislature on December 6 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Snowkings’ Winter Festival launches 2025 reverse raffle
Yellowknife's best-known winter festival began its annual tradition of a reverse raffle in which residents' names are slowly drawn until a lone winner remains.
The post Snowkings’ Winter Festival launches 2025 reverse raffle first appeared on Cabin Radio.