Northwest Territories News
Blachford staff, suddenly jobless, feel ‘robbed and humiliated’
As Blachford Lake Lodge entered bankruptcy proceedings, six former staff members said they had been told nothing and were left stranded with missing pay.
The post Blachford staff, suddenly jobless, feel ‘robbed and humiliated’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.At last, more than a month’s recycling liberated from YK homes
Blue bins are returning to Yellowknife, just as some residents were about to disappear beneath a mountain of recycling. Was your pile as bad as these?
The post At last, more than a month’s recycling liberated from YK homes first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife’s solid waste facility will fully reopen on Tuesday
Yellowknife's dump will reopen to contractors on Monday and all residents from 11am on Tuesday, the city said. Blue recycling bins are already reappearing.
The post Yellowknife’s solid waste facility will fully reopen on Tuesday first appeared on Cabin Radio.Munya Mataruse tells his Zimbabwe-to-YK story at NACC
On Saturday, musician Munya Mataruse shares songs and the story of his journey from Zimbabwe to Yellowknife at NACC. Listen to two tracks here.
The post Munya Mataruse tells his Zimbabwe-to-YK story at NACC first appeared on Cabin Radio.Northern lights deliver stunning show over Yellowknife
The northern lights had a blockbuster night over Yellowknife, the result of an unexpectedly severe geomagnetic storm that experts say hasn't happened for years.
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Stephen Kakfwi, the Northwest Territories' premier from 2000 to 2003, publishes a memoir of his life on Friday.
The post Former NWT premier Stephen Kakfwi publishes memoir first appeared on Cabin Radio.Łutsël K’é leader queries lack of progress on camp search review
The Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation says it is "disheartened" that an investigation has not begun into wildlife officers' controversial search of a cultural camp.
The post Łutsël K’é leader queries lack of progress on camp search review first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife couple win $100,000 lottery prize
A Yellowknife couple are $100,000 richer after winning a Set For Life instant lottery prize, the Western Canada Lottery Corporation says.
The post Yellowknife couple win $100,000 lottery prize first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT’s population dropped by 217 people in 2022
Newly released data suggests the Northwest Territories' population shrank by 217 people, or 0.5 percent, between January 2022 and January 2023.
The post NWT’s population dropped by 217 people in 2022 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Hay River highrise stars in new book and exhibition
Hay River's highrise forms the centrepiece of a new book to be published in May and an exhibition that opens this week at Toronto's Pari Nadimi Gallery.
The post Hay River highrise stars in new book and exhibition first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith RCMP want more help tracking drug dealers
RCMP in Fort Smith say they need more information from residents to help catch "big players" in the town's drug-dealing industry.
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One of the NWT's best-known tourist lodges says it is shutting down. Blachford Lake Lodge said it had laid off all staff and is now for sale for $3.9 million.
The post Blachford Lake Lodge ‘ceasing operations,’ listed for sale first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT Indigenous leaders call for investigation of oil sands’ impacts
Leaders of northern Indigenous peoples are calling for a "full, independent investigation" of the downstream impacts of oil sands pollution.
The post NWT Indigenous leaders call for investigation of oil sands’ impacts first appeared on Cabin Radio.Still no sign of Yellowknife food price increases slowing
The cost of food in Yellowknife is increasing more rapidly than ever, even as inflation more broadly continues to ease. Prices are up 13 percent year on year.
The post Still no sign of Yellowknife food price increases slowing first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT opens more illegal caribou harvesting investigations
A fresh case of illegal caribou harvesting on the winter road northeast of Yellowknife is being investigated, the NWT government says.
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NorthWords, the NWT's annual literary festival, is seeking writers and storytellers "of all kinds and representing all genres" for this summer's program.
The post NorthWords seeks submissions for 2023 festival program first appeared on Cabin Radio.Diavik ‘taking leak seriously,’ repairs held up by weather
Diavik said workers need weather to improve before a broken pipeline responsible for a large leak can be fixed. Meanwhile, a new leak at the mine was confirmed.
The post Diavik ‘taking leak seriously,’ repairs held up by weather first appeared on Cabin Radio.Diavik took more than a month to report large spill, GNWT says
The GNWT says Diavik took more than a month to report a large wastewater spill. The spill went into a containment pond with "no release to the environment."
The post Diavik took more than a month to report large spill, GNWT says first appeared on Cabin Radio.In pictures: A weekend with Ernest Monias in Nahanni Butte
Iconic Indigenous musician Ernest Monias treated Nahanni Butte to a unique live performance at the Dehcho community's annual Spring Carnival. Take a look.
The post In pictures: A weekend with Ernest Monias in Nahanni Butte first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT and Yukon testing cold-climate heat pumps
Heat pumps could be climate-friendly heating solutions for the North – if using them proves economical and technically feasible. Two projects aim to find out.
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