Northwest Territories News
Hay River YouTube channel delivers jet boat blast from the past
Watch a TSN jet boat documentary shot in Hay River nearly 40 years ago and a 10-minute video designed to sell the town to tourists in the mid-1980s.
The post Hay River YouTube channel delivers jet boat blast from the past first appeared on Cabin Radio.Man charged after hundreds of false calls to NWT RCMP
Police in Fort Smith say a man faces a charge of public mischief after placing "hundreds" of false, often silent calls to RCMP over the past year.
The post Man charged after hundreds of false calls to NWT RCMP first appeared on Cabin Radio.MLAs seek feedback from artists on NWT Arts Strategy
Two committees of Northwest Territories MLAs are asking for residents to send their feedback about the NWT Arts Strategy, a year and a half after its release.
The post MLAs seek feedback from artists on NWT Arts Strategy first appeared on Cabin Radio.Inuvik runway extension will now cost $230M, Ottawa says
Work to extend Inuvik's airport runway by 3,000 feet will now cost $230 million, $80 million more than initially announced in 2019, the federal government says.
The post Inuvik runway extension will now cost $230M, Ottawa says first appeared on Cabin Radio.Stolen car stopped in Behchokǫ̀ with items from YK apartments
A stolen car found in Behchokǫ̀ early on Thursday morning contained items taken from apartments in Yellowknife overnight, police say. The driver fled the scene.
The post Stolen car stopped in Behchokǫ̀ with items from YK apartments first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife schools reissue plea for people to become bus drivers
With some bus routes cancelled, Yellowknife's schools urged anyone interested in becoming a driver to apply. "All options are being investigated," they said.
The post Yellowknife schools reissue plea for people to become bus drivers first appeared on Cabin Radio.New program tries to help Hay River families cope with addiction
Hay River's health authority is introducing a program to help families affected by addiction following a reported escalation of drug activity in the town.
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"Theoretically, almost everyone would be getting back what they've paid in." The NWT's finance minister defended proposed carbon tax changes to meet federal demands.
The post NWT’s revised carbon tax ‘still better than any alternative’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife’s target areas for infill housing are scrutinized
Why have five Yellowknife areas been selected as priorities for more housing, and are they the right choices? Councillors and staff tackled those questions.
The post Yellowknife’s target areas for infill housing are scrutinized first appeared on Cabin Radio.‘Overwhelming majority’ of voting city staff choose to strike
The unions representing City of Yellowknife workers say an "overwhelming majority" of voting unionized municipal staff have backed strike action.
The post ‘Overwhelming majority’ of voting city staff choose to strike first appeared on Cabin Radio.Inuvik-Tuk Highway to receive $14M ‘rehabilitation’
The NWT and federal governments are spending $14 million to raise areas of Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway embankment, improving road safety and reliability.
The post Inuvik-Tuk Highway to receive $14M ‘rehabilitation’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife prices rose a historic seven percent in 2022
Yellowknife had a 2022 inflation rate of seven percent, pushing up the cost of living at a pace never previously seen in the city, newly published data shows.
The post Yellowknife prices rose a historic seven percent in 2022 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Half a century after being drafted, Vic Mercredi gets a hockey card
The NWT's Vic Mercredi is among eight Indigenous former NHL players who now have their own hockey cards, 50 years after he was first drafted to the league.
The post Half a century after being drafted, Vic Mercredi gets a hockey card first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT coalition’s first Black History Month events set for February
The NWT's Black Advocacy Coalition has lined up Black History Month events spanning visual arts, cooking, music, literature, dance and more.
The post NWT coalition’s first Black History Month events set for February first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Good Hope passenger ‘carried $20K of crack’
A woman trying to reach Fort Good Hope with 147 grams of crack cocaine was arrested at a Yellowknife air terminal, police said.
The post Fort Good Hope passenger ‘carried $20K of crack’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.Technicians working on Beaufort Delta, Sahtu telecoms outage
Northwestel says technicians are trying to fix a problem that is affecting internet and phone services across a number of Beaufort Delta and Sahtu communities.
The post Technicians working on Beaufort Delta, Sahtu telecoms outage first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife asked to step in as 2026 Arctic Winter Games host
Arctic Winter Games organizers want Yellowknife to step in after Russia's bid to host in 2026 was scrapped. But the event may be beyond the city's means.
The post Yellowknife asked to step in as 2026 Arctic Winter Games host first appeared on Cabin Radio.Is the GNWT’s climate change progress reporting too complicated?
Struggling to understand if the NWT is hitting its climate change targets? You're not alone. Two experts said some GNWT reporting amounts to "gobbledygook."
The post Is the GNWT’s climate change progress reporting too complicated? first appeared on Cabin Radio.One kitchen, two visions for the Monkey Tree and Coyote’s
Food returns to Yellowknife's Monkey Tree Pub this week in an unusual format: it'll be cooked by the owner of another restaurant brand, who's moving next door.
The post One kitchen, two visions for the Monkey Tree and Coyote’s first appeared on Cabin Radio.City of Yellowknife workers head to Tuesday strike vote
Most unionized City of Yellowknife workers are being asked to vote on potential strike action at a series of union-led meetings on Tuesday.
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