Northwest Territories News
GNWT prioritizing Calgary airlifts to Yellowknife over hotel issue
The GNWT says evacuee flights back to Yellowknife from Calgary are being prioritized to help head off a crunch in the Alberta city's hotel availability.
The post GNWT prioritizing Calgary airlifts to Yellowknife over hotel issue first appeared on Cabin Radio.Get Out, Get Home, Get Down: Cabin Radio’s evacuee playlist
With your help, we made a playlist to accompany your days as an evacuee or your long drive home. These are the evacuation tracks you picked.
The post Get Out, Get Home, Get Down: Cabin Radio’s evacuee playlist first appeared on Cabin Radio.How a crew of Yellowknifers fed workers in their evacuated city
These Yellowknifers created extraordinary meals from anything left in stores and gardens to feed firefighters defending the evacuated city. Here's their story.
The post How a crew of Yellowknifers fed workers in their evacuated city first appeared on Cabin Radio.At last, the Northwest Territories starts to get a little cooler
Temperatures across the Northwest Territories are descending toward seasonal norms this week, a welcome break from a summer of sustained heat – and fires.
The post At last, the Northwest Territories starts to get a little cooler first appeared on Cabin Radio.As it happened: Essential workers start return to Yellowknife
Updates from Monday as Yellowknife essential workers began heading home and wildfires burned outside Hay River and Fort Smith.
The post As it happened: Essential workers start return to Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith’s deputy mayor says he’ll run for MLA
The deputy mayor of Fort Smith is preparing to run against incumbent MLA Frieda Martselos in this fall's territorial election.
The post Fort Smith’s deputy mayor says he’ll run for MLA first appeared on Cabin Radio.Chief Ernest Betsina is sworn in as Dettah’s leader
Ernest Betsina has begun his role as Chief of Dettah, taking over from the outgoing Edward Sangris, the Yellowknives Dene First Nation said.
The post Chief Ernest Betsina is sworn in as Dettah’s leader first appeared on Cabin Radio.YK drive home: Expect more police and Big River traffic controls
Extra RCMP vehicles will be on the highways home to Yellowknife. There'll be special measures in Fort Providence to help you get gas (or get around the line).
The post YK drive home: Expect more police and Big River traffic controls first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT wildfire evacuees, how are you coping?
Our reporter spent weeks struggling to write about the mental health effects of this wildfire season – till she realized all the effects were happening to her.
The post NWT wildfire evacuees, how are you coping? first appeared on Cabin Radio.In Tłı̨chǫ communities, YK evacuation feels like ‘total overreaction’
"We can't get any food in." Officials in Wekweètì and Gamètì described the supply breakdown with Yellowknife empty – and one queried the capital's evacuation.
The post In Tłı̨chǫ communities, YK evacuation feels like ‘total overreaction’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.In pictures: Fort Simpson celebrates end of summer with street festival
"With the season we're having, we thought we'd generate some community spirit." Fort Simpson took to the streets, celebrating the last long weekend of summer.
The post In pictures: Fort Simpson celebrates end of summer with street festival first appeared on Cabin Radio.As it happened: Sunday updates on the NWT’s wildfire crisis
Updates from Sunday as NWT fire crews continued to hold back fires outside Hay River and Fort Smith, and Yellowknifers planned the trip home.
The post As it happened: Sunday updates on the NWT’s wildfire crisis first appeared on Cabin Radio.Will my Yellowknife commercial flight go ahead? It’s hard to know.
Restarting commercial flights into and out of Yellowknife is a complex process, officials say, and pinning down a safe date to book a flight is tricky.
The post Will my Yellowknife commercial flight go ahead? It’s hard to know. first appeared on Cabin Radio.Area burned by wildfires surpasses NWT’s 2014 record
The area burned by wildfires across the Northwest Territories this year has now surpassed the record set in 2014, itself a memorably bad summer.
The post Area burned by wildfires surpasses NWT’s 2014 record first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife area schools will restart on September 14
Yellowknife's school districts say school will restart on September 14, just over a week after the city's planned reopening following a three-week evacuation.
The post Yellowknife area schools will restart on September 14 first appeared on Cabin Radio.GNWT opens ‘pre-registration process’ for flights back to Yellowknife
The NWT government opened a "pre-registration" website for people needing flights back to Yellowknife when the evacuation order lifts.
The post GNWT opens ‘pre-registration process’ for flights back to Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.Returning to Yellowknife: Questions and answers
Planning your return to Yellowknife? Read our comprehensive guide to questions people have asked and answers we've received.
The post Returning to Yellowknife: Questions and answers first appeared on Cabin Radio.Police report ‘altercation outside bar’ in evacuated Yellowknife
While evacuees have been more worried about looting, the only thing RCMP in Yellowknife have had to report for weeks is a fight near a bar on Friday night.
The post Police report ‘altercation outside bar’ in evacuated Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.The devastation of Enterprise and its path to recovery
One of the most extreme wildfires the NWT has ever seen all but wiped out the hamlet of Enterprise. This is the situation now and the path ahead.
The post The devastation of Enterprise and its path to recovery first appeared on Cabin Radio.As it happened: More details about Yellowknife’s return home
Updates from a Saturday GNWT press conference about Yellowknife evacuees' return home next week, plus the continuing South Slave fires.
The post As it happened: More details about Yellowknife’s return home first appeared on Cabin Radio.