Northwest Territories News
Blachford owed $3.41M, bankruptcy documents suggest
Blachford Lake Lodge was in significant debt, bankruptcy documents suggest. Meanwhile, tourists asked why payments were taken so close to the company's failure.
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Yellowknife civil servants will have Friday afternoon off after council granted a half-day civic holiday for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation spring carnival.
The post YK’s spring carnival half-day civic holiday is confirmed first appeared on Cabin Radio.A loan forgiven and a church ‘that’s really ours’ in Fort Simpson
"A complicated place for me to be." The story of a church in Fort Simpson illuminates how Dene parishioners blend Catholicism with their own spirituality.
The post A loan forgiven and a church ‘that’s really ours’ in Fort Simpson first appeared on Cabin Radio.Giant Mine needs hundreds of workers at a time. Staying, uh, where?
The Giant Mine remediation will need accommodation for 100 or more workers every year until 2038. In Yellowknife's housing market, that could be a problem.
The post Giant Mine needs hundreds of workers at a time. Staying, uh, where? first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife’s Canadian Tire changes ownership
The owners of Yellowknife's Canadian Tire are moving on after four years in the city. The store will be under new ownership from Thursday.
The post Yellowknife’s Canadian Tire changes ownership first appeared on Cabin Radio.Blachford owner issues statement after lodge’s abrupt closure
The owner of Blachford Lake Lodge said "extreme inflationary pressures" and medical concerns contributed to the sudden demise of the business last week.
The post Blachford owner issues statement after lodge’s abrupt closure first appeared on Cabin Radio.Arctic Canada Construction fined over Fort Simpson incident
Arctic Canada Construction must pay $23,000 after admitting a failure to "take all reasonable precautions" at a Fort Simpson worksite in April 2021.
The post Arctic Canada Construction fined over Fort Simpson incident first appeared on Cabin Radio.Huge sums to connect isolated communities remain unspent, audit finds
Hundreds of millions of dollars to improve internet and cell service in isolated Canadian communities are sitting unspent, the nation's auditor general said.
The post Huge sums to connect isolated communities remain unspent, audit finds first appeared on Cabin Radio.Another Yellowknife school bus route shuts down
Yellowknife has once again lost a school bus route. First Transit said on Friday that route seven will not run from Monday onward because of a lack of drivers.
The post Another Yellowknife school bus route shuts down first appeared on Cabin Radio.Why isn’t the Northwest Territories’ film industry growing?
By some measures, the NWT lags behind its northern neighbours in efforts to grow the local film industry. We examined the data and spoke with people involved.
The post Why isn’t the Northwest Territories’ film industry growing? first appeared on Cabin Radio.Stanton Foundation’s $94,000 fundraiser ‘sets record’
The Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation says a 50/50 raffle that closed on Saturday set a fundraising record for the group, reaching almost $100,000.
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A Nechalacho mine worker spent Friday in Ottawa at the Prime Minister's invitation, watching US President Joe Biden address Canadians in Parliament.
The post NWT mine worker attends Biden’s Parliament speech first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife considers YKDFN spring carnival civic holiday
Yellowknife city councillors could turn Friday afternoon into a half-day civic holiday for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation's spring carnival.
The post Yellowknife considers YKDFN spring carnival civic holiday first appeared on Cabin Radio.Snowking raffle winners announced as 2023 festival ends
Snowkings' Winter Festival announced the winners of its reverse raffle ahead of Sunday's concluding day of the festival's 2023 edition.
The post Snowking raffle winners announced as 2023 festival ends first appeared on Cabin Radio.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.
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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.
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