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Aklavik hunters and trappers committee wins science award

jeu, 01/02/2025 - 16:42

Polar Knowledge Canada gave its 2024 Northern Science Award to Aklavik's hunters and trappers committee for the group's conservation and education work.

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Internet returns to isolated NWT communities after multi-day outage

jeu, 01/02/2025 - 11:53

Northwestel said an issue that disrupted satellite internet to some isolated NWT communities for several days had been resolved.

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First Nation accuses GNWT of violating UN Declaration over highway

jeu, 01/02/2025 - 08:01

The Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation said it would review "all possible options" if the GNWT does not consult with it over the proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway.

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Some quick wins from Cabin Radio’s satisfaction survey

jeu, 01/02/2025 - 07:58

Hundreds of you sent us your feedback about how Cabin Radio is doing. Here are a few things you raised that we can quickly address, plus some other updates.

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Sahtu Secretariat supports interim licence for Imperial

jeu, 01/02/2025 - 07:54

The Sahtu Secretariat said it supported a temporary water licence to keep Imperial Oil's Norman Wells facility operating through an environmental assessment.

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In pictures: 1975 in the Northwest Territories

mer, 01/01/2025 - 09:02

As 2025 dawns, wind the clock back 50 years and see what the Northwest Territories looked like – and who was in northern headlines – in 1975.

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Meet the NWT’s newest Little Free Library and its steward

mar, 12/31/2024 - 08:05

Yellowknife's latest Little Free Library is in position – and being checked out by the local ptarmigans – after a 1,600-km journey north.

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Remembering people the Northwest Territories lost in 2024

mar, 12/31/2024 - 08:03

"He put us on the map." "He was a giant softie." "To watch her grow up was something else." Reflect on the lives of some people the NWT lost in 2024.

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Ringing in 2025 with themed beaded earrings

mar, 12/31/2024 - 08:01

Artist Alisa Blake says stories are woven into each bead in her work. Check out her fireworks-inspired earrings as you ring in 2025.

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Northwestel says Monday phone problems have been fixed

lun, 12/30/2024 - 20:33

Northwestel said on Monday evening it had solved an issue that disrupted phone calls across the North throughout the day. A satellite internet issue remains.

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Take the Cabin Radio satisfaction survey

lun, 12/30/2024 - 08:00

As we head into 2025, tell us what you like about Cabin Radio and the areas you'd like us to look at improving. Take this survey and help guide what we do.

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Arthur Boutilier’s decades of plans, drawings and photos find a home

lun, 12/30/2024 - 07:54

From 1981 to 2011, Arthur Boutilier "learned to listen and listened to learn" as a planner helping northern communities. His work is now in the NWT Archives.

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Watch a 1962 trip along the Mackenzie River

dim, 12/29/2024 - 09:03

In the early 1960s, members of the Molson Brewery family travelled the Mackenzie River from Hay River to Tuk. Here, for the first time, is the video they shot.

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Cabin Radio’s best listens of 2024

sam, 12/28/2024 - 09:02

Want a northern Canada podcast to get stuck into over the holidays? Here are 10 of the best episodes we published in 2024.

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Yellowknife opens applications for Reaching Home funding

ven, 12/27/2024 - 17:05

The City of Yellowknife has $535K available for projects that support the local unhoused community – and wants applications from groups who could use the money.

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Ollie’s 2024 Cabin Radio news quiz of the year

ven, 12/27/2024 - 09:02

Our editor's annual news quiz is here. Try 20 multiple-choice questions about things that made the news in the NWT this year. How hard could it be?

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Community journalism training to be offered in Hay River

ven, 12/27/2024 - 08:56

The Northern Journalism Training Initiative is offering a four-week community journalism training program in Hay River this spring. Apply by January 3.

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In pictures: Fifty of Cabin Radio’s best images from 2024

jeu, 12/26/2024 - 09:02

Cabin Radio staff and NWT residents contributed some 6,500 images to our collection in 2024. Here are some of the most striking.

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Yellowknife teenager to play hockey for Mexico at U20 worlds

jeu, 12/26/2024 - 08:59

Yellowknife high school student Mario Hernandez will play U20 world championship hockey for Mexico in late January.

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Read some of Cabin Radio’s best work from 2024

mer, 12/25/2024 - 09:03

Looking for something to dive into over the holidays? Our editor picks some of Cabin Radio's best reads of 2024, from stowaway scorpions to fire investigations.

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