Northwest Territories News
Délı̨nę plan to search flights with sniffer dogs gets warm welcome
Délı̨nę is using dogs to search all inbound flights for drugs and alcohol. Residents seem to love it. Police and some lawyers appear to be in support, too.
The post Délı̨nę plan to search flights with sniffer dogs gets warm welcome first appeared on Cabin Radio.Woman’s serious assault sentence is reduced over Charter breach
An NWT Territorial Court judge reduced a woman's sentence for a serious assault as RCMP had violated her Charter rights by videotaping her naked in police cells.
The post Woman’s serious assault sentence is reduced over Charter breach first appeared on Cabin Radio.Tłı̨chǫ Arts sale returns to Yellowknife this Saturday
The Tłı̨chǫ Arts Holiday Sale and Showcase starts at 10am on Saturday at the Chateau Nova, with 38 Tłı̨chǫ artists selling beadwork, paintings and more.
The post Tłı̨chǫ Arts sale returns to Yellowknife this Saturday first appeared on Cabin Radio.How should Yellowknife deal with its vacant land?
While Yellowknife offers incentives as a carrot to developers, staff say they are now "getting into the stick department" to get people building on vacant land.
The post How should Yellowknife deal with its vacant land? first appeared on Cabin Radio.Get ready for 2025’s Yellowknife Shop Hop. Here are the stores
Yellowknife's one-day-only Shop Hop is back for 2025 with 18 stores taking part. Here are the participating locations for Thursday's event, which runs till 8pm.
The post Get ready for 2025’s Yellowknife Shop Hop. Here are the stores first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith RCMP charge three people in firearms investigation
RCMP say they have arrested and charged three people in Fort Smith with firearms-related offences related to an investigation in which they seized 16 guns.
The post Fort Smith RCMP charge three people in firearms investigation first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT testing its alert system at 1:55pm on Wednesday
The NWT government will send a test of its public alert system to your phone on Wednesday afternoon at 1:55pm MT. You may also catch the alert on radio or TV.
The post NWT testing its alert system at 1:55pm on Wednesday first appeared on Cabin Radio.Alberta man sentenced to 12 years in Hay River manslaughter
Roland Lamalice, a "quiet young man with a heart of gold," was killed outside Hay River in 2022. Riley Moyah has received a 12-year sentence for manslaughter.
The post Alberta man sentenced to 12 years in Hay River manslaughter first appeared on Cabin Radio.In Hay River’s overdose crisis, the patients aren’t the same faces
Hay River, a town of 3,000, is back down to an overdose "every day or two" – an improvement on recent weeks. But healthcare workers remain deeply unnerved.
The post In Hay River’s overdose crisis, the patients aren’t the same faces first appeared on Cabin Radio.In one chart, the near-disappearance of a caribou herd
The Bathurst caribou herd is estimated to have gone from 470,000 animals in 1986 to about 3,600 now. Already tiny, the herd has halved in the past three years.
The post In one chart, the near-disappearance of a caribou herd first appeared on Cabin Radio.Mike Mitchell’s witty wooden art returns to the YK Visitor Centre
The Yellowknife Visitor Centre will host a new Mike Mitchell exhibition featuring sculptures made of salvaged wood and stencilled t-shirt slogans.
The post Mike Mitchell’s witty wooden art returns to the YK Visitor Centre first appeared on Cabin Radio.Otis the dog missing for more than a month in Yellowknife
It's more than a month since Otis, a small Yellowknife dog, went missing in the city. His owner is holding out hope that Otis can make it home.
The post Otis the dog missing for more than a month in Yellowknife first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife Women’s Society to operate transitional housing
The NWT government has awarded a contract to the Yellowknife Women's Society to operate a transitional housing facility, expected to open next month.
The post Yellowknife Women’s Society to operate transitional housing first appeared on Cabin Radio.Liberal budget passes in fraught 170-168 vote
The first budget of Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal minority government has narrowly passed with support from Elizabeth May and several abstentions.
The post Liberal budget passes in fraught 170-168 vote first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknifers hold march of hope for addictions awareness week
Organized by the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre, a walk through Yellowknife for National Addictions Awareness Week had the theme of "anchoring hope."
The post Yellowknifers hold march of hope for addictions awareness week first appeared on Cabin Radio.Q&A: The NWT bishop at the COP30 climate conference
A Northwest Territories bishop at the COP30 conference in Brazil says religion has a key role in raising its voice on the "moral and ethical issue" of climate.
The post Q&A: The NWT bishop at the COP30 climate conference first appeared on Cabin Radio.GNWT ‘making all effort’ to roll out new mining regulations by 2027
An act designed to change NWT mining and exploration rules passed in 2019. Rules that bring the act to life are still being devised. Here's the latest timeline.
The post GNWT ‘making all effort’ to roll out new mining regulations by 2027 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife artist hosting show to raise money following house fire
Yellowknife artist Nick MacIntosh is hosting a show at the Top Knight bar later this week. Proceeds will help a relative displaced by a fire on Halloween.
The post Yellowknife artist hosting show to raise money following house fire first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT launching new – but delayed – food inspections portal
The GNWT will launch a new inspections website as part of an environmental health overhaul. But the work is delayed, and reports that should be online aren't.
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Yellowknife's Ragged Ass Swing Band goes family-friendly next weekend by calling itself the "Ragged Butt Swing Band" for a free afternoon show targeted at kids.
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