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Conversations about Canada's Northwest Territories from Cabin Radio. Meet the people at the heart of everything that's important about the North and the Arctic.

  1. 2D AGO

    Yellowknife's only movie theatre is closing

    The Capitol Theatre, Yellowknife's only movie theatre, will close on March 31. It had been losing money for years. Theatre general manager Chris Wood joined Ollie to talk about why it's going away.

    21 min

  2. 3D AGO

    Yellowknife and Inuvik's military pivot

    Billions of dollars in spending appears headed for Yellowknife and Inuvik to ramp up the Canadian Armed Forces' presence and enforce Arctic sovereignty. To what extent is this the North's next big economic driver? The two communities' mayors took our questions.

    18 min

  3. 6D AGO

    The future of Norman Wells

    Norman Wells is losing its wells. Does that mean it's losing everything? Imperial Oil announced on Friday it will end operations at its Norman Wells facility, which is more than a century old, later this year. Norman Wells exists because of the oil field, so our reporters asked residents and leaders what this means for the community.

    16 min

  4. JAN 29

    Gwich'in US border incident | NWT jerseys | NJTI

    Harley Minakis and his family were travelling home from a trip to Costa Rica for a wedding. Their return involved a short layover in Houston, Texas before catching a flight to Toronto. That's when Minakis, who is Gwich'in, says he was detained at the airport by US border agents. Here's the story. Plus: how two NWT jerseys ended up being worn by Connor McDavid, and why the Northern Journalism Training Initiative is closing.

    23 min

  5. JAN 23

    The NWT's ultra-young Scotties team

    Sydney Galusha and Brynn Chorostkowski are 16. Ella Skauge is 17. They are three fifths of the NWT's Team Kaufman at Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's curling national championship that starts on Friday. Meet the team here.

    14 min

  6. JAN 22

    Ambassadors in YK | Dene Assembly | IRC chair

    What can Yellowknife and the NWT learn from the Nordic countries about defence and emergencies? Ambassadors from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland were in the territorial capital this week. Plus AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse condemns Trump over Greenland as she opens the Dene National Assembly in Fort Good Hope, and we'll hear some of Prime Minister Mark Carney's World Economic Forum speech that resonated worldwide on the same day. And the new chair of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will be Erwin Elias. Hear a little of his pitch to voters this week.

    20 min

  7. JAN 20

    Rebecca Alty's priorities | YK's coffee festival

    The NWT's MP joins Ollie to preview 2026, walk us through her priorities and discuss how Canada should be responding to US threats toward Greenland. Plus Janet Dean explains why her Territorial Agri-food Association has decided Yellowknife needs a new coffee festival. And if you hadn't previously heard of civet coffee... well, you might be surprised.

    26 min

  8. JAN 14

    Aurora College in 2026 | Lead in water at YK facilities

    Kenny Ruptash has had about eight months as chair of Aurora College's board of governors. What does he want the college to achieve this year? Should it move its Yellowknife campus to a downtown mall? What about its Inuvik and Fort Smith campuses? And will it ever become a polytechnic university as planned? He joined us to talk about those topics. Plus Yellowknife's mayor and city manager take questions after City Hall announced elevated lead levels had been found in the water at some municipal facilities.

    24 min
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Conversations about Canada's Northwest Territories from Cabin Radio. Meet the people at the heart of everything that's important about the North and the Arctic.

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  • Creator
    Cabin Radio
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cabin Radio
  • Show Website
    The North