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The North

The North

Written by: Cabin Radio
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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.Cabin Radio Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Sounds of Northcore and the dance of language

    Sounds of Northcore and the dance of language
    Jan 13 2026

    A compilation album being released this month promises to unite 30 bands from the past 30 years of NWT music history. Tyler WhiteKeyes tells us more.

    Plus: If someone sent you a voice note in Finnish, how would you dance to that? A Yellowknifer and a Thai-Norwegian are at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, figuring out the answer.
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    20 mins
  • How Air Tindi says it's changing safety culture and the end of Hay River's CKHR

    How Air Tindi says it's changing safety culture and the end of Hay River's CKHR
    Jan 10 2026

    Air Tindi president Chris Reynolds walks us through how the airline responded to a crash that investigators say highlighted a problematic safety culture. The investigation report came out this week. Reynolds said big changes have been made since the accident.

    And Dian Papineau-Magill looks back at CKHR, the Hay River community radio station, which is no more. After years off the air, the CRTC has revoked CKHR's licence at its own request. The station was nearly 50 years old.
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    16 mins
  • Aurora Heat's business plan for fur

    Aurora Heat's business plan for fur
    Jan 8 2026

    It's 10 years since Brenda Dragon started Aurora Heat, a Fort Smith-based firm making beaver fur hand warmers and related products.

    A decade on, the company is targeting people with chilly hands across the continent. Here's how. (Plus: Brenda describes how she's dealing with the stigma fur still attracts in places online.)
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    19 mins
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