• 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
    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
    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
  • Lynx River Revisited
    Dec 2 2025

    NEW NORTHERN PODCAST ALERT! Melaw Nakehk’o and Brie O’Keefe are rewatching CBC classic North of 60, set in a Dehcho village. Episode one is out today. Here's what to expect.


    Listen to Lynx River Revisited here. New episodes weekly!

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    14 mins
  • 'We cannot accept this.' Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark wants a new conversation on MMIWG and northern violence
    Nov 24 2025

    Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark is Tulı́t'a Dene. She describes her life's work as being reconciliation and advocacy for murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.

    Following the death of Tara Carpenter in Inuvik, Yakeleya Newmark is calling for a renewed focus on MMIWG and violence in the North.

    In an interview with Cabin Radio, she set out the steps she believes leaders and residents can take to help avoid tragedies and help families who are dealing with this form of loss.

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    17 mins
  • A backyard ultra in Yellowknife
    Sep 29 2025

    What did you do with your weekend? Meet some Yellowknifers who spent their Saturday trying to run 6.7 km every hour for 24 hours at Yellowknife's ski club. The winner ran more than 107 km in 16 hours.

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    11 mins
  • Scott Yuill becomes an Ice Road Trucker
    Sep 25 2025

    The History Channel's reality show Ice Road Truckers is back after an eight-year hiatus – and it has a new Yellowknife driver in the hot seat.

    The legendary Alex Debogorski may no longer be a star, but Scott Yuill has stepped up to represent the NWT. He joined Ollie to talk about the new season, which debuts on October 1, 2025.

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    11 mins
  • Can we Firesmart our way off diesel?
    Jul 5 2025

    What if all the foliage we clear to protect northern communities from wildfires was turned into biomass? This researcher at the Canadian Forest Service says by "collecting less than one percent of the biomass identified at high risk of wildfire, most communities could completely replace their annual fossil fuel needs."

    Now, he's looking for communities to take part in a pilot.

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    18 mins