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Tough times in the skies

The pandemic has had devastating impacts on a number of businesses. Especially airlines, who have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, leading to NWT...

Shawn Buckley – Showcasing Great Slave Lake

Shawn Buckley is a third generation fisherman and the owner and operator of Great Slave Lake Tours. He's Been fishing on all of Great Slave...

Dettah COVID-19 vaccine clinic

Listen here: “We have a population where housing is an issue, and where families live, very close-knit and in close-quarters. And hence, it is important...

Robyn Scott: Northern Artist

For This True North Tale I sat down with local Yellowknife Teacher and Artist Robyn Scott, She talked to me about her art process...

‘We have to just hope’: Hawa Dumbaya-Sesay

The NWT YWCA has sounded the alarm about the lack of affordable housing in Yellowknife and elsewhere in the territory. Hawa Dumbaya-Sesay, executive director of...

Jamie Bastedo – Changing the climate conversation

Listen here: Climate change? Remember that? 2019’s looming world disaster is still a major threat, despite the focus in the news shifting to a another life...

The United Way NWT’s COVID-19 Committee

2020 has not been easy on anybody, and for this True North Tale I sat down with the chair of The United Way NWT's...

Gastown expanding during a pandemic

Listen here: Most businesses are facing tough times at the moment, making cutbacks or closing all together. Few are expanding their operations. But Gastown in Yellowknife is...

Norm Pottinger: Pigeon Racer

What started off as mere curiosity as a kid soon blossomed into a full hobby as an adult. This is a True North Tale...

Skills Canada NWT

A staple of many high school careers are the competitions put on by organizations like Skills Canada NWT, and for this TNT I sat...

Yellowknife celebrates Lantern Festival

Listen here: February 12 marks the beginning of festivities for Chinese New Year. There are several events happening in Yellowknife throughout the month.  It began with a...

Yellowknife Artist: Patrick Jacobson

For this True North Tale, I sat down with Patrick Jacobson a northern artist who has been strumming his guitar north of sixty for...

The Dancing Moose Cafe & Bayside Bed & Breakfast

For this True North Tale, I sat down with another amazing northern business owner, This time one of the owners of The Dancing Moose...

Northern Artists: The Housemen

For This True North Tale I sat down with a local band The Housemen, Their Bassist Allan Yeoman told me how Him, Trevor Sinclaire,...

Online taxi survey surveys YK residents

Listen here: The Status of Women Council has launched an online survey, asking Yellowknife residents to report incidents of harassment in taxis throughout the territory. The...

Allan Code — filming a Pandemic at the End of the World

Listen here: Pandemics on the kind of scale seen with COVID-19 seem like a rarity.  But they are all too common for the people of Kitigaaruk. The...

Fighting Covid – Big River Service Centre

Ice-road truckers who are supposed to be isolating have been trying to enter the Big River Service Centre. The gas station and restaurant is one...

Music NWT

The northern art scene has always been a helpful, collaborative space. And for this True North Tale, I sat down with Trevor Sinclair the...

Lucas Wick – Trike rider, trike trader

Listen here: Tricycles are no longer just for kids. Local kid Lucas Wick is to trying to keep trikes alive. He started up a website, triketrader.ca, and...

Blachford Lake Lodge – A serene experience

Blachford Lake Lodge is located in the rugged wilderness of the NWT, in superb Aurora-watching country. Perched on a rock knoll overlooking Blachford Lake,...

Ryan McCord and Bill Braden — telling the Snowcastle’s story

Listen here: One of the most iconic buildings in the Yellowknife skyline is only standing in the winter. And a new book, called The Snowcastle, is...

NNSL sold after decades of printing

Listen here: After being fired from News of the North, Jack Sigvaldason launched the Yellowknifer newspaper in 1972 At the beginning, his office was his...

How is it decided an animal is endangered?

Listen here: How is it decided an animal is endangered? Normally, it is done by referring to biological surveys. This reliance on Western science is the norm,...

A year of COVID-19

Listen here: Almost a year ago to the day, the NWT reported its first case of COVID-19. The first case was declared on March 21. Since then,...
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