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Northern Artist: Leela Gilday

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For this true north tale, I sat down with another great Northern artist, this time the Juno Award-winning Leela Gilday. We talk about her...

Leslie Allen on Food Rescue and The Food Rescue How-To Guide

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Food Rescue is a nonprofit organization that operates in the NWT and they partner with organizations who donate food to them. And then they...

Skills Canada NWT Virtual Territorial Competition and Career Expo

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Skills Canada NWT recently put together their Virtual Territorial competition and Career Expo and I got to sit down with the Executive Director of...

Kyle Bayha — more to come

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Kyle Bayha has worked at various mines in the NWT. As a Dene man from Deline, he has always been a minority on a mine...

Caroline Cox — filming Arctic growers

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Growing food in the Arctic Circle is not an easy task. But Director Caroline Cox’s new film “Food for the Rest of Us,” tells the...

Chris Pedersen — a long return home

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For Chris Pedersen, a geologist with Cheetah Resources, coming to work at the Nechalacho Rare earth metals mine felt like returning home. Pedersen was part...

Kyran Alikamik and The Loran Award

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The Loran award is an incredible scholarship valued at $100,000. And it's given to people based on the evidence of character, commitment to service...

April Glaicar: Mixed Media Artist

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The NWT is just chock full of interesting artists. And for this True North Tale, I got to sit down with another one. This...

Susan Chaffee — girl guide

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Listen here: When Susan Chaffee first travelled to Lutsel’ke, along the east arm of Great Slave Lake, she worked as a dishwasher at a remote...

Tinsel town in the NWT?

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Is Tinseltown coming to the NWT? The territorial government recently released a new strategy to boost the film industry in the NWT. The goal is to...

Stephen Richardson — headed to the Junos

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Listen here: Stephen Richardson says his class was confused when he put on a video announcing the Juno nominees. “So they’re watching as Justin Bieber and...

Susan Chaffee — award winning adult learner

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Listen here: Despite being an accomplished guide, sewer and life-long learner, Susan Chaffee was surprised when she won the Inclusion NWT”s Adult Learner Literacy Award. I...

A year of COVID-19

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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,...

How is it decided an animal is endangered?

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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,...

NNSL sold after decades of printing

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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...

Music NWT

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

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

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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...

Blachford Lake Lodge – A serene experience

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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,...

Lucas Wick – Trike rider, trike trader

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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...

Fighting Covid – Big River Service Centre

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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...

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

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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...

Online taxi survey surveys YK residents

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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...

Northern Artists: The Housemen

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

The Dancing Moose Cafe & Bayside Bed & Breakfast

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

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