The North

Ollie asks national defence minister Bill Blair to explain the tangible differences northerners can expect from billions in promised defence spending that focuses on the North and the Arctic. Plus Con...

15 Huhti 202423min

All week, a new paper from a northern economist – warning of an "economic cliff" just years away when diamond mines close – has been reverberating around the NWT. Do we really not have a plan? What's ...

12 Huhti 202434min

April's government payments to NWT daycares and dayhomes – designed to help introduce $10-a-day childcare – were late. Some childcare providers say the federal and territorial governments are racing t...

6 Huhti 202423min

“When I got better, I realized I had nothing between the ears. There wasn’t anything there to take up the time, take up the energy.” When Trent Stokes returned to his hometown in Fort Smith, he starte...

5 Huhti 202418min

Ali Kincaid describes her journey from being told to change in a Yellowknife broom closet to playing NCAA women's hockey at Cornell. Learn more about Clams n' Moose, your hosts for this interview. You...

30 Maalis 202442min

What went wrong when Yellowknife evacuated last summer? Did some things go right? What has to change next time? Listen to some of the residents who spoke at a public meeting about how the City of Yell...

28 Maalis 202419min

Yellowknife's Janet Pacey loves trading pins. She has thousands. Or she did, until they ended up 5,000 km away. Janet explains how this disaster happened and what she ultimately wants to do with them ...

27 Maalis 202413min

Ryan Silke has spent half his life working on a new museum about Yellowknife. Take a tour with him on its opening day. Recorded: March 2024. Check out the museum's website for more information.

26 Maalis 20249min