The North

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.

The North is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 105 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The North, a news show with 105 episodes published.

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  Shub, Lumi & For Women Only

  Oct 2, 202638 min

  In The North Tonight: Yellowknife director Jen Walden introduces us to Lumi, the Arctic sci-fi movie that'll open this year's Yellowknife International Film Festival on November 4. Also on the pod: DJ Shub, formerly of A Tribe Called Red, joins Sarah Erasmus to talk about his artistic journey and the evolution of the electric pow wow. And Vicki Tompkins looks back at a quarter of a century in Yellowknife retail as she announces she'll close For Women Only.

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  Yellowknife's movie theatre returns

  Oct 1, 202632 min

  Ainsley Dempsey is part of the group taking over Yellowknife's movie theatre. She'll tell you what to expect when it reopens, which is expected to be early next year. Also on the pod, the new boss of Yellowknife's francophone cultural association has a challenge for the city's anglo residents. And in our newscast, a busy day: big news for the Gahcho Kué mine, a lot happening at the Dene National Assembly and an update on the investigation into June's fatal air crash near Fort Simpson – plus the premier explains more about his nuclear deal with Alberta and Sask.

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  Could we fix housing if governments listened to this woman?

  Sep 30, 202625 min

  Leilani Farha has dedicated her life to understanding housing worldwide. She's presenting a CBC Massey lecture in Yellowknife this week that looks at how we have a human right to adequate housing – and how that right is so often denied. We wanted to know whether she believes real solutions are practically achievable. Also on the show: celebrating trailblazing Inuk pilot Doris Ipeelee.

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  Meet the new execution entity, same as the old execution entity

  Sep 29, 202639 min

  The GNWT is planning a new arm's-length agency to get the Mackenzie Valley Highway built. Caroline Wawzonek walks us through it – and we ask how the territory is going to ensure northerners get meaningful jobs and economic development from major projects. Elsewhere, Cabin Radio legal eagle Gillian Bourke talks us through the Residential Tenancies Act. What do renters and tenants need to know about the basics? In the newscast: the Dene National Assembly begins and the Office of the Auditor General starts examining the NWT's emergency management.

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  Antoine Mountain, Behchokǫ̀ pipes

  Sep 28, 202630 min

  A survivor of multiple NWT residential schools, Antoine Mountain will make an appearance at a flag-raising ceremony marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa on Wednesday. Also on the show, former YWCA NWT executive director Lyda Fuller discusses the fallout from the charity's decision last week to sack her successor. In our 15-minute newscast, The North Tonight, Behchokǫ̀'s chief celebrates – but says more has to happen – as the community receives around $5 million to fix decades-old water pipes that have caused big problems.

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