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.

Jamie Fulford, deputy minister of the GNWT department responsible for lead testing in schools, is asked how the tests went from a well-intended pilot project to the centre of a government crisis over the past week – and what parents need to know.

Read more about the tests on the Cabin Radio website.

Smith's Landing First Nation is now Tthebatthıe Dënésułıné Nation. Chief Thaidene Paulette explains why the First Nation took that step and how the new name was chosen.

Ben Hendriksen is Yellowknife's mayor for 18 months after a process in which just five people could vote.

Listen to the Mornings at the Cabin team inspect his credentials, plus hear the speeches Hendriksen and his two rivals for the job gave to their fellow councillors, whose votes they needed.

NWT chief public health officer Dr Kami Kandola joins Ollie to discuss what you need to know about a confirmed measles case in Yellowknife.

Our reporter Claire McFarlane spent the past two weeks hearing from voters in Hay River, Inuvik, Norman Wells, Whatì and Fort Simpson about how they see this federal election and the NWT's candidates.

Here's Claire's debrief with Ollie. Based on what she heard, did we learn anything about which candidate might have the edge? How engaged are NWT voters?

Plus Jasmine Nasogaluak finds out what young Yellowknifers would do if they had the power to vote in this election.

Ollie hosts Cabin Radio's 2025 live election debate for candidates in the Northwest Territories. Here's the full show as broadcast from 8-9pm on April 10, 2025.

Listen to our full interviews with the NWT's candidates in the 2025 federal election: Rebecca Alty, Kimberly Fairman, Kelvin Kotchilea and Rainbow Eyes (Angela Davidson).

We'll have more next week, too, after our live election debate – which you can catch on Cabin Radio from 8pm MT on Thursday, April 10.

Fifteen minutes looking at Donald Trump's tariffs through the lens of Yellowknife's only bookstore. (And no, they don't carry any books on tariffs.)

Witnessing the death of two fellow firefighters in 2005 was the start of Seann May's long journey into post-traumatic stress disorder and treatment.

Now a deputy fire chief in Yellowknife, Sean joined Ollie to talk about what happened to him and the importance of giving first responders help to process the work they do.