Listen in as reporters question education minister RJ Simpson on the chaotic firing of Aurora College president Tom Weegar and a new audit critical of the NWT's education system. Plus the new store opening for ice road truckers and the Yellowknife Ski Club member who's never been near the NWT.

The winners of this year's Arctic Inspiration Prize explain how they'll use the $1-million award to improve the prospects of NWT and Nunavut youth. Plus a Yellowknife personal trainer says modern fitness is doing nothing to help pregnant women and moms -- but she has solutions.

The NWT's education minister explains why there's a new leader for Aurora College and the creation of a polytechnic university, plus rapper Crook the Kid discusses Ottawa Bluesfest and science.

Listen to tracks from the three NWT entrants in the CBC Searchlight 2020 contest. Plus, after years of trying to gain residency in Canada and the territory, one man explains why he's giving up.

One of a Thai's Sousanh Chanthalangsy-Bornilla talks us through her burgeoning powerlifting career, plus the NWT Housing Corporation's boss explains how Whati's new housing plan is intended to help the community.

The producer of the Turning Points documentary series explains how eight northerners told their stories of addiction and recovery ahead of a screening at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre on Saturday. Plus we'll get you excited, very possibly for the first time in your life, about slag cement.

Fort McPherson chef JenniLee Vaneltsi discusses her trip to Toronto as a star of a Food Network cooking show, while Anna Gervais describes setting up a new pet supply store and grooming parlour in Fort Smith.

After a teenager is sentenced to four years in prison for the manslaughter of a Yellowknife 73-year-old, criminal defence counsel Peter Harte joins Ollie to examine how sentencing works.

Inuvik's mayor demands action to improve the Dempster Highway, a woman with dreams of opening a Yellowknife bakery wins an Inuit Circumpolar Council award, and the city's fieldhouse gets a Rio Tinto rebrand.

Cabin Radio's Lunchtime News returns with an episode examining how Yellowknife caterer The Fat Fox's electric car is faring in an NWT winter.