Yellowknife 25-year-old Nicole Lawson returns from a four-month volunteering trip to Cambodia to share what she learned.

There's no strike, so let's take a moment to talk about something else. As federal money is spent on new lights for Yellowknife Airport's runway, what's the grander plan for the airport itself? We ask the minister responsible.

The latest from the NWT legislature as a strike looms, plus Ollie's Facebook Live strike Q&A, and a trip to Rankin Inlet, where a gymnastics program is captivating the community.

Premier Bob McLeod tells Ollie he believes union activists carried out "illegal job action" in confronting him at a constituency meeting. Also today: Canada learns about land protection from Australia's Indigenous experts, and a chronic disease the Dene Nation fears could decimate the NWT's caribou.

Highlights from a news conference Q&A with union leader Todd Parsons as he serves strike notice on the territorial government, plus one of the NWT's MLAs says it's time he - and other politicians - apologized for letting the dispute reach this point.

A Conservative northern affairs critic sets out his party's agenda for the NWT as we head into an election year, plus the City of Yellowknife waits for a windfall from the territory's budget this week, and NWT Pride's president explains why the organization will fold.

The territorial government is proposing a tax on some sugary drinks. Ollie speaks to a cinema owner, a dietitian, and the NWT's chief public health officer about the tax and its potential impacts.

Al Martin, the president of Air Tindi, speaks of the company's sense of loss following the news two pilots died when their plane came down in a remote area.

In an excerpt from today's show, Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green discusses her attempts to help more women into NWT politics. Note: much of the live show focused on what was, at the time, the wait for more information about a missing Air Tindi flight. We have removed these elements as they have been superseded by later events. Our Friday show will contain a full report on the Air Tindi air crash and the tragic loss of two pilots.

As the polar vortex heads south, we hear about how the armed forces train to escape an icy plunge in -35C -- plus the tale of Ollie's own on-ice (and under-ice) emergency.