Philippe Deslandes, in his third year building the Snowcastle that appears on Yellowknife Bay each March, talks us through what changes when it's a February as bleakly cold as this one.

Also on the show: Brett Hansen and Mallory Chipman tell Jasmine Nasogaluak about their NACC show Confluence, and former journalist Amanda Lindhout – held captive in Somalia for more than a year – talks to Emily Blake about the lessons she's bringing to Yellowknife from that ordeal.

Marie-Soleil Lacoursiére sets out her vision for leading NWT tour operator Aurora Village as she takes over its day-to-day running, plus Andrew Gilmour explains why the NWT School Sports Association believes a basketball tournament this weekend needs heightened security.

Also on the show: the link between a Canadian Press photo of a young Prince Andrew in Yellowknife in the early 1980s, and the Reuters photo seen around the world of a disgraced Andrew being detained this month.

Claire McFarlane asks Indigenous services minister Mandy Gull-Masty what we can expect from coming changes to Jordan's Principle.

Also in this episode: young skiers from Little Red River Cree Nation come to Yellowknife, and the authors of Talk Treaty To Me preview the launch of their book.

Remarks at a major conference on the Arctic appear to suggest the Arctic Corridor from Yellowknife to Nunavut's coast is on the way to getting a green light.

Plus meet the Hay River author of an anthology about military life who's receiving national attention.

Christopher McMillan is the publisher of a new zine focused on Yellowknife music. He explores the concept with Cabin Radio's Miriam Bosiljevac.

The Arctic360 conference is under way in Toronto. What's the northern conversation like right now between governments, diplomats and businesses?

Plus Jully Black talks to Aastha Sethi about playing Yellowknife's Black History Month gala.

Let's do an economy episode. Caroline Wawzonek sets out the GNWT's financial approach to the next year, ministers explain what they're doing to ramp up critical minerals in the North, and we spend time at a bioenergy summit in Yellowknife.

A power outage threw Yellowknife's Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre into darkness just as kids aged seven to 13 from Mildred Hall School were unveiling a special week-long exhibit about the Ice Age and Earth's history.

Join Cabin Radio's Jasmine Nasogaluak and Aastha Sethi as they learn more about the students' exhibit and why it earned a place in "the big leagues" at the NWT's largest museum.

Jacob Charpentier, Jesse Wheeler and Julian Morse explain why Yellowknife's only movie theatre closing would be so damaging to the community in their eyes.

Plus Emily Blake checks out a snowboarding clinic at a former gravel pit that's billed as an inclusive way into the sport.

Yellowknife resident Cat McGurk entered a snow sculpting contest in Minnesota – only to find a state tormented by ICE's killings on the streets, and a sculpture destroyed at the organizers' behest.

Also in this episode: how Becca Denley wants to turn parking spaces into green spaces in the NWT capital this summer.