The North

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.

Yellowknife borrowed some horses all summer so residents could ride. There was only one "unplanned dismount." The organizers are on the show. So is the director of Ptarmigan Ptheatrics' version of Come From Away, which started its audition process today.

In The North Tonight, our 15-minute newscast: upheaval at YWCA NWT, Gwich'in groups try to get through their latest conflict, and a northern union objects to new federal legislation.

Cabin Radio reporter Cody Punter wants to hear from you as he finishes a year-long project following the NWT's court system. Outgoing Yellowknife mayor Ben Hendriksen is also on the pod to discuss why he withdrew from next month's election and what kind of leader the city needs next.

In The North Tonight, our 15-minute newscast: an NDP MP presses the Liberal government over funding for residential school survivors and the NWT records Canada's only shrinking population.

A new fund might offer some hope for affordable housing in the NWT, plus why the territory is moving to permanent DST.

In our 15-minute newscast, The North Tonight: KFN's chief resigns, a school lockdown in Behchokǫ̀, a $100K lotto winner somewhere in the NWT and an alpaca farm makes its return in Fort Smith.

Meet Yellowknife's answer to Iron Man plus our Ottawa reporter breaks down a busy return to Parliament through an NWT lens.

Includes The North Tonight, our NWT and world news roundup, for September 22, 2026. Today: RCMP have a wish list for the GNWT, Inuvik holds a public meeting on safety, the GNWT and City of Yellowknife say no to the Canada Winter Games, and the Bank of Canada's governor heads to Yellowknife.

The North Tonight is our new 15-minute evening newscast. Here's the first episode, plus legal aid outreach lawyer Gillian Bourke joins Ollie.

Lyle Fabian wants to build a data centre in the NWT. He says it's nothing like the huge AI data centres generating so much opposition in the south. Hear some perspectives on data centres and the North.

Also in this episode: meet the man attempting to recreate a century-old ascent of a Yukon mountain.

Travel author Paul Theroux has a new book out – True North: On the Road in Canada. He tells Ollie Williams about the Canada he saw on that trip, and how he thinks what's happening in the United States is making a big difference to Canadian identity.

Chief Melody Lepine of Mikisew Cree First Nation explains why she hopes United Nations inspectors who just visited Wood Buffalo National Park will conclude the area is endangered.

Also, Conservative northern and Arctic affairs spokesperson Bob Zimmer sets out how his party is approaching the politics of the North after a big Liberal shift in how much attention – and how many funding promises – the NWT appears capable of commanding.

Ollie reports on the Fort Smith shooting, its aftermath and its impact on the town's annual Fireweed Festival.

Beyond the weekend's tragic events, there's a chance to meet the "vintage widows" who saw the festival's car rally as a chance to remember their late husbands, and you can hear from Fort Smith Métis musician Tom Hudson as he releases his first album in nearly 30 years.