The North

Our tribute to Pi Kennedy, the NWT trapper and musher whose extraordinary life touched on everything from bush radio to the Boston Red Sox. Pi has passed away, aged 99. You can see photos from his life and read our obituary for him on our website.

Martin Emslander just reached 25 years as the technical brain behind dozens, if not hundreds of productions at Yellowknife's Northern Arts and Cultural Centre. Miriam Bosiljevac hosts a celebration of his work.

Miriam Bosiljevac speaks with Dana Bowen about her debut novel Girls with Fake Names, NWT artist Erin Suliak has a new exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada in Saskatoon, and Calem Watson sets out to canoe from the Arctic to the tropics.

Miriam Bosiljevac, in for Ollie, hears from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami about a poverty reduction strategy and Inuit-led framework to replace Nutrition North.

Plus we spend time with Diamond Dramatics, a northern theatre program for kids.

Miriam Bosiljevac, in for Ollie, speaks to UNBC research associate Annie King about how Dene and Métis people who live near the Norman Wells oil field are (and aren't) listened to by those in charge.

Meanwhile, Cabin Radio intern Kai Wilson spends time at a hide tanning camp.

Miriam Bosiljevac, in for Ollie, speaks with photojournalist Jesse Winter about his experiences covering Canada’s wildfires and the release of his new book – which features the NWT's 2023 fire season.

First, Cabin Radio’s Claire McFarlane walks Miriam through a three-part series examining an incident that occurred in Fort Simpson and its lasting ramifications for education in the village – and the community's social fabric.

Heather Exner-Pirot studies northern, Arctic and Indigenous economic development for a living. Here's how she evaluates what's happening to the NWT economy right now. Her key question: "What sticks?"

How should Yellowknife residents expect the city's approach to encampments, homelessness and public safety to evolve? We asked the mayor. Plus the federal secretary of state for rural development has advice for small northern communities who worry about their economies

Longtime Gwich'in leader James Ross on the tribute he built online to his late brother, Carmen Braden on composing before decomposing, and university basketball heads north.

Meet Andrew, who describes himself as a Theravāda Buddhist monk from the US. He's living in the forest on the edge of Yellowknife, which is where Cabin Radio's Alice Twa tracked him down.

Meanwhile, Claire McFarlane speaks with some of the teenagers who took over the NWT legislature as youth MLAs late last month.