The North

Cabin Radio's Claire McFarlane walks us through some of the reaction to last week's big NWT announcements from the prime minister. What's set to change and how are different people looking at this?

Tell your knuckles and fingers to cover their ears: this is our 2026 Arctic Winter Games recap podcast, and it's a hard one on your hands.

Avery Groenewegen describes the winter camping trip gone horribly wrong that nearly stopped her competing in ski biathlon. Chris Stipdonk talks us through his knuckle hop world record. And Governor General Mary Simon tells us which sport she most wants to compete in.

Emily Blake checks out two new attractions in the NWT capital: the newly unveiled Islamic Centre of Yellowknife and the inaugural edition of a set of dog races on a local lake designed for amateurs and their pups.

Plus Niki Mckenzie on snow carving at a Finnish festival and Paul Gruner on the Tłı̨chǫ Investment Corporation's decision to invest in housing firm Arcan.

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.