The North

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.

The Capitol Theatre, Yellowknife's only movie theatre, will close on March 31. It had been losing money for years. Theatre general manager Chris Wood joined Ollie to talk about why it's going away.

Billions of dollars in spending appears headed for Yellowknife and Inuvik to ramp up the Canadian Armed Forces' presence and enforce Arctic sovereignty.

To what extent is this the North's next big economic driver? The two communities' mayors took our questions.

Norman Wells is losing its wells. Does that mean it's losing everything?

Imperial Oil announced on Friday it will end operations at its Norman Wells facility, which is more than a century old, later this year. Norman Wells exists because of the oil field, so our reporters asked residents and leaders what this means for the community.

Harley Minakis and his family were travelling home from a trip to Costa Rica for a wedding. Their return involved a short layover in Houston, Texas before catching a flight to Toronto. That's when Minakis, who is Gwich'in, says he was detained at the airport by US border agents. Here's the story.

Plus: how two NWT jerseys ended up being worn by Connor McDavid, and why the Northern Journalism Training Initiative is closing.

Sydney Galusha and Brynn Chorostkowski are 16. Ella Skauge is 17. They are three fifths of the NWT's Team Kaufman at Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's curling national championship that starts on Friday. Meet the team here.

What can Yellowknife and the NWT learn from the Nordic countries about defence and emergencies? Ambassadors from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland were in the territorial capital this week.

Plus AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse condemns Trump over Greenland as she opens the Dene National Assembly in Fort Good Hope, and we'll hear some of Prime Minister Mark Carney's World Economic Forum speech that resonated worldwide on the same day.

And the new chair of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will be Erwin Elias. Hear a little of his pitch to voters this week.

The NWT's MP joins Ollie to preview 2026, walk us through her priorities and discuss how Canada should be responding to US threats toward Greenland.

Plus Janet Dean explains why her Territorial Agri-food Association has decided Yellowknife needs a new coffee festival. And if you hadn't previously heard of civet coffee... well, you might be surprised.