Second wave of arsenic testing for Giant Mine communities
The tests will establish baseline levels of arsenic exposure in the mine’s neighbourhood, and track any change while a clean-up takes place.
Inside Stanton Hospital as chemotherapy patients return
Cabin Radio visited the hospital last week, speaking to its chief operating officer and a physician about what has changed and what happens next.
NWT youth struggling with addiction ‘need their Elders’
A woman who grew up fighting addiction to alcohol and drugs in the NWT community of Tulita says vulnerable youth need more access to community Elders.
Yellowknife stops smelling, will smell again
Residents of Yellowknife’s Niven Lake enjoyed temporary relief from a winter-long foul smell as officials raced to fix citywide leaks believed to be the cause.
Some chemotherapy services resume in Yellowknife next week
Four months after chemotherapy treatments at Yellowknife’s Stanton Hospital were suspended, some of those services are to be reinstated next week.
NWT, fighting suicide rates, looks to invest in on-the-land help
Seven projects receiving federal funding represent a range of land-based approaches to improving the mental health of youth across the territory’s communities.
