Every Yellowknife baby’s getting a Richard Van Camp book
The Tłı̨chǫ author's books will be given away to newborns at Stanton Hospital, through an initiative sponsored by De Beers.
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NWT will consult high school students on cannabis law
Northwest Territories politicians will visit Yellowknife and Inuvik high schools as they tour the territory gathering feedback on proposed cannabis legislation.
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.
Handgames link as first NWT mumps cases in 23 years emerge
The territory's chief public health officer, Dr Andre Corriveau, issued an advisory on Thursday urging residents to watch closely for signs of the disease.
NWT winners of $1 million prize promise ‘a brighter future’
The project hopes to help Inuit, Inuvialuit, Dene, and Métis people who are at risk of suicide, jail time, or both, on the territory's streets.
The long story behind an Aklavik mayor’s online despair
Aklavik mayor Andrew Charlie believes drug dealers could be the biggest winners of a coming shift in the way income support is paid. Here's a backgrounder.
Tired of abuse, drugs, and suicide, Fort Simpson tries again
A social worker who counsels northern residential school survivors is trying what he believes is a new way to address issues with alcohol, drugs, and abuse.