The North

'Not healthy, not optimal'

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?"

Yellowknife's mayor on encampments

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

James Ross | Carmen Braden | U Sports Basketball

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.

Yellowknife is this monk's favourite city

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.

Melaw Nakehk'o's radical joy

Dene multidisciplinary artist Melaw Nakehk'o joins Sarah Erasmus to talk about her Sobey Art Award longlist nomination and the work that got her there – her path through art school and back home to the Dehcho, her role in the urban moose hide tanning revival, and her contribution to a new exhibition heading to the National Gallery of Canada this June.