So... some people in this country still have door-to-door mail delivery?

Twice this week, a major broadcaster has asked me to provide a reference for someone by having a third-party company reach me. The first time it was a call. This time it's just a form that goes back to the "automated reference" third party. Maybe everyone does this? How soulless and useless.

Parks Canada just called to ask if we can delete the word "heck" from an article in which an employee, promoting a mushroom-spotting contest, says: "I had an opportunity arise to create my own project. I was like, heck yeah, it’s gonna be mushrooms.”

That request is not going to fly.

Our top story in the morning is going to be a hot breakfast program in Fort Good Hope because if the top story most days was about some kids getting a quality breakfast, the world would be a better place.

Shoutout to Jaydon Kakfwi in Fort Good Hope.

We are the kind of broadcast institution that finds itself embroiled in outhouse-related drama at trade shows. I don't know why we're like this.

Left my laptop recording a healthcare briefing. Went to cover another story. Came back to see – from the transcript summary – that YouTube abandoned the briefing in favour of wall-to-wall Bob Ross.

First-time voters, right here.

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Spring breakup 2025: Updates as we get them

We have begun tracking the 2025 spring river ice breakup season in the Northwest Territories. Bookmark this page for regular updates from various sources.

He would pick up at least 10% of the vote locally. We love an independent candidate.

‘Resurgent’ fur trade brushes off tariff turbulence

Many industries are bracing for the impact of US tariffs. Key people in Canada's fur trade say broader uncertainty hasn't dampened the interest of US buyers.

Report indicates homelessness on the rise in Yellowknife

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Yellowknife increased by five percent from 2021 to 2024, a report found. Here's the detail.

North of North has its Netflix launch this week

Canadian viewers have been able to stream North of North since January. Now, the Arctic comedy is set to make its world debut on Netflix.

Children. Dogs. Ice. It’s the perfect day out.

‘The town was preparing to evacuate when they finally got power back’

Yellowknife's weekend power outage was its worst in decades, but residents' memories and reports at the time suggest an outage in 1971 may be YK's worst ever.

IRC to help build new radar defence system in NWT

A subsidiary of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation has been awarded a share of the work involved in creating major new North American radar systems.

Average score so far is 12/20…

Merry Christmas, everyone.

You can get the ones that charge wirelessly but there’s something about plugging in a cat that still seems old-school satisfying.

Santa’s little helpers.