Karli Zschogner

1 week ago | cabinradio.ca | Karli Zschogner

The weekend-long festival took place in the name and memory of Frank, an Aklavik 2SLGBTQ+ community member who went missing in Fort Smith in May 2023. “I’m here for the support of Frank,” said Fort Smith’s Taylor Tuckey. “He was the type of person who, when you met him, he was just super out there, always happy.”Tuckey said she first met Frank five years ago. “He was just a really amazing person,” she said. “I couldn’t imagine how it’d be for his family.

Mar 28, 2025 | cabinradio.ca | Karli Zschogner

For Elaine Briere, living 2,000 km away in Edmonton, the disappearance of Lance Briere from Inuvik early last month has been an endless nightmare. Lance, who is 32, was last seen in the NWT town’s liquor store on February 8. Elaine says she reported him missing from her Edmonton home on February 17 after failing to hear from him. “Somebody in Inuvik knows something,” Elaine said. “I want to find my son.

Apr 11, 2024 | cabinradio.ca | Karli Zschogner

Samantha Kerr, a nurse since 2005 in Aklavik and the wider Beaufort Delta, felt it was important to be at this week’s public meeting in the community about the draft Missing Persons Act. She has known Frank Gruben since he was a child. Frank, who grew up in Aklavik, has now been missing for almost a year, disappearing from Fort Smith in May 2023. “For me, Frank represents hundreds of people and all of their families and communities,” said Kerr.

Feb 20, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Karli Zschogner |Mark Blackburn

A children’s book by and about local Gwitch’in pilot Freddy Carmichael has caught the eye of the Dolly Parton Children’s Imagination Library. Carmichael was the first Indigenous commercial pilot to come from the Arctic. The book, co-authored by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail with artwork from Andrea Loreen-Wulf originally from the Arctic Ocean community of Tuktoyaktuk, was published in October 2023 in both the region’s Gwich’in and Inuvialuktun languages.

Feb 14, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Karli Zschogner |Mark Blackburn

From Muskox empanadas to reindeer tacos, Inuvik’s Inuvialuit-owned Mamaqtuq restaurant is breaking down barriers to local country food and harvested wildlife. “Traditional food on our menu, it’s kind of like revolutionary,” says 17-year-old Gwich’in hostess Brook-Lyn Bodnar. She says the guests love the cultural makeover of the town’s largest restaurant. The 100-seat restaurant’s décor features drums, locally made fur parkas and photography.