Ollie Williams

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

In a Tuesday news release, the territorial government said “targeted relief measures” were needed because of “growing financial pressures and industry-wide uncertainty.”All three operating mines northeast of Yellowknife – Diavik, Ekati and Gahcho Kué – have seen their owners report significant losses in the past year, driven in part by suppressed diamond prices as the market for lab-grown diamonds increases.

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

Yellowknife North MLA Shauna Morgan has drafted a private member’s bill which, if passed, would allow NWT nurses to pursue their own collective agreements. Currently, nurses are part of the same collective agreement as nearly all other unionized NWT government employees, who are represented by the Union of Northern Workers – a component of the larger Public Service Alliance of Canada, or PSAC.

2 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

The Spring Speaker Series is created by Wilfrid Laurier University, the Cold Regions Research Centre and Aurora Research Institute. The opening two presentations take place at Makerspace YK from 6-7:30pm on Thursday, April 24. More will follow in May and June. Each presentation lasts for 20 minutes. The sessions are free and open to everyone, with organizers saying their goal is to “make northern science accessible and relevant.”Advertisement. Advertisement.

3 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

Rufta Tesfamichael will be one of the designers behind a thrifted fashion show taking place at Yellowknife’s École St Patrick High School on Saturday. Tesfamichael, a student at the school, is part of a group who spent early March acquiring items at a clothing swap they helped to host, and who have since been working on their designs and theme. “I’m doing a summery bohemian vibe. It’s going to be cheery and a loud, out-there vibe because it’s during a midsummer April fashion show,” she said.

3 days ago | cabinradio.ca | Ollie Williams

The proposal, which is not yet finalized, will come before a council committee at lunchtime on Tuesday. Council permission is needed to rezone the city-owned lots – which have been empty for decades – from their current “parks and recreation” status to a recently created zone known as “residential intensification.”Developing the lots is a continuation of the city’s approach to filling in empty blocks in or near Yellowknife’s downtown to help ease an ongoing housing shortage.