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Community, Environment, Featured, News September 27, 2023

Paulatuk Porridge set to make splash at world porridge competition

Stephanie Yuill says the changing Northern climate has made foraging for local ingredients a challenge.


Stephanie Yuill never thought twice about her porridge, whether at home or on a camping trip. But while on a trip to the United Kingdom in 2016, she learned about the Golden Spurtle, an annual porridge-making competition with entries from across the world. (A spurtle is a wooden utensil used…

Community, Featured, News September 26, 2023

YKDFN announce council results

The preliminary council results for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are in. Leading in the community of Dettah is Anastassia Judas with 153 votes, followed by Peter Crookedhand with 139 votes, and lastly, Mary Rose Sundberg with 128 votes. In N’dilo Leroy Betsina is leading with 201 votes, Philip J….

Community, Education, Featured, News September 25, 2023

Inuvik Native Band gets $1.6 million for youth through Jordan’s Principle

The funding will be used for things like online programs and tutoring services.


Tutoring services, online programs, and a 14-passenger van. These are some of the things the Inuvik Native Band will do with $1.6 million in new federal funding for youth programming. The funding is provided through Jordan’s Principle and was announced by the Band on Friday. Chief Robert Charlie-Tetlichi acknowledges it’s…

Featured, News September 21, 2023

‘I cried’: Planters removed from Yellowknife Canada Post branch, side door fenced off

The storefront was a popular hub for the city's homeless and other members of the community.


Last updated Friday, Sept. 22 at 2:10 p.m. “For as long as I can remember, everybody sat in front of that post office.” Dowrey Lafferty, 63, says she’s been on the street for what seems like forever. In that time, the storefront of Yellowknife’s Canada Post office has served as…

Education, Events, Featured, News, Politics September 21, 2023

Dozens rally for Yellowknife “solidarity march” in response to 1 Million March 4 Children

Nearly 100 protests, many met with counter-protests, were planned across the country on Wednesday.


“You have no idea what it is to live life with the fear that your child could commit suicide at any time,” says Violet Collinson with tears in her eyes. “And anything that encourages that, I’m against.” Collinson has a deeply personal connection to today’s rally: She says her own…

Featured, News, Police September 21, 2023

Yellowknife teen assaults police, threatens security guard over stolen bottle of cologne

The 17-year-old teen is facing several charges related to the theft and the assault of the RCMP officers.


A Yellowknife teen is facing several charges after stealing from a downtown business and assaulting police officers in the process — and it all started with a bottle of cologne. Police were called to the scene on Wednesday evening after a security guard at the unnamed business stopped a 17-year-old…

Environment, Featured, Health, News, Weather September 19, 2023

Yellowknifers should be getting some relief from wildfire smoke this evening

Much of the lingering smoke should clear this evening, according to an Environment Canada meteorologist.


As wildfires rage across the territory, smoke seemed to be stubbornly stuck above the N.W.T. capital. BreezoMeter provides real-time air quality data for locations across the world. This morning, data collected by the website showed the air quality above Yellowknife was poor enough to pose a “very high health risk”…

Community, Featured, News September 19, 2023

Craving culture: Teetl’it Zheh Chef brings a taste of home to new culinary program

'By sharing my culture and my tradition, it can not only give me a sense of pride but my community too,' says Chef Baryluk


CKLB Radio · Craving culture: Teetl’it Zheh Chef brings a taste of home to new culinary program Chef Stephanie Baryluk, creator of Mrs. B’s Jerky, is spearheading a new Indigenous culinary program at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. “It’s not just about eating food, it’s about the memories, it’s…