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Listen to our full interviews with the NWT's candidates in the 2025 federal election: Rebecca Alty, Kimberly Fairman, Kelvin Kotchilea and Rainbow Eyes (Angela Davidson).We'll have more next week, too, after our live election debate – which you can catch on Cabin Radio from 8pm MT on Thursday, April 10.
A year after her city was evacuated because of oncoming wildfires, Mayor of Yellowknife Rebecca Alty joins Ollie to look back at those three weeks. How did she see her job at the time? How did she cope? What lessons have the mayor and the city learned from last year's experience and the reviews that have followed?
The federal government changed course on funding for a key agency helping Palestinians in Gaza, saying the humanitarian crisis there was increasingly dire. Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, talks about that decision.Then, we break down how ready Canada is for both military operations and natural disasters. The answer? The armed forces are struggling, and there's more work to do when it comes to things like wildfires.We'll also take a look at why the government announced it's going to keep a close eye on foreign investments in the video game industry — with foreign interference in mind.Plus — British political activist Lady Phyll sits down to discuss anti-gay laws across the globe and what the Commonwealth should be doing about them.This episode features the voices of: Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United NationsThe CBC's Murray BrewsterRebecca Alty, mayor of YellowknifeVictoria Salinas, deputy administrator, FEMARyan Black, lawyerPhyll Opoku-Gyimah, Secretary of the Commonwealth Equality Network
Welcome to Municipal Month on the Cross Border Interviews With Chris Brown, Today's guest is Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty *************************************************** Visit www.crossborderinterviews.ca for more details and a list of all the links mentioned during this interview. The Cross Border Interview Podcast was Produced and Edited by Miranda, Brown & Associates Inc © 2022
Free For All Friday - Hour 1 Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Coordinator of the Aviation Management Program at McGill University discusses the reinstatement of COVID testing for travellers and its impact on the airline industry. Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin discusses new poll numbers showing the Prime Minister's Approval Rating slipping For today's cross-country road trip segment, we speak with Rebecca Alty, Mayor of Yellowknife, N.W.T. What are the hidden gems in his city? Free For All Friday - Hour 2 Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists are Karen Restoule, CEO of Shared Value Solutions, Bold Realities, & Whose Land along with Karen Gordon of Gordon Strategy. Topics: COVID-19 testing requirements for vaccinated travellers are set to resume on Tuesday. Will these measures overwhelm a clearly overwhelmed airline industry? The Prime Minister's approval rating took a hit in a new poll. Are we seeing the beginning of the end of Trudeau's political career? Many Canadians feel tying the knot with their partner is not necessary according to a new Angus Reid Poll. What do you think and what do you think this says about how the view of marriage has changed over the past several decades? Who had a bigger fail this week? Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault? Or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? Do you thank your driver when using public transit? An American social media travel blogger released a viral Tik Tom video showing transit users in Victoria thanking their bus driver.
Mayor of the City of Yellowknife, Rebecca Alty, joins the On the Ledge podcast and we chat zoning, municipal vs. GNWT structure, and the future of Yellowknife. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/8/4/the-question-every-city-should-be-asking --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ontheledge8/message
Yellowknife's mayor, Rebecca Alty, discusses whether keeping taxes low year-on-year in the city is setting residents up for a shock in future years - plus a discussion of council's decision not to find money to keep an Indigenous relations advisor employed.
In her first full interview with Cabin Radio as premier, Caroline Cochrane sets out what she means when she promises the NWT's "most progressive" government. Plus Yellowknife mayor Rebecca Alty has concerns as the introduction of 911 service gets closer.
Students at a Yellowknife high school exercise their non-existent right to vote with enthusiasm, while Rebecca Alty talks Yellowknife traffic lights, among other things.
Rebecca Alty, the Mayor of Yellowknife, considers how to respond as the city's dog mushing association asks to buy a plot of land, attempting to settle a longstanding debate.
Rebecca Alty explains why the City of Yellowknife and Yellowknives Dene are close to requesting that the territorial government change Yellowknife's municipal boundary.
Rebecca Alty, the Mayor of Yellowknife, responds to concerns about violence on 50 Street – as does Northern News Services, which owns the building in which a day shelter was opened six months ago. Meanwhile, Murray Jones explains why he's calling time on his downtown food truck business.
Why Snowking's Winter Festival had to close a week early, plus Yellowknife's mayor Rebecca Alty, and Dr Nicole Redvers, author of a new book which seeks to "bridge the gap" between western and Indigenous medicine.
Rebecca Alty discusses the city budget, the new public consultation for the proposed pool, and other civic housekeeping. Lunchtime News will be taking a break for the rest of the month. We'll be back in 2019.
The new Mayor of Yellowknife, Rebecca Alty, talks Cabin Radio through her first week in office and the city's draft budget.
A recap episode covering a historic municipal election night in the NWT! Hear reaction from Yellowknife city councillors Steve Payne and Neils Konge as well as the new Mayor of Yellowknife, Rebecca Alty.
We're giving away VIP George Canyon tickets, Wheeler reviews the Avengers movie with help from a 3-year-old, and Rebecca Alty runs for mayor.