Podcasts about yellowknifer

Yellowknife residents can return home on Wednesday, three weeks after forest fires forced virtually everyone in the N.W.T. city to evacuate. We talk to a Yellowknifer nervous about returning, and hear about the logistics of getting an evacuated city back up and running.

Mark Henry, owner of the Copperhouse Eatery and Lounge in Yellowknife, is one of the first employers to participate in a new Covid-19 screening program. Also on the show, a fundraiser started by friends of Yellowknifer, Adam Scarf, will help cover his family's expenses while he recovers in Edmonton following surgery to repair a brain bleed.

A new Yellowknifer named Angela has taken the semi-unprecedented step of reaching out to the internet in search of new friends. Do you want to be her new friend?

Texas struggles to cope as snowstorms ravage the state, and the Yellowknife lynx has been "disptached" by ENR - aka, killed. Plus, we hear one Yellowknifer's story about wrestling the cat to save her puppy. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.

The Northwest Territories has introduced a new healthcare plan for transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals, and a Yellowknifer makes the cut and has secured a spot on the University of Alberta's varsity soccer team. Sarah Sibley reports.

Traces of Covid-19 have been detected in Yellowknife wastewater and NACC offers new funding to support artists during the pandemic. Plus one Yellowknifer shares her favourite Covid cocktail recipes in a new book. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.

Hay River and a Yellowknifer spread the holiday cheer, plus the Prince of Wales museum in Yellowknife sees the closing of the Walt Humphries exhibit off with flashlights. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.

A former Yellowknifer gives us the lowdown on his new French-language novel, plus we listen as Jennifer Inch, daughter of Yellowknife pool namesake Ruth Inch, tells us who her mother was and what her legacy means. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.

Ollie received an email from a "Concerned Yellowknifer" the other day, whose main concerns were twofold: 1. Cabin Radio's hoodie sales; and2. ...Ollie's face.

It isn’t uncommon for us to interview someone on the How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast only to learn later that they have decided to move away from Yellowknife. We know lives take us in all direction and not everyone is destined to stay in Yellowknife forever. However, in the case of Stephanie Vandeputte, we […]

If Shiri MacPherson were to be nominated for an award the category would be along the lines of Most Passionate Yellowknife Volunteer. Her dedication to volunteering and supporting local events is second to none and we talk all about it in this episode of the How To Be a Yellowknife Podcast. As part of a […]

A long-time Yellowknifer speaks to Jimmy about how the city has changed over 25 years and what he loves about the north.

Ashley Makohoniuk has lived in Yellowknife for about 8 years and most of that time she has volunteered for Folk on the Rocks, the annual music and arts festival that takes place in July on the shores of Long Lake. As part of a Yellowknife Online and Folk on the Rocks partnership, this is the first […]

Wheeler is offended by snow, the organizer of Yellowknifer's first TEDx conference stops in, and Miranda Currie launches her new children's album.

Dave Bidini discusses his compelling new book Midnight Light - A Personal Journey to the North, his respect for and interest in local reporting, what he discovered on this monumental trip through Canada’s Northwest Territories, a forthcoming album by Rheostatics, and much more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts.

Trans Mountain expansion approvals are halted by a federal court, Yellowknife's bike park plans get a boost, and how an airline reunited a Yellowknifer with her lost book.

Kam Hogan is a Yellowknife Ambassador through and through but was also once one of those Yellowknifers who thought they’d only be here for a year. 6 years late she is still here. Getting her first glimpse of the Northwest Territories at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the form of the Northern House, Kam, thought moving to Yellowknife would […]

Ollie Williams has a lot going on in the community for a guy who has only been in Yellowknife for 3 years. Be it his volunteering, business building or his familiar voice on the radio, he is getting things done. Originally a sports reporter from the United Kingdom, Ollie made his way to the Vancouver […]

Jess Dunkin was lucky enough to first be exposed to Yellowknife, Whitehorse, and Iqaluit through a work contract. This was her first exposure to Northern Canada and while in Yellowknife, something just captured her. As those contracts ended she started looking for job opportunities in Yellowknife and ended up finding a position at the NWT Parks […]

Aurora College, and by extension Yellowknife, is known for its nursing program. Turns out one of the people to spearhead developing that curriculum that now so well known and regarded is Yellowknife resident, Lorie Crawford. A registered nurse, who with her husband, moved from Ontario, because of the long commutes, has now called Yellowknife home […]

Annelies Pool, a resident of Yellowknife since the early 80’s, always knew she wanted to write a novel but knew it would take some time to get there. While working towards that goal, which she recently accomplished, she became a journalist to support herself to continue to practice the trade she loves. In that pursuit, Annelies found […]

Michelle Peters, originally from South Africa but now calls Yellowknife home joins us on this episode of the How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast. Michelle, her husband, Ryan, and their 3 children moved from South African to Yellowknife in 2013 for a job opportunity she couldn’t turn down. Right off the top, I talk to Michelle about […]

Shane Clark, business owner, coach, and father, joins us on this episode of the How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast. Shane’s family has deep roots in Yellowknife even though he wasn’t born here and didn’t grow up here. His grandparents met in the early years of Yellowknife, his father was a business owner in Yellowknife by his […]