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• GNWT makes regulatory changes mostly aimed at renewables

  By Ollie Williams| Cabin Radio Verified Changes announced on Thursday include allowing more renewables in diesel-powered communities, adding more regulatory support for electric heating, and creating a “low water rate rider” fund that the GNWT says will “better buffer electricity costs” during droughts. Most of the changes will happen under the regulatory hood. They are shifts in the rules the territory’s regulator – the Public Utilities Board – will apply to the operations of companies like the NWT Power Corporation and Naka Power.

  By Ollie Williams · Cabin Radio

  Apr. 17, 2025

• GNWT plans meetings over new Indigenous procurement policy

  By Ollie Williams| Cabin Radio Verified Procurement is the process by which the territorial government selects businesses to deliver the equipment, programs and services it can’t handle in-house. In a Wednesday press release, the GNWT said the new policy will help increase Indigenous access to government contracts. “The policy will support local economic growth, job creation and skills development, contributing to stronger, more resilient communities and advancing reconciliation across the territory,” the territory stated.

  By Ollie Williams · Cabin Radio

  Apr. 17, 2025

• GNWT makes regulatory changes mostly aimed at renewables

  By Ollie Williams| Cabin Radio Verified Changes announced on Thursday include allowing more renewables in diesel-powered communities, adding more regulatory support for electric heating, and creating a “low water rate rider” fund that the GNWT says will “better buffer electricity costs” during droughts. Most of the changes will happen under the regulatory hood. They are shifts in the rules the territory’s regulator – the Public Utilities Board – will apply to the operations of companies like the NWT Power Corporation and Naka Power.

  By Ollie Williams · Cabin Radio

  Apr. 17, 2025

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Cabin Radio

Cabin Radio provides digital journalism and entertainment radio for the Northwest Territories from our studios in downtown Yellowknife. We are fully independent, owned and operated by five Yellowknife residents alongside a small staff and a team of volunteers. We're one of the North's must trusted and widely read online newsrooms. Our written reporting is read on average 600,000 times a month by residents across the Northwest Territories. We offer journalism internships each year, support freelance journalism, and work with NWT schools to develop students' interest in reporting and telling their communities' stories. Cabin Radio goes beyond digital journalism and music radio. We are one of the only entertainment video producers in the North, creating captivating and fun video ranging from Pet Project (weekly profiles of adoptable pets in Yellowknife) to Extreme Duck Racing (sending 3,500 rubber ducks over NWT waterfalls for charity) and beyond. We foster new creative video talent, both on-camera and behind the scenes, with training on top-of-the-range equipment and on deadline-driven, quick-turnaround productions. Head to cabinradio.ca to listen live, download podcasts, and read our latest reporting. Watch our best video moments by searching for Cabin Radio on Facebook or Instagram