(Rose-Marie Cardinal/Université Laval – - / Mireille Langlois – Associated Press / David Goldman – - / Mario / Hilary Bird / Claudiane Samson – provided by Bob and Marty Albee)
Budget, archives or even science, particularly on permafrost, the themes of the radio segments which attracted attention this year in the Canadian Territories were varied. Here is an overview of the most viewed on-air interviews on the ICI Grand Nord page in 2024.
West Lighthouse | Melting permafrost and its unexpected consequences on northern rivers
As permafrost thawed, scientists expected to see significant migration of large, meandering rivers, but nature proved them wrong.
West Lighthouse | Yukon judge rules in favor of mother of eight evicted from her home
A Whitehorse woman who took legal action to request the cancellation of the eviction notice against her has finally won her case.
Panorama | Restoration of a 1940 Yukon family documentary
A documentary made in the Yukon more than 80 years ago has been found and restored.
Family Afoot in the Yukon tells the adventures of a family of hikers who crossed northern British Columbia and southern Yukon on foot in the 1940s.
Panorama | Ice under the Beaufort Sea, study reveals
Since 2010, the first high-resolution maps have revealed enormous depressions in the seabed. They could be associated with the degradation of permafrost, according to experts.
The Café show | Yves Lafond conquering the white roads of the Far North
Truck driver Yves Lafond has been traveling the roads of the Yukon and Northwest Territories for more than a decade to supply communities with fuel and food.
Each time he says he won’t go back, then the landscape gets the better of him.
The Café show | In Yellowknife, an affordable housing project falls through
Seventy-two housing units, some of which were affordable, were to be built in the Bellanca building, located in the heart of downtown Yellowknife.
Faced with the lack of housing, the construction of apartments is a necessity in the Northwest Territories.
The Crossroads | A mine wants to develop the exploitation of rare earths
In the Northwest Territories, the Vitals Metals mine wishes to develop the exploitation of rare earths, highly prized, among other things, for the manufacture of computer chips, at the center of an economic and commercial standoff between China and the UNITED STATES.
The Crossroads | The Franco-Ténoise Federation unconvinced by the federal budget
The Fédération franco-ténoise (FFT) would have liked to see more measures intended to support minority French-speaking communities in the North in the federal budget tabled in April.
