2014 ICC Northen Games Conference Preparations

Drunk driving simulation

Talk from Chief of the Defence Staff for Canadian Forces General Rick Hillier at the Inuvik Petroleum show.

Rick Hillier & Leadership

Prayers and remembrance of Robert Alexie at the 2014 Gwich'in Assembly

With a coffee cup in one hand and a campaign button on his left breast, Floyd Roland is campaigning on a number of issues — the cost of living, a slow Northwest Territories economy and infrastructure project investments. But he's also pitching himself as a familiar face in territorial politics who gets things done.

PROFILE: NWT Conservative candidate Floyd Roland

John Moore, a St. Francis Xavier University student, arrived in Inuvik five months ago to make money while finishing his final elective course via distance learning. Not long after, the Green Party asked him to run as the Northwest Territories candidate.

PROFILE: N.W.T. Green Party candidate John Moore

They've built Canada's northern-most mosque...
Now the Islamic community in Inuvik is building a food bank.
However this one's different.
Canned soup won't be the only thing on the shelves.
David Thurton has details.
Aired Sept 15th, 2014.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuvik-mosque-to-stock-new-food-bank-with-country-food-1.2766377

Inuvik mosque to open food bank

The Premier of the Northwest Territories wants more people to call his region home.
Bob MacLeod is trying to reverse the Territories' declining population.
And he's traveling a very long way to do it.
David Thurton explains.
Aired on World Report January 4th 2015

N.W.T. premier heads to China seeking immigrants

Day three of the Gwich'in Annual General Assembly in Inuvik.
And delegates intend to raise questions about financial management of the Gwich'in Tribal Council.
Aired August 21st, 2014.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gwich-in-tribal-council-gets-clean-audit-for-2014-1.2743055

Gwich’in Tribal Council gets clean audit for 2014

An elder living near Tsiigehtchic is complaining that his home could be flooded because of poor drainage off the Dempster Highway.

As David Thurton reports, the territorial government is still looking for a satisfactory solution.

Aired Feb 10th, 2015
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/poor-highway-drainage-surrounds-n-w-t-elder-s-cabin-with-ice-1.2951375

Poor highway drainage surrounds N.W.T. elder's cabin with ice

Here's a quick sample of some of my radio presenting and editing skills. Content was rewritten from CBC.ca/North stories over the Aug. 30th- Sept. 3rd period. Forgive me the clips aren't the best quality, but they were taken from various CBC News North Radio newscasts.

David Tim Thurton

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