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Yeah, maybe you're right. Oddly, though, the same broadcaster needed a reference for someone else last year and for that one, the regular human being who'd be hiring them (who I didn't know) just phoned me up. I guess things changed.

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(In both cases, the people I was being asked about are amazing human beings. These references were not hard and I hope they get hired. But the process seemed designed to be minimally useful to the actual person who'll be managing them.)

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1. I can't imagine being an employer and not actually being on the call to hear from people about someone you're thinking of hiring. 2. They don't even tell me what position these people are applying for! Isn't that... quite crucial to knowing if they'll be a good fit for it?

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Twice this week, a major broadcaster has asked me to provide a reference for someone by having a third-party company reach me. The first time it was a call. This time it's just a form that goes back to the "automated reference" third party. Maybe everyone does this? How soulless and useless.

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Unless you're sleeping at William Mac school, no need to worry. It's not a YK-wide issue (the city's water is tested all the time).

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Put another way: If they're prepared to try it for a heckin' mushroom story, what else are they prepared to try to have edited – or working frightfully hard to phrase carefully – that might be less ridiculously benign? Not impressed. Leave your poor employee alone, too.

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I debated whether to share this, I'm sure everyone's only following orders etc. However, it troubles me that Parks Canada saw a good chance of successfully getting a newsroom to stealth-remove the word "heck" in a story about fungi. There are boundaries. Big ol' boundaries. For very good reasons.

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If the quote had been "I'm gonna get me some mother-f**kin' mushrooms," we might have paused pre-publication. Maybe. (Maybe not.) In 2025, some poor Parks Canada employee trying to promote a mushroom-spotting event is presumably now dealing with a menacing phone call over the phrase "heck, yeah."

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Parks Canada just called to ask if we can delete the word "heck" from an article in which an employee, promoting a mushroom-spotting contest, says: "I had an opportunity arise to create my own project. I was like, heck yeah, it’s gonna be mushrooms.” That request is not going to fly.

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Importantly, Aurora College's board (not the GNWT) decided to close the community learning centres. The GNWT appears to have been as surprised as anyone and has since been working out how to fill that gap.

Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Our top story in the morning is going to be a hot breakfast program in Fort Good Hope because if the top story most days was about some kids getting a quality breakfast, the world would be a better place. Shoutout to Jaydon Kakfwi in Fort Good Hope.

Jaydon Kakfwi in his breakfast program's kitchen in Fort Good Hope last week.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

We are the kind of broadcast institution that finds itself embroiled in outhouse-related drama at trade shows. I don't know why we're like this.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Think I found the tipping point.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Can confirm. We're receiving some money from this but aren't on the list, presumably because we only just had confirmation a day or two ago.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Left my laptop recording a healthcare briefing. Went to cover another story. Came back to see – from the transcript summary – that YouTube abandoned the briefing in favour of wall-to-wall Bob Ross.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

First-time voters, right here. LIVE from 6pm MT: Cabin Radio’s Reasonably Calm Election Special. All the results nationwide, detailed NWT coverage, better music than anyone else. cabinradio.ca/live

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Come talk to Cabin Radio about this if you have the time!

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The Yukon *might* actually have some polling data. The Yukon Party commissioned a Leger poll in Feb. The results I've seen were focused on territorial politics but I suppose it's possible that there was a federal question tucked in there.

Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Ironically, the reality of these maps is: nobody in the Northwest Territories knows what’s up. There’s no polling here. The only reason the NWT is red is because that’s what happened in 2021. (Source: I run a newsroom here and have spent the past few weeks talking with polling firms about this.)

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 20/04/2025

Spring breakup 2025: Updates as we get them We have begun tracking the 2025 spring river ice breakup season in the Northwest Territories. Bookmark this page for regular updates from various sources.

Spring breakup 2025: Updates as we get them

We have begun tracking the 2025 spring river ice breakup season in the Northwest Territories. Bookmark this page for regular updates from various sources.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

He would pick up at least 10% of the vote locally. We love an independent candidate.

Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 11/04/2025

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‘Resurgent’ fur trade brushes off tariff turbulence Many industries are bracing for the impact of US tariffs. Key people in Canada's fur trade say broader uncertainty hasn't dampened the interest of US buyers.

‘Resurgent’ fur trade brushes off tariff turbulence

Many industries are bracing for the impact of US tariffs. Key people in Canada's fur trade say broader uncertainty hasn't dampened the interest of US buyers.

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 11/04/2025

Report indicates homelessness on the rise in Yellowknife The number of people experiencing homelessness in Yellowknife increased by five percent from 2021 to 2024, a report found. Here's the detail.

Report indicates homelessness on the rise in Yellowknife

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Yellowknife increased by five percent from 2021 to 2024, a report found. Here's the detail.

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 08/04/2025

North of North has its Netflix launch this week Canadian viewers have been able to stream North of North since January. Now, the Arctic comedy is set to make its world debut on Netflix.

North of North has its Netflix launch this week

Canadian viewers have been able to stream North of North since January. Now, the Arctic comedy is set to make its world debut on Netflix.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Children. Dogs. Ice. It’s the perfect day out.

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 07/04/2025

‘The town was preparing to evacuate when they finally got power back’ Yellowknife's weekend power outage was its worst in decades, but residents' memories and reports at the time suggest an outage in 1971 may be YK's worst ever.

‘The town was preparing to evacuate when they finally got power back’

Yellowknife's weekend power outage was its worst in decades, but residents' memories and reports at the time suggest an outage in 1971 may be YK's worst ever.

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 07/04/2025

IRC to help build new radar defence system in NWT A subsidiary of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation has been awarded a share of the work involved in creating major new North American radar systems.

IRC to help build new radar defence system in NWT

A subsidiary of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation has been awarded a share of the work involved in creating major new North American radar systems.

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Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Average score so far is 12/20…

Ollie Williams @ollienwt.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

You can get the ones that charge wirelessly but there’s something about plugging in a cat that still seems old-school satisfying.