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EPISODE · Apr 16, 2026 · 32 MIN

Planning Yellowknife's next 25 years

from The North · host Cabin Radio

Yellowknife's draft community plan is out. It calls for 2,000 new homes in the next 25 years, including 1,000 in a new neighbourhood built on green space north of Frame Lake.City planning director Charlsey White explains what City Hall is trying to do with this plan, Mayor Ben Hendriksen gives us his first take as council starts scrutinizing it, and Becca Denley examines the draft through the lens of healthy urban planning.

Yellowknife's draft community plan is out. It calls for 2,000 new homes in the next 25 years, including 1,000 in a new neighbourhood built on green space north of Frame Lake.City planning director Charlsey White explains what City Hall is trying to do with this plan, Mayor Ben Hendriksen gives us his first take as council starts scrutinizing it, and Becca Denley examines the draft through the lens of healthy urban planning.

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