CBC - North (6 hours ago)

A Yellowknife-based learning and research centre recently hosted some workshops looking at co-operatives as an alternative model for northern businesses.

#canada #north

CBC - North (6 hours ago)

Wild horses in the Yukon are classified as "feral" animals, but some advocates and biologists say they should be considered a native species. 

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Premier David Eby said the tolls may not be used, but warned that Canada needs to have tools available to fight the threat of tariffs coming from President Donald Trump until he backs down from his plans altogether.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

The Qinnirvik Country Food and Bulk Store aims to tackle food insecurity by providing food at flexible prices.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Now in its third year, the adaptive snowsport program at the Mount Sima ski hill provides lessons to neurodiverse individuals or those living with a physical or visual impairment.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The Tłı̨chǫ and federal governments announced a deal to plant 12 million trees over the next seven years in N.W.T., from locally-harvested seeds. Canada is putting nearly $45 million into the project while the Tłı̨chǫ government is pitching in more than $8 million. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 days ago)

RCMP say they have not yet identified a suspect after responding to a house fire and possible gunfire in Fort Smith, N.W.T., on Friday morning. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 days ago)

Frustration was apparent by the participants during a local meeting between the Cree Nation Government (CNG) and the tallymen because of the knowledge gap on the processes of natural resource extraction and the rights of the crees.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 days ago)

Wesley Marcellais, 44, Hilary Norwegian, 34, and Avery Burke, 6, all died within the first six weeks of 2025. Their families say their treatments are examples of substandard health care for Indigenous people. MLAs passed a motion Thursday calling for an investigation.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

N.W.T. Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Devlin has ordered lawyer Andrew Rogerson to return a $90,000 retainer from Ron Barlas that he illegally spent, and to pay all legal costs incurred by Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation lawyers during the legal action.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

An estimated 150,000 litres of toxic water made its way to nearby Haggart Creek over a couple of days in February, officials say.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Aurora College's plans to close 19 community learning centres across the N.W.T. came under fire on Thursday, as college officials appeared before a standing committee of MLAs. 

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Lance Briere, 32, was last seen Feb. 8 at the Inuvik liquor store, RCMP have said. At the time, he was wearing a bright green toque, reflective jacket, black ski pants and black boots.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

The Yukon government issued a budget with a projected $82-million surplus Thursday, but both the Eagle Gold mine disaster and Donald Trump's tariffs mean there's still plenty of uncertainty.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

The N.W.T.'s housing corporation has evicted seven tenants from their homes since November for what it describes as illegal activities or disturbances, according to a spokesperson for the corporation. It's an issue one MLA raised in the Legislative Assembly last month.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who were believed to have died after being buried in snow.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Expect lots of fireworks in the legislature over the next few weeks.  

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

One of the north's biggest landlords is calling for changes to landlord-tenant law in the Northwest Territories, saying it's "drowning in this crisis” of constant vandalism and violence plaguing its buildings in Yellowknife and Inuvik.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Yukon's premier says he's been getting an "incredible" amount of advice and suggestions from Yukoners about how to retaliate against the U.S. for its punishing new tariffs — with suggestions ranging from putting on a toll on the Alaska Highway to banning American athletes from the Arctic Winter Games.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 days ago)

The federal government has appointed former MP and MLA Murray Rankin to assess the impacts of Giant Mine near Yellowknife, specifically as it relates to the impact on Indigenous communities and historical treaty rights.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

N.W.T.'s health minister says that a rise in tourism is putting more strain on the medical travel system. The Keskorie medical boarding home in Yellowknife is full right now, along with city hotels, leaving some medical travel patients with nowhere to stay.

#canada #north

CBC - North (4 days ago)

A new report from the auditor general of Canada finds that Nunavut's Department of Family Services has made initial steps to fix the service it provides to youth and children, but the changes haven't been big enough to make much of a difference.

#canada #north

CBC - North (4 days ago)

A new research and training centre in Nunavut could soon be offering skills development in fields such as mining, environmental management, administration, and health.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The Nunavut government is still in the early planning phase for new water treatment plants in Igloolik and Clyde River, MLAs heard Monday.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Two grocery chains that serve the North say stores in remote communities that rely on large, infrequent shipments of goods are shielded from the effects of Canadian counter-tariffs – at least, for now.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The Yukon Supreme Court has tossed the territorial government's case against the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board over the board's recommendation against a proposed exploration project in the Peel watershed.

#canada #north

CBC - North (4 days ago)

Nunavut's finance minister says the territory is considering banning American companies from bidding on government contracts in the wake of the trade war with the United States.

#canada #north

CBC - North (4 days ago)

People in Skagway, Alaska, say they're anxious about what a Canada-U.S. trade war will mean for the cost of living in their small, remote town.

#canada #north

CBC - North (4 days ago)

The Green Party's Gabrielle Dupont is running to be the territory's next MP.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A team of visiting veterinarians want to know how many dogs live in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., to help them provide better service to the community.

#canada #north

CBC - North (4 days ago)

The N.W.T. health minister says a "code silver" policy for Yellowknife's Stanton Territorial Hospital is being reviewed by occupational health and safety.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

More than 50 people packed into the Holy Family Elementary School library for the meeting on Monday, which was part of the council's regular meeting schedule but the first since principal Maria Gray announced last week that she was stepping down. 

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Canada's three northern premiers have announced measures to protect their territory's economies amidst a trade war with the United States. 

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The long-awaited Islamic Centre in Yellowknife was expected to open this month, as Muslims in the community observe Ramadan. It's now expected to open later this year.

#canada #north

CBC - North (5 days ago)

In a joint news release Tuesday morning, they described the effort as "made-in-Nunavut" and a response to world events that have recently put the spotlight on the Arctic.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Police said they received a call at roughly 4:30 a.m. Monday about someone firing shots near a home on Rental Road. When they arrived, they found someone had apparently attempted to set the home on fire.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

On Monday, the territory's finance department announced in a news release that its borrowing limit is increasing to $3.1 billion from $1.8 billion.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The Speaker of the N.W.T. says that an MLA's recent Facebook post does not impede the finance minister's ability to do her job — but he also says members need to focus more on the work of the assembly and less on arguing. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (5 days ago)

Preliminary federal data shows exploration spending decreasing across all three territories and B.C.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Yellowknife City Council is poised to terminate an agreement that reserves Tin Can Hill for the construction of polytechnic university campus — and Aurora College says it's fine with that.

#canada #north

CBC - North (6 days ago)

Police said they got a call Friday evening that a person had been stabbed multiple times, in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T. The victim was medevaced out of the community with serious injuries.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

In an oral decision issued Monday, Yukon Supreme Court Justice Edith Campbell ruled the territory's Financial Administration Act takes precedence over the enabling legislation for the ombudsman and child and youth advocate.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

A 25-year-old man is facing firearms-related charges after RCMP responded to a call about a handgun being pointed at a security officer outside of Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife. 

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Dawson City, Yukon's new recreation facility project is moving forward. The town's recreation manager said the design is now being refined and will be presented to mayor and council for the final decision in May, with ground work to follow.

#canada #north

CBC - North (6 days ago)

Yellowknife City Council is discussing whether to end an agreement to reserve land in the city's Tin Can Hill area for Aurora College's planned polytechnic university campus.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

The principal of a Whitehorse Catholic school has stepped down from her position, alleging that the local bishop — whom she describes as "dangerous” — frequently oversteps his authority while the education department does little to address his behaviour.

#canada #north

CBC - North (6 days ago)

A Yukon woman says she faced high costs, difficulty accessing services and frustrating interactions with health-care workers when she tried to access Mifegymiso, an abortion pill.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Nicolas Cyr, 36, has been a physical education teacher at Jaanimmarik Secondary School and a resident in Kuujjuaq for approximately 14 years.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Over two days of arguments this past week, lawyers for both sides plumbed the most arcane depths of the law. Justice Edith Campbell is expected to deliver her decision Monday.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The federal government has offered a long-awaited apology to Inuit families affected by the Dundas Harbour relocations in Nunavut nearly a century ago.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Nearly 300 people took part in a conference held at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse this past week, hosted by the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Yukon Energy is in the process of relicensing the legacy facility for five years. Built in the 1950s, the dam has since then obstructed the upriver migration of fish, including chinook salmon, whose numbers long declined. The fish aren't found above the facility anymore.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Six modular housing units arrived in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., in the past few weeks, with three just last week. They're the first new homes the community has seen in years.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Nunavut government said in a news released Friday that Nunik Care Services' approval to operate a childcare facility was rescinded last month. It said the home had been given 60 days notice of the change, and that it was making sure there were "transition plans” for the children and youth who lived there.

#canada #north

CBC - North (A week ago)

Yukon Finance Minister Sandy Silver says the territory wants certainty as leading candidates in federal Liberal leadership race, as well as leaders of the federal Conservative Party and NDP, all promise to scrap, freeze or significantly change the program.

#canada #north

CBC - North (A week ago)

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says his government will extend a paid sick leave program that covers many workers who lack benefits, but the Yukon Federation of labour says the measure doesn't go far enough.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Leslie Iain Weatherston filed a notice to the Yukon Court of Appeal this month, alleging the judge at his jury trial last year erred on several fronts and also gave him an unfit sentence.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Police officers from the detachment in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., received a complaint Thursday afternoon that a person had made threats to get a firearm and "discharge it around town," RCMP said in a news release Friday morning. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (A week ago)

Police officers from the detachment in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., received a complaint Thursday afternoon that a person had made threats to get a firearm and "discharge it around town," RCMP said in a news release Friday morning. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (A week ago)

The agreement announced Thursday includes a network of proposed Inuit-led water and land conservation areas in the Arctic region. It's expected to attract $318 million over 15 years to the region.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The chief of Deninu Kųę́ First Nation says a territorial permit holding up his community's effort to unearth unmarked graves erroneously calls children who died at residential school "archaeological artifacts."

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In a split decision issued this month, the Yukon Court of Appeal ruled that the judge who originally heard Darryl Sheepway's case failed to properly consider the "harsh conditions” he faced at the Whitehorse jail when determining his parole ineligibility period.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Sahtu MLA Danny McNeely said that the rising cost of living is Norman Wells means some are leaving the community and others are living in fear. MLAs passed a motion on Thursday calling on the territory to declare a state of emergency there.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Last year, there were 300 positions open for the nominee program. This year, due to federal cuts, there will be 150 positions open. Sixty of the new application spots will be filled with 2024 applications that came in before the changes to the rules, which leaves 90 openings for 2025.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Residents of the Sahtu are raising concerns about the impact of fire retardant and are asking the N.W.T. government for more information about how it contributes to changes in the region's land and water.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Some Nunavut MLAs are wondering why a fleet of elder mobility vans, promised several months ago to five communities by the premier, are not yet in use.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Queer Yukon Society signed its first-ever collective agreement on February 14. The vice president of the Yukon Employees Union says it's an agreement "for queer people, by queer people."

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The federal government has offered a long-awaited apology to Inuit families affected by the Dundas Harbour relocations in Nunavut nearly a century ago.

#canada #north

CBC - North (A week ago)

A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska, has been handed three years of probation for using a powerful laser to interfere with a joint military operation, injuring three Canadian aircrew members.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

One MLA expressed concern about the state of the airport in Igloolik, while another talked about the need for a longer run way at the airport in Chesterfield Inlet.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A charter plane carrying two pilots and six people landed safely in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Tuesday night after it was forced to make an emergency landing. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Winnipeg-based Exchange Income Corporation announced on Monday that it would be buying Canadian North for $205 million. The company promised the sale would mean better service to northern communities.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Some N.W.T. MLAs say they've heard concerns from constituents about the territory's new Mineral Resources Act, which is expected to come into effect in 2027.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Former Nihtat Energy president Grant Sullivan is asking the judge to order the Nihtat Corporation to honour a shareholder agreement that gives him the right to purchase shares in Nihtat Energy.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yukon placer miner Riley Gibson said he's been waiting almost a year for his mining licence to get renewed. He said if it doesn't happen soon, he may have to find work elsewhere this summer.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The N.W.T. education department will meet with federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu about how sweeping changes to Jordan's Principle funding will affect N.W.T. which relies on the fund to pay more than 60 per cent of the territory's educational assistants.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Two Nunavut MLAs asked questions about the revitalization of Inuktut dialects at the territory's Legislative Assembly this week. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The federal government is appointing former Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) president Aluki Kotierk to oversee an external review of the Nutrition North subsidy. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The estimated cost of replacing a key piece of infrastructure the city of Yellowknife relies on for drinking water has nearly doubled in the span of a year.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

For the first time, Carcross/Tagish First Nation elders and land guardians helped plan and execute annual Canadian Armed Forces exercises in the Yukon.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Perhaps the most eyecatching thing about the budget is property taxes, which are set to increase by 4.62 per cent. The most controversial at the council meeting Monday evening? Transit fares.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Michelle Wolf was charged with one count of assault after an incident in a classroom at Sakku School in Coral Harbour in 2023.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Randall Blake of Fort McPherson, N.W.T., has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a house fire that killed a young woman in the community in 2023.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Police in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., are investigating what they're calling a suspicious death in the community, after they found the body of a 29-year-old man in a residence.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Ukrainian Canadian Association of the Yukon is holding a candlelight vigil in Whitehorse on Tuesday evening to mark three years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Winnipeg-based Exchange Income Corporation announced on Monday that it was buying Canadian North for $205 million. The company promised the sale would mean better service to northern communities.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The first-ever Joel Tetso Memorial Hockey Tournament will be held in Fort Smith, N.W.T., from March 14 to 16. It was created to honour Tetso, who died in a plane crash in January 2024.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

In court documents obtained by CBC, the plaintiffs say that a Feb 3. board meeting amounted to an attempted "hostile takeover” of the Gwich'in Tribal Council by Frederick Blake Jr. and other board members who were present.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A jury found Robin Williams not guilty on six charges of assault. On Monday, the Crown prosecutor stayed the remaining eight charges against Williams for assault and sexual assault. Williams says the case has had a devastating impact on his life.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Nunavut RCMP say they have found no criminality in the deaths of two young people at Naja Isabelle Home in Chesterfield Inlet. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Nunavut's finance minister tabled a budget Monday that he said reflects the territory's "unwavering commitment” to improving the lives and well-being of residents. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Celine Mantla says it has been a very difficult time for her since that day when RCMP knocked on her door to say her son Germaine had been hit by a vehicle. A trial is now underway for a woman accused of dangerous driving causing Germain Mantla's death.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Four properties belonging to Range Lake Developments are on the list, with 2023 tax arrears totalling over $100,000. That number makes up just over half of the town's total tax arrears for 2023, including both residential and commercial properties.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Three new public housing buildings in Behchoko will become homes for families, singles and elders as early as next month. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and soldiers from allied countries are training in Inuvik until March 9 as part of Operation Nanook-Nunalivut.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Ndidi Cascade, one of the hip-hop artists who performed, said she found it very fulfilling to be singing for youths and helping them to discover African culture.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Some Kwanlin Dün First Nation citizens are learning to speak Southern Tutchone for the first time.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Nunavik Police Service wants to equip its holding cells with devices that would allow them to remoelyprovide real-time vital health metrics.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A statement of claim filed before the Court of King's Bench in Manitoba earlier this month calls the multinational Canadian grocery company with stores in northern Canada "outrageous” and "predatory” for not passing 100 per cent of a federal subsidy on to consumers like it's supposed to.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Nunavut communities are announcing the end of their administration of the Inuit Child First Imitative as they wait to hear whether the program will be extended beyond its March 31 end date. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A committee of Fort Good Hope leaders says it doesn't trust Imperial Oil's operations in Norman Wells, N.W.T., and it's opposing the company's application for a three-year water licence renewal. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The program was originally supposed to reopen last month, but unexpected federal reductions to the number of people the N.W.T. could accept forced it to delay reopening.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Two Nunavut MLAs asked questions at the Legislative Assembly this week about infrastructure projects that – amid rising tensions between Canada and the U.S. – the territory's premier has described recently as "nation-building." 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

We all vote for different reasons. We want to hear yours. Apply here to share why you feel so passionately about that issue on CBC North.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Hannah Lafferty is charged with dangerous driving causing death after 30-year-old Germaine Mantla was struck near Bison Hill Apartments in Yellowknife in April 2022.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The coordinator of a program that offers free prenatal and post-natal support for families in Dawson City, Yukon, says demand for the program is growing, while its funding is not keeping pace.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Hanley is the first confirmed Yukon candidate for the next federal election, which could happen as early as this spring.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Austin Moore and Ikeda Lafferty, who were arrested for failing to appear in court earlier this week as witnesses, testified before the N.W.T. Supreme Court on Wednesday about what they saw nearly three years ago. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Nunavut MLAs will be back in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, as the winter sitting gets underway. It will run for three weeks, until Mar. 11.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Since his election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska — comments that have drawn fresh attention to a project that's floundered for years despite support from state leaders.

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Canada Infrastructure Bank is loaning the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation $100 million to develop a natural gas well that is expected to provide the region with fossil fuel and synthetic diesel for more than 50 years. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

In a few weeks, NTPC will take over as Hay River's power distributor. When that happens, the power corporation will have to pay an interim rate of $48,500 monthly to Naka Power for use of the Hay River transmission power line.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Brenda T'Seleie-Pierrot, who helps run a three-bedroom safe home that serves women and children fleeing family violence in the Sahtu region, said the changes are unfair and will be detrimental to many children in her community.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Booking travel in the North isn't always straightforward, but a new travel agency in Fort Smith, N.W.T., hopes to change that and potentially improve medical travel across the territory.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Raven ReCentre is complaining to the Yukon's ombudsman, saying the territorial government excluded the non-profit from a contract for processing some of the territory's recyclables, "without notice or consultation." 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The federal and Yukon governments on Tuesday announced new funding to build a new two-storey facility for Biathlon Yukon at the organization's training site on Grey Mountain in Whitehorse. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Yukon government says about 19 million litres of toxic water has escaped a containment pond at Eagle Gold mine which has been leaking since December, adding to ongoing contamination from June's catastrophic heap leach failure.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories upset Manitoba's Kerri Einarson 9-6 in extra ends in Pool B action on Tuesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world's most famous sled dog race to move the start of the Iditarod farther north.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The head of Canada's national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The mayor of Ilulissat, Greenland, said he was "very happy” with how the games drew 70 athletes from around Greenland, Alaska, Nunavut and Nunavik to his small town.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

RCMP have arrested and charged three individuals related to the bust. Police say the arrests and seizures have disrupted drug trafficking and organized crime in the territory and that it will make a difference in N.W.T. communities.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Hannah Lafferty was charged in connection with the death of 30-year-old Germaine Mantla, who was struck by a vehicle in April 2022 at Bison Hill apartments in Yellowknife. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Nunavut's privacy commissioner says the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission should release an investigation report into the death of a University of Alberta researcher who had been doing field work near Grise Fiord, Nunavut. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials supports Indigenous communities looking to identify, locate and commemorate children who died at residential schools in Canada.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The federal government has chipped in funding for a new 17-unit supportive housing facility in downtown Whitehorse, across the street from the existing emergency shelter.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Building materials for long-delayed health centre in Tulı́t'a, N.W.T., now warped and mouldy

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Most lumber sold in the Yukon is trucked up from places like Alberta and British Columbia. Ulrich Trachsel, the owner of Ibex Valley Wood Products, said that doesn't work for him — the costs to the environment and climate are too great. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Maxwell Joy, the director of programs for the Nunavut Fury Hockey Association, said the new non-profit aims to "change the game” for girls hockey in Nunavut. A recent hockey camp in Rankin Inlet is one example of how it's doing that. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

RCMP said the two incidents happened minutes apart early on Saturday morning and are believed to be linked, and related to the local drug trade.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The chief of Pedzéh Kı̨ First Nation says his community does not oppose the highway but takes issue with the current proposed route, which enters moose habitat and runs over unstable landslide-prone areas.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Patricia Lamha and Kevin Chaput started the petition after Lamha was seriously injured in a crash last month in the Swift River area, between Watson Lake and Teslin, Yukon.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Patrick Sulurayok, 34, was accused of killing Bernard Otuk on June 22, 2021.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A number of teachers have resigned in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving half of the positions at the community's high school unfilled. 

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Two youths in Umiujaq, Que., took their own lives within the span of several weeks in late 2024. Now, advocates are calling for mental health services oriented toward the Inuit way of doing things.

#canada #north

CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The closure of Yellowknife's Great Slave Animal Hospital has left both pet owners and animal care non-profits in N.W.T. scrambling to find veterinary care.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Minnie's Hope is now in larger building. With support from major donors, the expansion allows for specialized services ensuring children receive care within their community rather than having to travel south.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Things have gotten a little weird lately with the U.S. and Canada, but one small-town mayor in Alaska hopes his town can still be Valentines with its neighbours across the border in the Yukon.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Once Calvin Gillings coaxed his car into charging, it began smoking under the hood. 'And then it actually caught fire underneath my wife's seat,' he said.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Council of Yukon First Nations has finished work on a new temporary housing facility for Indigenous women and children in Whitehorse, and expects to welcome the first clients next week.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Patrick Sulurayok is accused of killing Bernard Otuk in June 2021

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

N.W.T.'s premier has responded to a proposed voting bloc by three regular MLAs by saying that the Legislative Assembly can only achieve its priorities through a "co-operative approach" where all members shape decision-making. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Staff at the veterinary clinic told CBC News on Friday morning they had to be out of the building by noon.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A city spokesperson said the subsurface fire in a cell containing construction and demolition waste had been put out and that the solid waste facility has now returned to regular hours. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The owners of Dawson City, Yukon's cannabis shop are moving their store next month from Second Avenue to a more high-profile spot on Front Street. Some residents aren't happy with the plan.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Health-care workers in Nunavut say changes to a federal funding program for Inuit children are forcing some pregnant women to make a tough choice: have a safe birth or ensure the kids they already have are properly cared for.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as Denali — weeks after President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Yukon's finance minister says the territory's ombudsman and its child and youth advocate are overreacting and engaging in "rhetorical excess" by claiming government interference in the budgeting process for their offices.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A network of family violence shelters and safe homes are urging the government to reinstate a $100,000 fund that supports in-person collaboration and trauma-informed training. The government says those meetings can happen virtually.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Kieron Testart, the MLA for Range Lake, pitched the idea of forming a voting bloc to other regular MLAs during a media conference on Thursday. He said it was a way to get things done more quickly and hailed it as a way to "save consensus government." 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

There is no evidence of human involvement in the recent death of a wild stallion in the Ibex Valley, despite a suggestion by some wild horse enthusiasts that the animal may have been illegally shot.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Infrastructure Minister Caroline Wawzonek said she couldn't disclose information about the territory's agreement to sub-lease its own building because commercial leases are proprietary.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A man killed in Nunavut last April by a spinning helicopter tail rotor was a frequent flyer who had been warned about the risks during previous flights, transport officials said Wednesday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The risk of wildfires in the Northwest Territories is one of the main reasons a new commercial FM radio licence could be granted in Yellowknife, according to an official with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

While one of its vets intends to stay in Yellowknife, the animal hospital says its current location is no longer tenable. It will be closing indefinitely no later than March 31.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m., said George Qaunaq, the Igloolik's chief administrative officer. It engulfed the Kipsigak Arena and Artcirq's Black Box, where it runs its circus and community programing. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The federal Conservatives have taken the wraps off a portion of their plan for defence — specifically defending the Far North.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The former CEO of Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation's business arm, Denesoline Corporation, has been ordered to transfer a property back to the First Nation-owned company.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

People in Dawson City, Yukon say they've been shopping local, and Canadian before the 'buy Canadian' movement started. One business owner in Atlin, B.C, says it could have a negative affect on her business.

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CBC - North (4 weeks ago)

Territorial legislation requires the Yukon government to adjust the maximum residential rent increase each May, in line with the annual average consumer price index (CPI). This year, it's two per cent.

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