Canada: North

CBC - North (34 minutes ago)

The village's pipeline, which connects the water pumping station to the treatment plant, has been frozen since at least March. That has forced the village to drive further out of town to truck in water and have it manually chlorinated, slowing delivery to the community of roughly 2,100 people.

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CBC - North (34 minutes ago)

Since Wednesday, some patients in Puvirnituq, Que., have been flown to health centres down south. The Quebec government says it's on standby to provide more assistance.

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CBC - North (An hour ago)

Once a tight-knit hamlet of around 100 people, residents say the community is torn and still a long way from recovery, both physically and emotionally.

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CBC - North (8 hours ago)

The public administrator of the N.W.T. Health Authority (NTHSSA) says Yellowknife's emergency department is remaining open this long weekend because of the "goodwill of the emergency room doctors and the staff."

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CBC - North (10 hours ago)

Both Noel Avadluk's lawyer and the Crown prosecutor recommended a sentence of 10 years custody followed by 10 years of supervision in the community.

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CBC - North (11 hours ago)

The president of the Nihtat Gwich'in Council in Inuvik, N.W.T., said he wants to see more effort from the Town of Inuvik when it comes to including the Gwich'in leadership in decision making in the community.

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CBC - North (17 hours ago)

The chief executive of ATCO Ltd. says there are "astounding" opportunities in the defence sector as Canada looks to bolster its military presence in the North.

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CBC - North (19 hours ago)

Tthebatthı is a combination of the Dënésułıné words for rapids and head, together meaning head of the rapids.

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CBC - North (19 hours ago)

Elections Canada has a validation process to confirm the unofficial count completed on election night, but the final box from the community of Naujaat has not made it to Iqaluit to be tallied.

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CBC - North (19 hours ago)

An N.W.T. MLA is proposing to build off existing services in Sahtu communities as he pushes ahead with his idea for setting up a food distribution hub in the region. Some residents like the idea but say volunteer capacity will be a challenge.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Road-clearing crews have been pulled from the roads for their safety and emergency services are only responding to critical calls when it's safe to do so. Schools and government offices are closed.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Yukon Energy is proposing to spend more than $350 million on "system-wide investments" over the next three years, meaning ratepayers would see their bills go up.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Yukon RCMP have charged a man with several driving offences in connection with a collision last August on the Alaska Highway that killed a Yukon civil servant and hospitalized the territory's environment minister.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The N.W.T. government plans to use the N'Dulee ferry crossing near Wrigley as a base to ship goods up the Mackenzie River to Sahtu communities, if barges can't make it up the river again this summer.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Two factions of the Gwich'in Tribal Council in the N.W.T. appear to have settled part of a court action they were embroiled in, over decisions made at a council board meeting in February.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The Yukon government heard a few priorities during public consultations about the territory's new Public Lands Act: Developing more land for housing; supporting more First Nations involvement; and defending the public's access to public lands.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Two factions of the Gwich'in Tribal Council in the N.W.T. appear to have settled part of a court action they were embroiled in, over decisions made at a council board meeting in February.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Some tenants in Housing N.W.T. units say their rent is going up by more than what the territory has suggested.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Two factions of the Gwich'in Tribal Council in the N.W.T. appear to have settled a court action they were embroiled in, over decisions made at a council board meeting in February.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) says the next step for its Indigenous midwifery program, thanks to some new prize money, is to purchase a space that will serve as home to the program and expands its services.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Nunavut had its first-ever hockey win at the Arctic Winter Games in 2023. Now, a medal from that game will be displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, to commemorate the historic win.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Greenland's foreign minister is the new chair of the Arctic Council as the Kingdom of Denmark takes over the position from Norway. 

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

During the 2023 wildfires, the government of the Northwest Territories used its 2018 emergency plan — and, according to a consulting firm tasked with reviewing the territory's emergency response, that plan should have worked. The problem? Very few people knew about it.   

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Denis Lambe with the Nunavut RCMP told CBC News the Calgary Police Service will investigate the death, but they haven't yet been able to fly up to Pond Inlet because of capacity on their end. 

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

The Nunavut Government declared suicide a crisis in 2015, following a coroner's inquest recommendation, and a record high number of deaths by suicide in the territory. Now the territory is faced with a similar call after another coroner's inquest.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Residents of the five Sahtu communities in the N.W.T. say ammunition to get out on the land, greenhouses to grow their own produce and food pantries are some of the things that'll help make them more food secure.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Conflict is brewing over the illegal occupancy of a plot of land along the Liard River, which is withdrawn as part of the Dehcho Process. The occupants are ordered to leave by Aug. 1, but they say they have a right to be there and have nowhere else to go.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A project focused on Indigenous midwifery and reproductive health care in the Yukon is the big winner of this year's $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize, with the money set to go toward building a new facility in Whitehorse. 

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

N.W.T. MP Rebecca Alty is now the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, while Nunavik MP Mandy Gull-Masty is the new minister of Indigenous Services.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A dangerous drug mixture reported last week by N.W.T. health officials contained even more kinds of drugs than originally thought, the Health and Social Services Department said Tuesday.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A wildfire near Fort Smith, N.W.T., is now under control, meaning it's not expected to grow beyond its current boundaries, according to N.W.T. Fire. The town had been on evacuation notice for a wildfire started around Primrose Lane and Carl's Drive, within a few hundred metres of homes.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Taken together, the cases illustrate vulnerabilities in the NTHSSA's electronic medical record (EMR) system. According to at least one expert, the EMR system doesn't appear to meet the highest ethical standards for patient privacy.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

People in Dawson City, Yukon, and other residents in the lower Yukon River basin should prepare for possible flooding this year, as above-average snowpack in the region melts, the government says. 

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Riley Jordan Moyah has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 death of 24-year-old Roland Lamalice. Moyah appeared in territorial court Monday in Hay River.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A.Y. Jackson, a member of the celebrated Group of Seven, made several trips to the N.W.T. during his life and created works that depict the territory's colourful landscape, as well as its mining heritage. Some of those works can be seen at the Legislative Assembly building in Yellowknife.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Richard Olsen, the manager of fire operations for the territorial government, said fire behaviour modelling from Natural Resources Canada shows "normal” fire activity is anticipated in the territory until the end of June, but fire danger is expected to ramp up in July and August.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Located about 56 kilometres northwest of Haines, American Pacific has been looking for a mix of copper, silver, gold and zinc on the roughly 25,000 hectare property located in the Chilkat Valley, an ecologically significant watershed that provides vital habitat to moose, grizzlies and all five species of salmon. 

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Nunavut's premier has reassigned some cabinet portfolios for ministers Pamela Gross and David Akeeagok.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The territory says more details about the planned transitional housing facility will be released after the contract is awarded this summer.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A 24-year-old man is in custody after an incident in Arctic Bay last Thursday that caused the RCMP to send out an alert warning residents of an active shooter. 

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

David Browne is the head of policy for conservation and advocacy organization Birds Canada. He spoke with Hilary Bird, the host of CBC's Trailbreaker, about why he is concerned changes to the U.S.'s Migratory Bird Treaty Act could impact species in the north.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

A police watchdog has cleared two Yukon RCMP officers of any criminal wrongdoing after they broke a 17-year-old girl's leg during an arrest in Whitehorse in 2023.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The former chief of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation has announced she is running to be the next leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The former chief of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation has announced she is running to be the next leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

After more than 30 months of negotiations, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, the school board in Nunavik, and the union representing teachers as well as support staff have reached an agreement in principle.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

A care package with goods from the prime minister's hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T., is on its way to Ottawa — and the woman who put it together just hopes it'll make him smile. 

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

The situation is stable in Fort Smith, N.W.T., as a nearby wildfire continues to be held at a size of four hectares, N.W.T. Fire says.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

After months of disruption, residents in Puvirnituq have a temporary solution to its frozen water pipe problems. But some other Nunavik villages are still dealing with similar issues.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Leaders at a public safety forum hosted by the Dene Nation in Yellowknife last week talked about banishing people from communities as a way to tackle the drug crisis. Lawyer Marc Gibson explains how that might work.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

A wildfire on the east end of Fort Smith, N.W.T., is now being held by fire crews and an evacuation alert has been downgraded to an evacuation notice.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

On Saturday night, a jury found Neil Barry guilty of two charges of sexual assault and two charges of sexual exploitation; he was acquitted of one other charge of sexual assault.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Having made several a kite-skiing trip across the N.W.T.'s Great Slave Lake already — including to Hay River and Łútselk'e — Eric McNair-Landry says he thinks the N.W.T. could be a world-class destination for the sport. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

From ribbon skirts to beaded vests, 13-year-old Jael Johnnie of Ross River, Yukon, has created dozens of pieces — bringing joy, pride and inspiration to her Yukon community.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Yukon Liberal Party will select its next leader — and therefore the territory's next premier — next month in Whitehorse. The new premier will then face voters sometime in the coming months.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A dog in Watson Lake, Yukon, is on the mend after being impaled by a stick last weekend and then getting emergency treatment from a physician at the community hospital.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In Enterprise, N.W.T., some are hopeful a new government-appointed administrator will be able to help the hamlet rebuild after 2023's devastating fire and the tumultuous couple of years that have followed.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The premier of the Northwest Territories is re-affirming support for his health minister after a group of three MLAs accused the health minister of not taking her role seriously and threatened to oust her from the job.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Safe at Home Society has been granted $3.45 million for youth programming that's aimed at combating homelessness in Whitehorse, while the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition is also working on a new plan.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq said the agreement includes a housing allowance for locally hired staff, a $7,500 signing bonus for Nunavik-based professionals and a yearly $2,600 bonus for returning staff. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Bradley Storm Beaulieu was given a 3.5-year prison term to serve immediately following sentences he's currently serving for unrelated impaired driving offences.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A Stanton Territorial Hospital ER doctor is saying they want more transparency when it comes to staffing issues and work conditions. Staff are expected to work long hours, and feel disrespected.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The new low-barrier shelter will have three floors with 44 beds of emergency shelter, 13 transitional housing rooms, a warming centre as well as a kitchen and dining room to feed clients.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Over eight episodes, the fictional hamlet of Ice Cove, Nunavut, brought audiences humour, culture and community — and there's more on the way, as Arctic comedy North of North is renewed for a second season. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Two people were killed and another person suffered minor injuries in a collision on the Alaska Highway near Teslin, Yukon, early Wednesday morning.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

It's been more than two years since Benjamin Symington and Michael Bennett were fatally shot in Mayo, Yukon, and Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun Chief Dawna Hope says residents are 'still not feeling quite safe.'

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Cole Sinclair was arrested in Whitehorse last December on a warrant issued under the federal Extradition Act. He faces nine charges in central Oregon's Deschutes County in relation to the 2023 death of Evelyn Weaver, including first-degree murder, robbery and unauthorized use of a vehicle. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Town of Hay River, N.W.T., is investing in some of its local non-profits organizations. The Hay River Youth Centre and Hay River Watch, a neighbourhood watch program, will each receive $2,500 to support their initiatives.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A Crown prosecutor says former N.W.T. teacher and coach Neil Barry, who is on trial facing sexual assault charges, made several "inappropriate choices" over the years involving some of his players.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

It's been more than two years since Benjamin Symington and Michael Bennett were fatally shot in Mayo, Yukon, and Na-Cho Nyak Dun Chief Dawna Hope says residents are 'still not feeling quite safe.'

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Village officials in Haines Junction, Yukon, say the local water system is again functioning normally after some hardware had to be replaced. Residents had been asked to conserve water while the problem was fixed.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Fentanyl mixed with a rare benzodiazepine was detected in drugs seized between Fort Good Hope and Norman Wells. The chief public health officer of the N.W.T. is warning that the territory is seeing an increased presence of methamphetamine and higher quantities of fentanyl.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The risk of wildfires around Fort Liard and Nahanni Butte is expected to be high in the next couple days, the N.W.T. government said Wednesday.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

N.W.T.'s Municipal and Community Affairs Minister Vince McKay has appointed a municipal administrator for the Hamlet of Enterprise, saying the move is necessary to stabilize operations and ensure good governance.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Yukon government says an employee at Whitehorse's Selkirk Elementary School has been removed from their job after "allegations of harm towards students."

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Gladiator resumed drilling in the Whitehorse copper belt in 2024. An application to expand exploration to a class 3 permit is going through the assessment process. If approved, Gladiator would expand drilling throughout the whole 35-kilometre Copper Belt project, most of which is within city limits.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In a decision released Wednesday, the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal upheld William Aleekuk's conviction for attempted murder, but stayed his conviction for aggravated assault.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The territorial government closed the highway early Wednesday morning, and reopened it to single-lane traffic a few hours later.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A network failure to the Village of Haines Junction's water system has forced the municipality to issue a public notice asking residents to limit water usage until the problem is resolved.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Nunavut RCMP have asked an external body to investigate them after a Nunavut man died during an interaction with police over the weekend.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

"Territorial formula financing is the largest source of the government's revenues and the primary driver of overall revenue growth,” N.W.T. Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Dene National chief in the N.W.T. says local communities are "at the crossroads" in the ongoing drug crisis, and he wants to strike a task force to find solutions.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Yukon government says an employee at Whitehorse's Selkirk Elementary School has been removed from their job after "allegations of harm towards students."

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CBC - North (A week ago)

There's no opening date yet, but the N.W.T. government says it's developing a new, temporary housing option for people who are homeless in the N.W.T.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

For Red Dress Day in Yellowknife on Monday, people gathered for a march and feast to support the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

RCMP say they seized a loaded stolen handgun and several types of drugs from a rental home in Norman Wells, N.W.T., on Saturday.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yukon wildland firefighter Alex MacPhail is urging the territory to provide easier access to cancer coverage for those working in the wildland fire industry. MacPhail said current process is precarious.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned facility. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Dr. Kami Kandola, the N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, is urging people to confirm whether they've been vaccinated against measles and be alert to any symptoms after a case of measles was confirmed in the territory over the weekend.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The N.W.T.'s justice minister says the territorial government will consider possible rent control measures when it reviews the territory's Residential Tenancy Act later this year.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

With Whitehorse's Philmar RV Centre and Fireweed RV Services both set to close in the coming weeks, people in the city will soon have fewer options to get their RVs ready for the camping season.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A former teacher and coach in the N.W.T. accused of sexually assaulting some of his players denied he had any kind of sexual contact with his accusers.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Power was out in Fort Smith, N.W.T., for more than an hour on Monday afternoon because of issues with the Taltson power system. Hay River and Yellowknife also saw brief outages.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yellowknife's Catholic school board has temporarily closed Weledeh Catholic School and École St. Patrick High School because of a case of measles. Families of students at Sir John Franklin High School were also notified of possible exposure.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

There is no deadline to make a database on contaminated sites in Nunavut publicly available, according to the government's environmental liabilities project manager.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yellowknife city council opted to appoint Hendriksen to fill the seat left vacant by newly-elected MP Rebecca Alty. Councillors Garrett Cochrane and Stacie Arden-Smith also put their names forward for the job.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Faro's crane and sheep festival draws visitors from across the Yukon and beyond to celebrate spring with the migration of the animals back to their spring habitats.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A helicopter carrying two pilots crashed during a Horizon Helicopters test flight on Friday afternoon. The company says one of the pilots died in the crash.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok say they will be exploring the creation of a "territorial trade zone" that would make sure modern treaties with Indigenous people, and the needs of the territories are recognized as trade barriers come down.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

2 Yellowknife city councillors want to be city's next mayor

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned facility. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

It's an idea that already has the support of the Council of Yukon First Nations and Alaska Native people, whose cultures are also intertwined with the river.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Sahtú MLA Danny McNeely is scheduled to visit each community in his region this week, along with representatives of Food Banks Canada and Nutrition North, to talk about building food bank services in each one.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Sixteen girls on a hockey team from Ontario were each gifted handmade parkas during an exchange that brought them to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, for a week. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Much of northern Alberta under fire bans, restrictions as province faces hot, dry weather

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Yukon is experiencing an increase in gun violence. CBC News sat down with Yukon RCMP Chief Supt. Lindsay Ellis to talk about the issue.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The pool in Ross River, Yukon, will remain closed for at least another year. The territory's department of Highways and Public Works conducted a detailed structural and geotechnical investigation of the pool last fall and found severe foundational and structural issues.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating a Friday helicopter crash near Whitehorse.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Hundreds of people gathered in Whitehorse and Yellowknife on Friday to show solidarity with the victims of last week's attack at a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouver.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The James Bay Cree Communications Society (JBCCS) launches a puppet show to encourage young and older audiences to hear and speak Cree language.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Watson Lake, Yukon, resident Cassandra Hanchar was sky-gazing on Wednesday night hoping to see the Northern Lights. Instead, she witnesses something else and even caught it on camera.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Yukon government failed to properly respond to and support students and families affected by the improper use of holds and isolation at Whitehorse's Jack Hulland Elementary School, according to a new report by the office of the territory's child and youth advocate.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Yukon Legislative Assembly's spring sitting ended Thursday with MLAs passing the 2025-26 budget, which the Liberal government says includes record spending on health care, more money for police, and for communities. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A Yellowknife businessman has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Business Development Bank of Canada.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Tristan Hamm admitted he was not a Yukon resident when he purchased a Yukon resident hunting licence and killed two black bears and a grizzly bear over a five-day period in May 2023.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Dene National chief, N.W.T. Chief Public Health Officer Kami Kandola and organizations serving vulnerable youth say education is one piece of the puzzle to address drug-related harm in the territory. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore,” Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking.”

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Several people in Nunavik say voting booths closed early in their communities on election day — or didn't open at all. Now, some are calling for recourse to prevent this from happening again.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore,” Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking.”

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Housing N.W.T. is increasing its rental rates by hundreds of dollars for residents in some of its units — and some tenants are saying it's a big financial hit for them, at the wrong time.  

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Northwest Territories Medical Association says it is pleased the territory is increasing pay for locum physicians, but that the size of the increase will determine how effective it is.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

RCMP in Whitehorse say they have arrested and charged two women after an incident at the Blood Ties Four Directions building Wednesday night.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Habitat for Humanity is building two duplexes, four units total, in Yellowknife's Niven neighbourhood. Applications for the new units opened on Thursday, and the goal is to have people moving in this fall.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

RCMP in Whitehorse say they have arrested two women and recovered a firearm after an incident at the Blood Ties Four Directions building Wednesday night.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A spokesperson for Northwestel says a telecommunications disruption that affected cellular calling in Inuvik has been resolved, but that the company isn't able to share the cause of what happened. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The heap leach facility at the Casino mine will be different from the one that failed last summer at the Eagle gold mine, according to the mining company.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Yukon government says the spring snowmelt means a "large amount" of extra water is being managed at the site of the Eagle Gold mine near Mayo. Some is being discharged untreated.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Association of Yukon Fire Chiefs has changed its name to the Association of Yukon Firefighters and Chiefs.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Therese Tuccaro Secondary School in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., was founded after local officials declared an education emergency over high school completion rates. Five years later, it has graduated 122 students.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Another complainant testified on Wednesday at the sexual assault trial of a former N.W.T. teacher and coach, and said that Neil Barry touched him inappropriately on two occasions. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A new group in Whitehorse called Grey Matters hopes to try out such a radical concept at a time when political polarization seems to be on the march, driven at least in part by a flood of online misinformation.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The health authority is also creating a premium for night shifts, a travel stipend and is launching a program to incentivize long-term locums.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Voters in several Nunavik villages say polls closed early - or didn't open at all. Elections Canada says those shortcomings shows the work that still remains for the organization.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Hay River Regional Health Centre will only have two nurse practitioners on site this week for assessment and triage because of staffing shortages. Patients needing further care can access a doctor over the phone or will be medevaced.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A tuberculosis screening clinic begins this week at the Arviat hamlet office and will continue until June, with all residents aged 13 to 40 asked to come and get tested. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

NDP MP Lori Idlout, who was among the last to find out on Tuesday she was re-elected to the House of Commons, said she's "humbled” by her narrow victory. Though her party has lost official status, she said it hasn't lost its voice.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority says closing the emergency department at Stanton Hospital is "not an option” — after doctors warned such closures were a possibility because of severe staff shortages. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Whitehorse city council has passed bylaws to increase parking fines in the city, and also delay an increase to bus fares. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

While eligible voters were casting their ballots in the federal election on Monday, some students in Iqaluit also cast a ballot as part of the Civix Student Vote program.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Students in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., returned to a newly-renovated school on Tuesday morning. The renos are part of an ongoing project to improve the 35-year-old Mangilaluk school building.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Mandy Gull-Masty has been elected in Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou, making her the first Cree woman to serve as a Member of Parliament for the region.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Whitehorse city council wants to make template building designs available to the public, to combat a permitting backlog.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

As the final polls in Nunavut reported in Tuesday morning, Lori Idlout eked out a narrow victory to secure another term as the territory's NDP MP.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A recent discovery on the land is raising alarm among hunters in the Northwest Territories, after a Saskatchewan hunter found 16 caribou infected with a parasite, near Rennie Lake, N.W.T. and shared the images online.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

It happened Sunday night on Selkirk Street when RCMP were called to a report of gunshots in the area. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Rebecca Alty, the newly elected Liberal MP in the Northwest Territories, says she's looking forward to representing the territory in Ottawa and getting to work. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Liberal Brendan Hanley says he felt relieved, excited, and a bit fatigued when he learned the Yukon had re-elected him as their MP – with more than 50 per cent of the vote – on Monday. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Brendan Hanley handily won a second term as Yukon's Liberal MP, with all but one of the territory's polls yet to report results.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Liberal Rebecca Alty, the Yellowknife mayor who threw her hat into the race to be the N.W.T.'s next MP, has won a seat in the House of Commons. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The N.W.T.'s integrity commissioner is recommending that the Legislative Assembly pay the legal fees of a former nurse who says an MLA's harassment led to her losing her job.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The City of Yellowknife says the new aquatic centre in Yellowknife will open May 5 and that a grand opening for the $71-million dollar build would be announced in the coming weeks.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Jill Aalhus, the executive director of Blood Ties Four Directions, said a spike in overdoses included some that happened at the supervised consumption site in downtown Whitehorse. Nobody died, but Aalhus said onsite drug testing revealed an unknown substance that has advocates concerned.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A deadly attack at a Vancouver street festival celebrating Filipino culture has left many Northerners shaken, scared and grieving.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

RCMP say five people – one who has since died – have been charged with kidnapping using a firearm and other weapons-related offences following an incident earlier this month in Whitehorse. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Nunavut government says it's working on guidelines for employees about using artificial intelligence.  The topic came up Friday during hearings of the Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts. The use of unapproved third-party applications, like WhatsApp, was also discussed. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

It's federal election day across Canada. Here's what you need to know to cast your ballot in the North, and watch the results after the polls are closed.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

This week, N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson published an open letter arguing that Canada "cannot afford to overlook the Northwest Territories.” He spoke to CBC's Meghan Roberts about that letter, and why he is hopeful that politicians in Ottawa are ready to invest in the territories.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Teslin Tlingit Council youth Grace McLeod, 12, and Dylan Smarch, 11, are heading to Winnipeg, Manitoba in May to receive the 'Imagine a Canada' award for the second time in a row.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

In the past, hamlet food vouchers were funded by the Inuit Child First Initiative. But Ottawa says that program is for temporary relief, and not for 'universal' programs like food vouchers.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Arctic security, reconciliation, housing and food supply are all discussed to varying degrees in party platforms

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