CBC - North (14 minutes ago)

For some N.W.T. residents, participating in the federal gun buyback program might not be so straightforward. The Government of the Northwest Territories says it's not going to administer it.

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CBC - North (14 minutes ago)

Exercise STRIKING BAT also sees Canadian forces working alongside Norway, Italy and Mongolia.

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CBC - North (15 minutes ago)

The province says it has cleared the way for a gold-silver mine in B.C.'s far northwest to restart operations following a landmark agreement with the Tahltan Nation.

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CBC - North (15 minutes ago)

Once the skids, which contain a water tank, hose and pump, are operational, members of the West Side Association can use the equipment to suppress fires until professional crews can arrive. 

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CBC - North (An hour ago)

Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson joins Hanomansing Tonight to discuss Arctic security and U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's warnings about consequences to the continental defence pact if Canada does not move forward with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets.

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CBC - North (2 hours ago)

Break-ins in Iqaluit have been on the rise the past two months, leaving some businesses worried for the safety of their store.

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CBC - North (3 hours ago)

Whitehorse RCMP are looking for a 55-year old man wanted in connection with what police are calling a "firearms incident" that took place Sunday night.

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CBC - North (7 hours ago)

Inuit leaders are standing up to voice support for Greenland, with the national body representing Inuit in Canada saying an attack on the Danish territory's sovereignty is an attack on all Inuit. 

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CBC - North (14 hours ago)

A boil water advisory issued earlier this month in Wrigley, N.W.T., has now been lifted. Officials say the water treatment system is again functioning normally.

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CBC - North (17 hours ago)

Yellowknife RCMP say they're investigating a French daycare in Yellowknife after three of its employees were suspended over allegations of misconduct.

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CBC - North (17 hours ago)

Jeremy Tunraluk says that he was forced to resign as Nunavut Tunngavik president last week, and that he plans to run again to lead the organization.  

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CBC - North (20 hours ago)

A 17-year-old from Alberta has been charged with trafficking after police in Hay River, N.W.T., searched a residence on Sunday.

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CBC - North (21 hours ago)

The new pilot project, which will run until March, 2027, and cost around $7.3 million, funds lunches for all students at schools in Whitehorse, Carmacks, Carcross, Faro and Watson Lake.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting with Canada's Premiers this week, CBC News speaks with the three Northern premiers to preview the meeting.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

The group at the Collective Soul Space in downtown Yellowknife came together as part of a two-day international folk dance workshop. Mostly aimed at seniors, participants on the frigid Saturday ranged in age from mid-40s to mid-70s.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Residents in Hay River say a major drug bust earlier this month has led to less visible drug activity in the community. Some see the arrests as a potential turning point but say lasting change will depend on accessible treatment, outreach and support for people struggling with addiction.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Some First Nations chiefs are demanding answers from Ottawa after the federal government signed a pipeline agreement with Alberta that failed to make any mention of water consumption.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Alexia Cousins says she has filed a sexual assault complaint with Iqaluit RCMP against Nastania Mullin, the former CEO of the Manitoba Inuit Association.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Major projects and water stewardship took up a bulk of the resolutions adopted at the outset of the 55th Dene National Assembly in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., on Thursday. The resolutions underscored ongoing commitments to both economic development and environmental preservation.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

The port is meant to help with marine safety, search and rescue, and serve as a base for defence and security operations. The project has received letters of support from the local hunters and trappers organization and the local hamlet this month.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

As Waskaganish's population grows, so does the demand for accessible health care. The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay has opened an expanded Community Miiyuupmatisiwin Centre to help fill the gaps in health care in the northern Quebec Cree community.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

An RCMP investigation into the Kitikmeot Friendship Society began last fall at the request of the Nunavut government. The lawyer for the society says he's received no specifics about what – or who – is under investigation.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

In a joint submission with the defence Friday, Crown lawyers said Andrew Norn acted as a courier for crack cocaine, but there was no evidence he played any role besides transporting the drugs.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A 30-year-old man has been charged following a stabbing in Iqaluit last week. Nunavut RCMP say officers have also identified a second suspect but gave no details.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

More than 2,500 types of so-called "assault-style" weapons have been illegal in Canada since 2020. The federal government has an amnesty order in place for the guns and is offering to buy them back from businesses and individual owners. But one Whitehorse firearms advocate says the program puts the onus on law-abiding gun owners instead of...

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Three employees at a Yellowknife daycare have been suspended over allegations of misconduct, according to a letter from the daycare sent to parents this week and obtained by CBC News.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Competition could be a little more fierce this year at the Yukon's biggest annual hockey tournament, and also more inclusive.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

In a  social media post this week, Chief Bertha Rabesca Zoe said the data, collected last September and October, showed the presence of opioids, sedatives, hallucinogens and stimulants in the community's wastewater, including fentanyl and fentanyl analogues.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Yukon Premier Currie Dixon has set initial priorities for his cabinet amid plans to increase the territory's borrowing limit.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

They came to Yellowknife to talk about "Resilience in the Arctic," but ambassadors from five Nordic countries could not escape Donald Trump.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Clifford Antoine, 63, says two security guards from Risk Control Canada threw him head first off the top of the stairs of Norseman Manor apartments in downtown Yellowknife, leaving him bloodied, with a black eye and broken wrist. 

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

No fire was reported and emergency vehicles had left by about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Ambassadors from five nordic countries were in Yellowknife Wednesday for a seminar called "Resilience in the Arctic."The session was centred on discussions between Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Canada about areas of co-operation in the Arctic.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Some Yukon families have been growing increasingly frustrated with frequent school bus cancellations, saying it's affecting their finances and also causing stress for the students.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Elders in Paulatuk, N.W.T., say more can be done to save their coastal dialect of Inuvialuktun. A language program that's gained momentum recently in Tuktoyaktuk sheds light on a successful strategy — and a reason to hope Sallirmiutun won't disappear.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Wednesday saw day two of the Dene National Assembly in the Northwest Territories. Chief Devon Felker of West Point First Nation is attending the assembly for the first time since getting elected this summer. At 26 years old he's the youngest person at the table. Sarah St-Pierre caught up with him in Fort Good Hope.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The number of sexual assault cases the N.W.T. courts handle each year has shrunk by about half in the past decade. The rate at which offenders are found guilty of sexual assault has declined as well. But RCMP say that doesn't necessarily mean sexual assault is actually happening less often.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Jeremy Tunraluk has resigned as president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI), the organization said in a news release on Wednesday.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Former Yukon premier Mike Pemberton has resigned as Liberal Party leader, weeks after the party was ousted from government.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

A majority of adjudicators found the Yukon government engaged in discriminatory conduct by preventing women from accessing the services of midwives.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

The hamlet called it an emergency, saying it was "at risk of losing our water treatment system until we find and repair the water main that is leaking."

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Some Yukoners say rising food prices are forcing them to get creative with their grocery store routines — and sometimes to simply do without.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Ambassadors from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland met with officials from Indigenous, municipal and territorial governments to talk about security, sovereignty, trade and other pan-Arctic issues.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

A vast portion of Arctic lands belong to Canada, but its military presence there is small compared to other countries, especially Russia and Norway.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

The 56th Dene National Assembly started today in the Northwest Territories. One major theme was unity between nations. Sarah St-Pierre reports.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

While the session serves as preparation for the upcoming session of the House of Commons, leader Don Davies said the NDP is also there to hear about issues Nunavummiut, and other northerners, face.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Beyond its value as a strategic economic asset, Canada's only deepwater Arctic port may also prove crucial to Canadian sovereignty should U.S. President Donald Trump follow through on his rhetoric to take control of Greenland, Manitoba's premier says.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Yukon's famously challenging winter ultra race has some added difficulties this year — primarily for the event's organizers. With no Yukon Quest sled dog race breaking the trail this year, they have to do it on their own.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Jocelyn Kelly-Bourassa, 20, passed her flight test in Alberta last weekend to become a helicopter pilot. She said it was the culmination of months of work, involving hours of studying and hands-on experience with the aircraft.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation's 42 directors elected former Tuktoyaktuk mayor Erwin Elias as their new chairperson on Tuesday.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Iqaluit MLAs raise Greenland flag as U.S. President Trump escalates annexation threat

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Two men are facing a combined 62 charges after RCMP say they seized weapons from an abandoned vehicle near the Alberta border.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Police in Yellowknife have charged a man with armed robbery and theft after he alleged tried to steal goods from a drug store, and made off with some toy swords from a convenience store.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Organizer Caleb Lennie of Inuvik, N.W.T., said he wanted a group of supporters to help others on their journey of sobriety. He said without positive reinforcement back home, people returning from treatment centres in the south might have a hard time staying sober.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A majority of adjudicators found the Yukon government engaged in discriminatory conduct by preventing women from accessing the services of midwives.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Malnourishment hospitalizations in Iqaluit have doubled from 2022 to 2024, and some experts say there is likely more cases going on than are being documented.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Humane Society Yukon has free pet food for dog and cat owners in Whitehorse who need it. With the program's success, they're now rolling it out to multiple communities across the territory.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Residents in the Nunavut hamlet have become increasingly vocal about the drug trade in the community of roughly 2,000 people. The main issue for many residents is the lack of screening at Yellowknife Airport.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A Yellowknife-based accounting company is suing town officials in Norman Wells, N.W.T., alleging reputational and financial harm. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Nunavummiut rallied on Saturday in Iqaluit to show their support for Greenland, as thousands of others did the same in Greenland and Denmark.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The owner of a new residential apartment building in downtown Yellowknife is asking for a five-year extension on a tax abatement that started back in 2022. The City of Yellowknife says there's a way to do that, and it's up to city council to decide how to proceed.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Bylaw officials in Dawson City, Yukon, are warning residents about an aggressive dog they're trying to find, after the animal killed another dog.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Data released Thursday by the federal Northern Contaminants Program shows high levels of the banned pesticide DDT in some Watson Lake fish.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In the Northwest Territories the Tłı̨chǫ government is hosting dog sledding days. It's part of a health and wellness initiative. The CBC's Tamara Merritt went to Behchoko to check it out.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

With a cup of coffee in hand, people waited patiently for their turn to share their concerns with MP Rebecca Alty Saturday afternoon. The Crown-Indigenous Relations minister's staff said she met with about two dozen people at the coffee shop.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Town officials said late Sunday Dawson's water mains are all fully repaired, with both the local water and wastewater plants functioning normally.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Dene National Assembly kicks off in Fort Good Hope on Tuesday, with meetings scheduled until the end of the day on Thursday. The community of about 500 people expects to welcome up to 150 guests for the event that will define the Dene Nation's next set of priorities

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A boil water advisory has been lifted as of 1 p.m. Sunday following tests.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

At a ceremony held in Mayo, Yukon, the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun and Snowline Gold signed a memorandum of understanding requiring the Nation's "free, prior and informed consent" ahead of a new mine at the Rogue Project.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Yukon chinook and chum salmon have faced declines for years, but new assessments are shedding light on the status of smaller population groups, many of which are struggling.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Across the pages of history, people from different cultures, communities and countries have celebrated the return of the sun, and days getting longer after the cold and dark of winter.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

About a dozen young Inuit are learning how to become cruise ship guides in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, as part of the territorial government program Nalunaiqsijiit. The program lead says the intention is to help Inuit get into the industry and reclaim the way stories are told.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Union members representing more than 400 Yukon University workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The highway connecting the Yukon, B.C. and Alaska reopened at 1 p.m. on Saturday, after days of closures.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

For generations, caribou have sustained Cree families, their culture and their way of life. Now, that relationship is at a critical moment, as the Leaf River herd population continues to decline.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In the latest act of resistance in a decades-long fight over Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, thirteen organizations have filed an amended lawsuit against the Trump administration after it re-opened the refuge's coastal plain to oil and gas leasing in the fall.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In 2024, Vivienne Steele had a medical change that resulted in her driver's licence being suspended. Over the next year, she rode buses, bikes, walked or bummed rides around Whitehorse, and learned more about both her community and herself.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A top Danish official said Wednesday that a "fundamental disagreement" over Greenland remains with U.S. President Donald Trump after highly anticipated talks in Washington with U.S. Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Boil water advisory issued for Wekweètì, N.W.T., after prolonged power outage

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

RCMP in Nunavut are looking for two suspects after a man was injured in a stabbing in Iqaluit on Thursday evening.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Craig Brown of Whitehorse says he has spent the last year seeking a diagnosis for complex symptoms, but systemic speed bumps seem to be affecting continuity of care.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The City of Whitehorse says Takhini Arena is open once again after its heating system was damaged, forcing the city to cancel use of the arena for two days.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A former human resources employee at CBC is suing the national broadcaster, alleging he was "subjected to a toxic working environment" while working in Yellowknife between 2018 and 2023.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Yukon Aboriginal Women's Council (YAWC) has filed a lawsuit against B.C.-based consulting firm, accusing it of failing to deliver services it had agreed to provide, and leaving the non-profit at risk of insolvency.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The City of Whitehorse says warm temperatures and melting snow have caused problems with the heating system at Takhini Arena, so the facility is closed until further notice.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The hamlet is planning to open a new youth centre by the end of 2027. The previous one burnt down in 2022, which left youth without a dedicated space to hang out for several years.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

An N.W.T. woman who's lived in the territory all her life says she and her partner have to leave to avoid being homeless. They've been forced to leave their Yellowknife unit due to renovations, and haven't found anywhere else to go.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Whitehorse city council says it needs more time to draft revisions to a substantial bylaw amendment, which includes introducing rules for short-term rentals.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Winter biking may seem like trendy folly to some northerners, but historians say the practice has a long history, dating all the way back to the Klondike Gold Rush.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Six people have been arrested and multiple charges laid following a drug investigation in Hay River, RCMP say.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A stay of proceedings means the Crown is choosing not to proceed with prosecution. The Crown can reactivate charges later. Tunraluk was not present at the Nunavut Court of Justice for Thursday's brief hearing.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

One tool Yukon Energy relied on during December's cold snap was its Peak Smart program — a voluntary system that lets the utility remotely shift the timing of electric heat and hot water use in participating homes. The utility says it's an important tool, but participation in the program remains low.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

NATO is talking about improved Arctic security, says the alliance's secretary general. Some of those talks reportedly involve a European troop presence in Greenland. It's a remarkable turnaround for an alliance that has until recently tried to ignore the region.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

For 3 decades, she's been spilling the tea about life in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

RCMP in the Northwest Territories say the number of drug-related charges involving youth in the territory seems to be trending upward. 'We're not talking about dozens of youth being caught ... but [it is] slowly creeping up," said the Chief Supt. Dyson Smith.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Accounting firm KPMG is accused of helping Ron Barlas defraud the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation's (LKDFN) business arm, the Densoline Corporation, out of millions of dollars. KPMG's application to stay court action in favour of arbitration has been dismissed.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

One of North America's largest caribou herds has declined, according to the latest population estimates — but not enough for the Porcupine Caribou Management Board to "put up the red flags yet.”

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Residents of Wrigley, N.W.T., are being asked to boil their water for at least one minute before consuming it.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Police in Whitehorse are investigating a shooting that happened just south of Whitehorse on Tuesday evening. One man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Inuit advocacy groups, as well as Greenlanders who live in Canada, are emphatically opposed to American designs on their homeland. And, they say, they're tired of being used as geopolitical chess pieces by powerful people in faraway capitals.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Russia and China are working together more closely in the Arctic — both in the air and at sea, says the top U.S. commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command. The co-operation also appears to be more tightly co-ordinated in a possible attempt to test U.S. and Canadian reaction.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Just weeks after Yukoners pleaded with Mother Nature to ease off the extreme cold, travel was snarled across the southern part of the territory thanks to unseasonably warm weather.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Excitement for the games among athletes and organizers is growing. But so too are tensions in the circumpolar world, with U.S. President Donald Trump openly musing about a takeover of Greenland. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Dawson City, Yukon's Robert Service School has been closed since last week after a couple of water main breaks in town flooded buildings and froze some pipes in the –40 C weather. It also prompted a boil water advisory for the town that's still in place.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

City of Yellowknife officials have tested drinking water in a number of city facilities and found elevated lead levels in four buildings.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yukon classrooms will be participating next week in a national survey of students, looking at everything from mental health and bullying to physical activity, sleep, and social connection.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Judge John Phelps granted 51-year-old Ryan Laverdure bail with conditions on Monday. Laverdure faces four charges, including manslaughter, in connection with the death of 26-year-old Skye Dick in Ross River, Yukon, last April.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The future is uncertain for Dawson City, Yukon's Westminster Hotel, aka "the Pit," after a couple of major water main breaks last week flooded streets and buildings in downtown Dawson, including the Westminster.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Savy You was sentenced in October to three and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to three charges related to drug trafficking in Hay River, N.W.T.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The city says approximately 80 homes still have frozen water lines. A boil water advisory remains in effect.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Peltola focused on local concerns in her announcement, saying Alaska's future depends on fixing the "rigged system in D.C. that's shutting down Alaska, while politicians feather their own nests."

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Rankin Inlet has no medical boarding home and the community's airport terminal also has limited seating and food options, making it difficult for people who travel for medical care.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Walter Selamio, affectionately known as 'the mayor' of Hay River, N.W.T., was found dead on Dec. 27.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Athletes are in Yellowknife this week competing for a spot on the N.W.T.'s 2026 team. Territorial trials continue into the weekend for Dene Games, table tennis, curling, badminton, hockey, volleyball, cross country skiing, wrestling, futsal, basketball, and Arctic sports.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Digging for clams in Pangnirtung is usually a summer and fall activity. In January? Unheard of. But that's what happened last week during a freak warm snap across much of the eastern Arctic that sent temperatures soaring above freezing in some places.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The 125-year-old Christmas Bird Count helps researchers understand population and habitat changes, and draw up conservation strategies. One birder made a rare sighting of a white-tailed ptarmigan.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A year after she heard of a project aimed at gifting handmade quilts made by volunteers to survivors of residential schools, Loretta Wiley received one of her own. She didn't have it for long though, before deciding to bring it to her family in Tulita.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A recent study suggests that government-funded Indigenous-led conservation efforts in Canada are having a sustained impact in the fight against climate change. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Manitoba Inuit Association has appointed a new chief executive officer months after the former head of the non-profit was terminated following allegations of sexual and physical abuse. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The president of Air North says his airline has tightened security and will be reviewing its safety training in response to recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the death of a man at its Whitehorse compound in 2022.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation is ending its one-on-one healing services after eight years in operation to refocus on building long-term capacity for healing initiatives in the North.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Yukoners who already have a family doctor now have another option to access same-day, non-emergency care — the Whitehorse walk-in clinic.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Many Greenlanders are expressing their anger and frustration over U.S. President Donald Trump's recent musings that the United States needs to acquire their island. But not all residents are reacting with outrage, with some downplaying the comments made by the Trump administration.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A major water main break left parts of downtown Dawson City coated in ice as the town's school and some businesses are closed.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

RCMP in Fort Smith say they've found and arrested a man after public alert and warrant were issued for his arrest earlier this week.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

European leaders have sounded the alarm over Donald Trump's ambitions to take over Greenland, but the U.S. president may instead be thinking of his legacy. If that's the case, many analysts, diplomats and politicians believe not only will European diplomacy fail, but the entire post-Second World War system of alliances will come crashing down...

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A 47-year-old man faces several charges after allegedly assaulting a woman and ramming a house with an all-terrain vehicle in the Baffin Island hamlet on Wednesday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

While many Indigenous people and newcomers to the Northwest Territories say they've experienced discrimination, a recent study suggests that few know they can turn to the N.W.T. Human Rights Commission for help. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Nunavimmiut are reeling from a double tragedy in Puvirnituq, Que., Jan. 5. Police are investigating the deaths as a murder and suicide.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

One person was critically injured and another suffered minor injuries in a fire at a business in Inuvik, N.W.T., on Wednesday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

In a report released Thursday, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the crew were operating in deteriorating weather conditions that made it difficult to see the landing area and terrain. The report also says improvised landing procedures and unsafe practices were allowed to develop over time.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Fort Smith residents say they were caught off guard after learning an armed robbery suspect was still at large, days after the incident. They say the delayed alert left them trying to assess the severity of the risk.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

As Yukon's wood harvesters take advantage of January's warmer temperatures, one longtime harvester said he's run out of money, and his business might not survive the rest of the winter. Bill Whimp, owner of Bill's Woodcutting said the territorial government needs to do more to protect those working in the industry.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Yukon's population is booming. Interest in its territorial elections, not so much. Chief Electoral Officer Maxwell Harvey wants to know why.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Police received a call early Dec. 31 that a father, 70, and son, 38, had not returned home after going to check their nets at spot 15 km from the community.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

In the final days of his term as mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, Erwin Elias implored the N.W.T. government to consider fly-in mail delivery to his community during times of extended highway closures.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A 36-year-old northern Quebec man appeared in court Tuesday in connection with a Dec. 20 exchange of gunfire with Nunavik Police Service officers that turned tragic.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Mushers and former board members say the Yukon Quest is cancelled this year, because there is no one left to organize the iconic sled dog race.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The mayor of Inuvik, N.W.T., says he's confident that the town's propane supply is not about to run out — but he's still urging residents to conserve energy where they can.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Yukoners listened when officials asked them to curb energy use during last month's vicious cold snap that pushed the territory to the brink of an electricity shortage.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

People in Inuvik, N.W.T., are being asked to turn down the heat at home and also find other ways to reduce their energy use, because of a limited propane supply in town.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Nine crew members were hoisted to a helicopter off a commercial crab boat amid near gale force winds, strong downward drafts from a nearby cliff and rough seas after the fishing vessel grounded on an Alaska island in the Bering Sea.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

There are only so many gathering spaces in Haines Junction, especially in the winter. The new owners of the long-running burger stand want to change that.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The City of Whitehorse has tallied its 2025 dog-tag registrations — and the results show that local dogs have names that are also popular across Canada.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Parents of autistic children in the N.W.T. say a lack of respite workers leaves families struggling to access approved support.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A do-not-consume order has been lifted for the drinking water in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, but residents are still being advised to boil any water before consuming.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Amid a deep freeze in the Sahtu — that's left parts of the region under extreme cold warnings — residents in Norman Wells are dealing with a host of issues related to the cold and an extended power outage.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Gavin McKenna is leaving the World Junior Hockey Championships with a medal, albeit not the one he wanted. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

RCMP in Fort Smith, N.W.T., are asking the public for help to find a man who they say assaulted a person and robbed them with a firearm at a residence in the community on Sunday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Heavy snowfall in Haines, Alaska, last week has increased the risk of avalanche in the area, experts say.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Seventy-five-year-old Robert Stitt's youthful energy, clear eyes and hearty laugh might perhaps be chalked up to 55 years of trapping: long winter months working outside in the fresh air and sleeping in a remote cabin under the northern lights.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Aurora College in the N.W.T. has suspended all classes this week after the school's network was subject to a cyberattack over the holidays. The college's president says there is so far 'no evidence that student information was compromised.'

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

There were no reported injuries after fire destroyed a home in Norman Wells, N.W.T., on the weekend.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

For nearly a decade, Frédérik Robert has been quietly making wooden benches. Aside from a few spirited away by people, there are dozens across the city, from Canyon City to Hillcrest. Robert said there are more than 40 in all.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada said the satellite images can be used for comparison with the information it has on hand. However, the agency has no immediate plans to gather data to make a true comparison between the two sites.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Theia Joyce Klassen was born at 12:41 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Whitehorse General Hospital. According to the Yukon Hospital Corporation, that makes her the first baby to be born in 2026 – not just in Whitehorse, but in the entire territory.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Bear-dar is designed to survey the landscape and detect anything that moves. It can be used by communities as an early warning system, alerting them to a nearby polar bear.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

For almost a decade now, one community's indoor arena has been abandoned.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

When an N.W.T. family's dog got herself into trouble a week before Christmas, it took the help of a veterinarian from out of town and a number of community members to make sure Denali the beloved (and giant) bull mastiff recovered.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

One of the most popular hot springs in northeastern B.C. appears to be cooling off — or at the very least feeling that way — according to First Nations researchers who have been taking the temperature of the popular spot off the Alaska highway.

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