Canada: North

CBC - North (13 hours ago)

Though a representative for the community said it was issuing an evacuation alert to residents on Friday morning, N.W.T. Fire says it does not feel the community of Sambaa K'e is in immediate danger of a wildfire.

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CBC - North (14 hours ago)

Chambers of commerce aren't exempt from the same economic laws as their member — if expenses are higher than revenue, your days are numbered.

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CBC - North (15 hours ago)

The City of Yellowknife says a fire at a downtown apartment building early Friday morning caused minor injuries to one tenant.

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CBC - North (18 hours ago)

Whitehorse city officials are asking for the public's help to figure out who is chopping down trees along the Millennium Trail. 

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CBC - North (19 hours ago)

The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate says changes to the Jordan's Principle rural nutrition program will create 'significant barriers' for accessing funding. New operational requirements call for individual children's names and status card numbers attached to each funding proposal.

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CBC - North (20 hours ago)

The Whitehorse hospital has been back to its full surgical capacity, completing its own sterilization on site, since April 7. It uses reverse osmosis treated water in a final rinse of equipment to ensure instruments are properly clean.

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CBC - North (21 hours ago)

The Yukon government is temporarily extending placer mining licences to eligible placer operators while it works through the backlog of permit approvals and licence renewals.

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CBC - North (22 hours ago)

The Yukon Government is temporarily extending placer mining licenses to eligible placer operators while it works through the backlog of permit approvals and license renewals.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Brian Carter, who is chair of the N.W.T. Disabilities Council, hoped to move into a long-awaited accessible housing project, until it was put on hold. 

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CBC - North (A day ago)

The owner of Naka Electric, a Yellowknife business, is asking the court to review the territorial government's decision to let Northland Utilities register names like Naka Power (NWT) and Naka Power (Yellowknife) without obtaining consent from him.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

The Putting People First report, published in 2020, was the result of a territorial health care review conducted by an independent panel. That panel made 76 recommendations to improve Yukon health care, including creating a distinct health authority, a Whitehorse walk-in clinic and land-based healing programming.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Much of the South Slave and Dehcho regions are experiencing high temperatures, as a cold winter gives way to a hot spring. 

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Nunavut's premier and housing corporation president are defending the government's record on public housing following the release of a new Auditor General's report, which said Nunavummiut aren't being provided fair access. 

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Impacts of Jordan's Principle funding cuts already evident in N.W.T. community

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

A Whitehorse city councillor says it's time, after decades of waiting for trains to return to the Yukon capital, to do something about rail crossings on downtown streets.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Two MLAs questioned Justice Minister Pamela Hakongak Gross over court orders, interdiction orders, and supports for people associated with intimate partner violence.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

A lawsuit over the right to Inuit language instruction in the Nunavut public school system is a step closer to being heard following a Supreme Court of Canada decision.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The Yellowknife fire department responded quickly to a small fire in an area below Pilot's Monument in Yellowknife Thursday morning.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The N.W.T. Department of Education, Culture and Employment says it first detected high concentrations of lead in the water at two schools in January. Those results were confirmed in April. Parents were notified this week.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

While many gardeners in the North are busy planting for the coming summer, some Yellowknifers are still finishing their produce from last year.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Students will experience first-hand the transfer of traditional knowledge. That includes stories from Elders and land-based learning like hide tanning.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Teachers vote to approve deal with Nunavik school board

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Dawson City, Yukon's Chamber of Commerce, and the Klondike Visitor's Association say the local economy is at risk the longer placer miners wait for their licences to get renewed.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq school board has partnered with Montreal's John Abbott College to bring some post-secondary courses to Nunivik. They hope its a first step that could lead to a full diploma program, and a post-secondary institution, in Nunavik one day.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

While the calf himself was healthy, Yukon Wildlife Preserve executive director Jake Paleczny said the calf's mother had a retained placenta and the care team had to intervene after she didn't allow him to feed in the hours after he was born.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Dawson City, Yukon's Chamber of Commerce, and the Klondike Visitor's Association say the local economy is at risk the longer placer miners wait for their licenses to get renewed.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

The Aurora College research team wants to create more conversations about self-sufficiency and connect with the community to share and receive knowledge.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

In a news release, RCMP said they received information the day before that someone had been sexually assaulted at a residence on Bigelow Crescent. They were also told there were drugs and weapons in the house. 

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

N.W.T. minister heading to Ottawa next week to follow up on nominee program changes

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Franklin Lee alleges he was told to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into a dry-cleaning venture and paid tens of thousands more in fees, only to be trapped in an untenable business situation and no closer to his immigration goal.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

One of the chiefs of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation says decades-old communications that show federal and mining officials knew about arsenic pollution from Giant Mine early on reaffirm what elders in his community have been saying.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Behind the Yellowknife liquor store, Karl Gardlund has set up a shelter. He has been living on the streets for about a year now, after being evicted from his home.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Regional authorities say they've explored the idea of utilidors for many years, but there are two main barriers – money and permafrost. 

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

The charges, which were related to the company's water management and storage practices at its heap leach facility prior to the failure in 2024, were stayed via letters from the territory's acting chief prosecutor in January.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

An accessible housing project the N.W.T. Disabilities Council has been working on for years has fallen through after a disagreement with Housing N.W.T., and the chair of the council says N.W.T. residents living with disabilities are the ones to pay the price.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Crown and defence lawyers submitted a joint sentence of nine years. Because of time already served, Quaraq has just under six years left. 

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The inquiry was launched after the board went from a $14 million surplus in 2019, to a $26.7 million deficit in 2023.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Mike Pemberton joins Doris Bill in the race to lead the Yukon Liberals. His candidacy means the first contested leadership race for the Liberals in two decades.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

At the beginning of the last school year, on average primary students in Ross River could read 46 words. By June, that number had jumped to 82 words, according to numbers from the First Nation School Board.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Levels of lead higher than the maximum acceptable concentration have been detected in the drinking water at École William McDonald Middle School and Range Lake North School in Yellowknife.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

If PTSD, cancer and heart disease are job-related risks, they should be covered by WSCC without forcing workers to prove their jobs made them sick, says MLA Kieron Testart.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A Yukon teacher on leave was able to cover several shifts at a different school while being investigated over allegations of harm or abuse toward students.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The Nunavut Housing Corporation has not provided Nunavut residents with equitable access to suitable public housing, according to a new audit report from the Auditor General of Canada released Monday.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The government said it received 502 eligible expressions of interest from employers, and 392 of those "aligned” with the government's priorities for this year.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

A Yellowknife women's organization has applied to the City of Yellowknife to build a new daycare on 48 Street with space for up to 54 kids, after the city rejected their last proposal.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

A new report found that bilingual Inuktitut education is not being properly implemented in Nunavut schools. 

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

A tactical evacuation took place early Saturday morning in southwest Old Crow, but hours later, residents were able to return home.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Snowboarder Liam Gill explores his N.W.T. roots in documentary now online

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

An evacuation alert for parts of Old Crow, Yukon, has been lifted, with water levels on the nearby Porcupine River now below flood levels.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Some Indigenous groups in the N.W.T. are weighing in on Diavik Diamond Mine's closure plans, and saying Indigenous traditional knowledge should play a bigger role in those plans.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

A man was arrested in Winnipeg for defrauding the Qikiqtani Inuit Association of over $2 million, according to the Nunavut RCMP.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Gavin McKenna is ready to step into the Memorial Cup spotlight — and he doesn't plan to blink.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Speaking after the conclusion of a western and northern premiers' summit in Yellowknife on Thursday, Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai said BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have invited the territories to join their trade pact, the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Placer mine operator's licences are expiring while up for renewal. The Klondike Placer Miners' Association said the current renewal process is too slow and placer mine operators risk losing their jobs while waiting for their license to be renewed.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Zone 1 of Old Crow evacuated at 5:30 am Saturday morning due to flooding at the southwest end of the community.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Yukon, B.C. agree to work together on electrical grid connection

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CBC - North (A week ago)

B.C. premier laments separatism push as Western premiers meet in Yellowknife

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CBC - North (A week ago)

N.W.T. making good progress on conservation goals, auditor general finds

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A fire at Whitehorse's Selkirk Elementary School on Friday morning started in a compost bin and was human-caused, officials say. Students were sent home for the day and classes will resume on Tuesday.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Kody Smith, 29, entered guilty pleas in territorial court last month to one count each of robbery using threats of violence and failing to stop a vehicle being pursued by police. The charges were related to a robbery at Heather's Haven last May and the subsequent police chase.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A flood watch is in effect for the Porcupine River in the Yukon and an evacuation alert has been issued for parts of Old Crow because of the risk.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In the northern community of Waskaganish, a dental hygienist is taking an uncommon approach to building rapport with her patients. She's learning Cree.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Yukon voters will be going back to the polls later this year, this time to elect a legislative assembly with more members than before. They'll also be asked whether they support changing the voting system.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Some N.W.T. MLAs pressed the territory's culture minister on Thursday to waive legislation that they say is holding up efforts to return a deceased child's remains to her home community. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A blaze, which began around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, tore through a multi-purpose facility. It was used for sewing programs, as a youth centre and as housing for workers.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

As the cabinet minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous Relations, the N.W.T.'s MP Rebecca Alty will be navigating both land claim and self-government negotiations that are taking place within her riding. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A new lockdown protocol in Lower Post, B.C., that's aimed at reducing violence and keeping drug dealers out of the community will continue, residents heard at a community meeting on Tuesday.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Nunavut's premier says he is looking back on the progress his government has made as the Legislative Assembly enters its final spring sitting. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Yukon Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge to the territory's Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA) for a second time. The legislation was used to create and enforce public health rules and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Cree First Nation of Waswanipi in Quebec is advising land users to exercise caution and avoid the area around Lake Rouge after the lake drained with no apparent warning and destabilized some of the land in the area. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

That's after the RCMP originally told CBC News that Calgary Police would investigate them after a man died during an interaction with police on May 4. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Macdonald's collection Northerny explores the messiness, beauty and pain of growing up in the North. Now in its third year, the award celebrates a Canadian first book of poetry written in English.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Yellowknife RCMP say they have laid charges after someone robbed a business on Old Airport Road and threatened the business' staff with a knife.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A state of emergency has been declared in Puvirnituq, Que., as the community faces an ongoing water shortage. The declaration comes after a house in the northern village was destroyed in a fire on Saturday afternoon.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

With the N.W.T.'s diamond mines facing an uncertain future, some Indigenous businesses are warning of the impact the mines' closures could have on local communities.  

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Northwest Territories MLAs return to the legislature on Wednesday to begin the spring sitting. Members say health care has been a major concern for their constituents.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

After dealing with some of the worst of the 2023 wildfires, residents and leaders in Fort Smith are reacting to the latest report on how the N.W.T. government handled the emergency. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Housing officials in Yellowknife formally broke ground on a future public housing building Tuesday. The building, set to go up on empty lots on 50th Street between the Raven Pub and the Gold Range Bistro, is expected to bring 50 public housing units to Yellowknife's downtown area by fall of 2026.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yellowknife city council decided unanimously on Tuesday to ask Rob Foote to fill its vacant council seat. Foote ran in the 2022 municipal election and finished ninth for a seat on the eight-member council.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Kativik Ilisarniliriniq school board announced the closure of two schools in Puvirnituq, Que., effective Tuesday, as the northern community continues to deal with a months-long water crisis.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A 12-year-old was arrested in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., for allegedly firing a gun through a window of a home and threatening to kill another youth. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Krystian Cogswell was found last Thursday at a residence in Kelowna, B.C. He's charged with murder and aggravated assault in connection with a triple shooting in March in Fort Providence, N.W.T.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

In March, a major pipe connected to a pump station froze, causing a water crisis in the small village of Puvirnituq, Que., home to many Inuit. On Saturday, the village council declared a state of emergency after a weekend house fire. Dr. Marie-Faye Galarneau, a physician working in the village's hospital, explains what she has seen on the ground so...

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

After years of consultation, officials with the N.W.T. government say the territory could have an Indigenous procurement policy by the end of 2025.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

For Sikhs, Vaisakhi marks the creation of the order of the Khalsa in 1699 — a defining moment in Sikh history which gave the faith its final form. But it's also an opportunity to come together, with large events acting as opportunities for people from different communities to meet and celebrate.

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CBC - North (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks ago)

The Kwanlin Traditional Tattoo Gathering in Whitehorse brought four Indigenous tattoo artists, plus apprentices, to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre over three days this month.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A news release this week indicates that only residents and some employees in Lower Post, B.C., are permitted in the community and residents who host known drug dealers or violent individuals risk losing their tenancy.  

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Mandy Gull-Masty, former grand chief of Eeyou Istchee, was appointed Canada's Indigenous Services minister this week. She is the first Indigenous cabinet minister to hold the portfolio responsible for providing services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

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CBC - North (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks ago)

Kevin Sweeney is serving a decade-long prison sentence after a Yukon Supreme Court convicted him in 2023 of nine charges including sexual assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, and obtaining sexual services from someone under the age of 18. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Wenbin Zhang, who wanted to emigrate from China, paid the consultant to help him navigate the Yukon Business Nominee Program, the lawsuit says. However, it claims the consultant then used the money for her and her husband's "personal gain" instead.

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CBC - North (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks 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 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks ago)

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

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CBC - North (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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 (3 weeks 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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