CBC - North (15 minutes ago)

Officials have found elevated lead levels in the water from one classroom sink at the Alexis Arrowmaker School in Wekweètı̀, N.W.T., but say the sink isn't in use. Other sinks at the school had lead levels below the maximum allowable concentration.  

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CBC - North (An hour ago)

The Yukon government says it will put the brakes on a number of programs and initiatives started by the last territorial government, including a rent cap and a recycling program.

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CBC - North (4 hours ago)

In a news release Sunday, the Nunavut Emergency Management (NEM) said the hamlet declared a local state of emergency after sea water infiltrated the water treatment plant leaving the community without a reliable source of potable water.

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CBC - North (6 hours ago)

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is looking at reissuing fishing licences off Nunavut's coast to non-Inuit operations, despite a federal court judge saying the initial decision by Ottawa was unreasonable.

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CBC - North (6 hours ago)

Yellowknife RCMP have charged a man they say made a fake 911 call to avoid arrest. The man was out on bail at the time.

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CBC - North (8 hours ago)

In a news release Monday, RCMP say police had received information that residents from Tukoyaktuk purchased "a significant quantity” of alcohol in Dawson City, Yukon. 

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CBC - North (9 hours ago)

The announcement that Housing N.W.T. will take over Yellowknife's day and sobering shelters brings optimism for people who work closely with unhoused people in Yellowknife. Operators who already work under Housing N.W.T. hope the change in responsibility will streamline plans for sheltering residents and getting them into transitional, and...

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CBC - North (15 hours ago)

Yukon Legislative Assembly resumes with the largest government caucus in territory's history

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CBC - North (16 hours ago)

This kayak is distinctive, from the Inuvialuit region of the western Arctic, and one of only a handful of its kind still in existence. It's been held by the Vatican Museums for 100 years, but is being repatriated now as part of a historic return of 62 objects of cultural or sacred significance to Indigenous communities in Canada.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

Effective immediately, the Arctic Winter Games will move from happening every two years to every three years until 2032. That means after the 2026 games, the next will be held in 2029.

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CBC - North (A day ago)

More than 60 people attended a vigil for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, organized by the YWCA and the Status of Women Council of the N.W.T. The day honours the victims of one of the deadliest acts of gender-based violence in Canadian history. Here's what some of the event's speakers shared about what they...

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CBC - North (A day ago)

The Canadian Lacrosse Foundation's N60 program was designed to bring Canada's official summer sport into more northern communities. Since 2022, it has hosted clinics in Baker Lake, Nunavut, Norman Wells, N.W.T., and most recently at Ecole St. Joseph School in Yellowknife, last month.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

Whitehorse students' butchering lesson shows how the sausage is made

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

A memorial table tennis tournament was recently held in Whitehorse in honour of the late Dave Stockdale, who died earlier this year. He was a 12-term city councillor, a longtime table tennis coach, and an early board member of the food bank.

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CBC - North (2 days ago)

The earthquake hit around 1:46 pm on Dec. 6.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Health officials in the N.W.T. say there were more than 20,000 instances of medical travel within and out of the territory last year, and say an analysis of 600 patient charts suggests that nearly a third could have been avoided.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Nunavut Employees Union says they've made progress on professional development opportunities, language bonuses and family abuse leave but continue to negotiate wages and other benefits.   

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Police in Iqaluit say they've charged a man with robbery with a firearm, breaking and entering, unauthorized possession of a firearm and breaching his probation. 

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

When the boil water advisory was put in place in February, the government of Nunavut said it was a safety measure related to mechanical issues at the water treatment plant.

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CBC - North (3 days ago)

Testing has found elevated levels of lead in drinking water at Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife. Now Education Minister Caitlin Cleveland says the government will support schools that want to provide alternate water sources for staff and students, even if those schools haven't been tested yet.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation Chief Jamie Moses said Canadian investment firm Hillcore Group visited Wrigley, N.W.T., in September and pitched collaborating on the road under a P3 model.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Some people in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, believe the project will be an economic benefit for the community, while others worry about potential impacts on wildlife and the environment.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

In a news release, the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in (TH) government said it filed the suit on Thursday in Yukon Supreme Court, seeking "significant damages."

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The N.W.T. government and federal government have been negotiating how to remediate the six abandoned mines around Yellowknife following the territory's devolution in 2014. Responsibility wasn't placed solely on the territory or federal government, instead it was identified as something to further negotiate. Those negotiations are still ongoing but...

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A main road in Inuvik, N.W.T., has reopened after it was closed and water was shut off for part of the town, due to a water line leak from a nearby utilidor pipe.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Yellowknife's transitional housing project is opening near the airport, accepting clients by mid-December. The project will house 24 people with a stable living space to help them transition to permanent housing.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

The advisory had been in place since July 14 in the Nunavut community because of high levels of turbidity, or cloudiness, in the water. 

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Two brothers are being sentenced in relation to an incident that left one woman in the hospital with serious injuries.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

More than a half dozen people from Ross River saw the lights. Accounts are similar — people describe them arranged in a tidy row, sometimes flickering a bouquet of colours.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

A line trip is a safety system that shuts power off when it detects something unusual. A spokesperson for the Northwest Territories Power Corp. says they're still investigating the line trip that caused power outages in Yellowknife on Wednesday.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

In a news release, police say Ryan Laverdure, 50, was arrested on Wednesday. He made his first court appearance in Watson Lake on Thursday.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Jeremy Tunraluk, 39, has been charged with assault causing bodily harm. He was elected president of NTI in 2024. He previously worked for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and is a well-known Nunavut musician. 

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

 In a report released Thursday , Elections Canada acknowledged a suite of shortcomings that led to polls at half of Nunavik's 14 villages closing early on election day – and in Akulivik and Ivujivik, there were no voting services that day at all.

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CBC - North (4 days ago)

Lynn Mike has resigned after being elected mayor in 2023. Pangnirtung administration is reviewing the Hamlet Act and Nunavut Elections Act to determine next steps for filling the vacant position and staff say they will update residents as the process moves forward.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Money from the sale of recycled copper would be used to support the local North Slave Métis community, and help make up some of the revenue lost by the Diavik mine's closure, the organization says.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The town of Faro, Yukon, has given local resident Leithe Minder until Jan. 15 to rehome 10 of her 12 fostered dogs or face fines, and seizure of the animals after denying Minder's application to keep them. The town's bylaw says residents living in town can have no more than two dogs.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed a resolution from Gwich'in leaders, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to work to protect the Porcupine caribou herd and advocate against development in the herd's Alaska calving grounds.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

PricewaterhouseCoopers provided an update on the sale of the Eagle mine and ongoing remediation work in its seventh report, released last month.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The Arctic Economic Development Corporation (AEDC), says it could begin work on the proposed deepwater port in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, within months — but it needs $150 million from Ottawa to make it happen.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The new Yukon government says it's looking to restart a program that allows people to sell surplus renewable energy into the territorial grid. The program was paused two years ago by the previous government.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

Some professionals say there's no guarantee the bill will make preventative dental care more accessible in the Northwest Territories.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The government announced on Friday that $1.8 million will go toward projects in Teslin and Dawson City to reduce flood risk and create more community green space.

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CBC - North (5 days ago)

The settlement of a decades-long land claim brought Nunatsiavut to life on Dec. 1, 2005.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

An N.W.T. company says it's had to lay off dozens of staff because of missed payments from the owner of the Ekati diamond mine.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

The newly-elected Yukon Party says it's not planning to renew funding for a free transit program established by the last government. Some Whitehorse non-profit organization say the program made a big difference for many people.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Some residents in Whitehorse's Whistle Bend neighbourhood are speaking out against some of the city's plans for new housing in the area.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Faro resident Nathaniel Yee says by his calculations, his bills have gone up by over 50 per cent over the last five years. He's calling for more transparency ahead of planned rate hikes.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Researchers found an increasing mismatch between snowshoe hares' coats and their environment, making them more vulnerable to predators at times.

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

The engine failure happened on May 7 on a flight from Chesterfield Inlet to Rankin Inlet. The aircraft performed normally until it started its descent. Then the engine emitted a series of bangs with flames appearing from the exhaust ducts at the back of the aircraft. 

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Fifteen people were taken into custody. One man from Alberta was arrested and charged with trafficking of a controlled substance, unauthorized possession of a firearm and possession of property obtained by crime. 

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CBC - North (6 days ago)

Many northerners have to fly thousands of kilometres south for care. Leaving home for treatment can also completely change people's lives.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Last week's annual general assembly of the Akaitcho Territory Government decided to create a working group to select a new name that the Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation can agree on.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A three-day camp last month hosted by the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation aimed to promote financial literacy among young people.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Elected to represent the Southern Lakes riding for the Yukon Party, Porter is a member of the Liard First Nation and the Daylu Dena Council. While he's new to public office, politics run deep in the Porter family.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The Eurovision-esque music festival is an international competition that brings together musicians from across the Arctic. In its first time in North America, Iqaluit hosted Pan-Arctic Vision for its 2025 iteration.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

That testing is happening at airports in Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Hay River, Inuvik, Yellowknife and Norman Wells where  PFAS levels in water have already exceeded national limits. In a news release Monday, the territory said those sites have been identified for testing "due to prior results and historic use of PFAS-containing agents during fire...

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A second board member with the Manitoba Inuit Association (MIA) has resigned. The resignations follow a growing #InuitMeToo movement that saw the termination of the organization's former CEO after allegations of sexual assault.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Representatives of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission say they should be included in consultations on major mine projects near the B.C.-Alaska border because they will impact their lands.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Jean-François (Jeff) Bernier will be taking on the role for a transitional period of up to nine months. His appointment comes as the police service faces multiple calls for change.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The door doesn't have a handle and the windows are held together by duct tape, the result of a shifting ground that damages the infrastructure of the home she's lived in for over 40 years. Seven people currently live in the home and there are mattresses on the ground to accommodate them all.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A recent report says Canada is not doing enough to protect its shorelines, and despite sharing a quickly eroding Arctic coastline, the three territories do not have dedicated shoreline management plans.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Inuit in Ottawa say they're disappointed by a local organization's decision to host their annual Christmas party completely online this year.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

When Karen Vallevand started as a receptionist at CBC Yukon in the 1980s, she wasn't sure the job would be her thing. But she stayed on and rose through the ranks before retiring this year as station manager.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The writing contest, which had the theme of family and chosen family, was facilitated by Active Voice, a series put on by Yukon University and the Yukon Arts Centre, with support from CBC North.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The influenza virus is circulating through Yellowknife early this year and it's affecting the city's youth first.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

In the election Thursday, 185 people voted for Heron as chief while 136 voted for competitor Frieda Martselos.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The bus service will have 18 stops and will run from Apex to the airport. The exact stops haven't been announced yet.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

The charges are the third set of charges RCMP have laid this week in the small community of about 426 people. 

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CBC - North (A week ago)

Community leaders and senior climatologists are worried that warmer temperatures in the region this fall may be a sign of what can be expected in the years to come.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A former federally-owned apartment building in downtown Yellowknife is now the city's newest public housing complex. But the addition won't bring down the public housing waitlist.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

A man in Kimmirut faces charges of aggravated assault and assaulting a peace officer. He remains in custody.

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CBC - North (A week ago)

At 85 per cent, the attendance rate for students at Ulaajuk Elementary School is well above territorial averages, according to Nunavut's Department of Education. The school's principal, Sandra Rutledge, credits after-school activities and community engagement for its high attendance rate. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Whitehorse is set to welcome thousands of participants to the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in March. With just 100 days to go before event, local organizers say they'll be ready.  

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The N.W.T. government has been promoting the Mackenzie Valley Highway as worthy of federal investment and fast-tracking. But the road would primarily serve a small population, and with an estimated price tag over a billion dollars, an economic case for it may be difficult to make.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yukon wildfire officials says they're installing more air quality monitors in areas south of downtown Whitehorse, as some local residents complain about excessive smoke in the area.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Residents of Enterprise, N.W.T., will have a new hamlet council come January after their representatives were dismissed by the territorial government  earlier this year. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

In collaboration with the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, Yukon Energy must now develop salmon rebuilding and fish passage plans at its hydroelectric dam near Mayo.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A new emergency food bank has opened up in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, and more than 200 bags filled with groceries were handed out on the opening day.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Grant Zazula, board member with the Ukrainian Canadian Association of Yukon, is in Ukraine this week to deliver first aid supplies, toys, medication and warm clothes, donated by Yukoners.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Airbnb is urging people who list their Whitehorse properties on its site to speak out against the city's proposed regulations for short-term rentals. Right now, the City of Whitehorse has no regulations for operating short-term rental units in the city.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A factory producing modular homes is in progress in Arviat, Nunavut, to produce dozens of units for the region and employ community members in the process.  

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Nunavik doctors are calling on authorities to improve the region's fragile water infrastructure. In the meantime, health workers get creative to provide care in an environment plagued by water shortages, from waterless childbirths to containing the spread of illnesses.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Kimmirut RCMP have charged a man accused of attempted murder, assault and various firearm offenses. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

All water fixtures and the water fountain at the Kaw Tay Whee school in Dettah, N.W.T. are out of service after the territory elevated levels of lead in multiple classroom sinks. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Leaders in Kátł'odeeche First Nation (KFN) in the N.W.T. have banned 14 people from entering the reserve over the last two years in an effort to address a growing drug crisis in the community.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The city presented a new capital budget earlier this month, and hosted a public forum Monday. The budget outlines $98 million in proposed spending for 2026.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

RCMP in Hay River, N.W.T., have charged a man with several offences after what they call "a volatile situation" Sunday night. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Every fall, when the seasonal ferry stops running, the roughly 200 residents of West Dawson are forced to make a choice: hunker down at home and wait for the river to freeze, or find a place to stay in town.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Advocates are calling on the Northwest Territories to stop referring transgender patients to Alberta for gender-affirming care after the province tabled a bill to shield laws impacting trans youth from human rights challenges.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

That program was taught in Fort Smith and was suspended indefinitely in 2018. Eight years later, the territory's education system is feeling that loss, with less opportunities for northern Indigenous to teach students from the communities they come from.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

'Major expectations' for Yukon premier's new cabinet, say some political watchers

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty and YKDFN Chief Ernest Betsina signed a memorandum of understanding indicating the two nations will take lead on the Arctic economic and security corridor project.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty and YKDFN Chief Ernest Betsina signed a memorandum of understanding indicating the two nations will take lead on the Arctic economic and security corridor project.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The City of Whitehorse is proposing regulations for short-term rentals, that would limit how and where property owners could operate them. Currently, the city has no such regulations.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A 2020 report by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., which represents Inuit in Nunavut, suggested infrastructure in the territory lagged behind all other Canadian jurisdictions by a wide margin. Premier John Main has vowed to get Ottawa to narrow that infrastructure gap.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Two frontline organizations in the Yukon say new statistics on family and intimate partner violence highlight an urgent crisis, and one that's not fully reflected in the data.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The First Nation says it's still grappling with the impacts of the mine disaster – and outlined a vision for the industry's future in the territory.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The N.W.T. government is developing safer communities and neighbourhoods (SCAN) and civil forfeiture legislation, but the proposed laws are receiving criticism from both people concerned with civil liberties, and those worried about safety in their communities.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

In Wolinak, Que., the roar of the Montreal Fight League crowd mixed with the sound of glove against mat last weekend, as Cree mixed-martial artists and their supporters packed into the venue, ready to test themselves on fight night.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Igunaq is a delicacy made from fermenting walrus for months underground. But thawing permafrost and unstable ground are bringing the practice into question leading to changes in the tradition, and in some cases, health concerns.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Fort Good Hope and Délı̨nę are using K-9 screening to reduce drugs and alcohol coming into their communities. Leaders say it's already making a difference.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Olympic ski jumper Alex Loutitt — who has Nihtat Gwich'in roots — is currently concentrating on recovery, after a crash left her sidelined with an ACL injury in late September.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Members of Yukon's 36th Legislative Assembly were sworn in over the last few days, with Premier Currie Dixon naming his cabinet on Saturday.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO) survey estimate for the Belcher Islands-Eastern Hudson Bay beluga population in 2024 was 2,200 animals – the lowest estimate on record. Nunavik hunters are being asked to delay their fall harvest of beluga in response. 

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney  recently announced the grid connection  as part of his list of "nation-building” projects. While Ottawa has put up $40 million for a pre-feasibility study, the only new money announced earlier this month was $139 million for B.C. Hydro to study the North Coast Transmission Line, to which the Yukon link would...

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Yukon's homegrown slapstick online puppet show is coming back for a second season, after a wildly successful launch last year.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

A new museum exhibit dedicated to the history of commercial fishing opened in September at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife. Some hope to bring back the fishing industry to its former glory

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Following the "alarming” news of continued decline in two caribou herds, Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty hopes to put a pause on winter hunts.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce says it is seeing an increase in local businesses paying for security guards. Use of force experts from across Canada say that's happening around the country, but it also comes with a growing grey area in law enforcement.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

Earlier this month, wildlife management talks in Rankin Inlet stalled over a disagreement between the organizations that led to KIA staff walking out of a meeting and a representative of KHTO organizing a protest.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

New traffic control gates have been installed at the base of Robert Service Way. The City of Whitehorse says they're a precaution in case they have to close the road for a future landslide.

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CBC - North (2 weeks ago)

An Iqaluit man is now in custody for allegedly committing several counts of theft, breaking and entering and careless storage of a firearm. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

In the early hours of Oct. 16, approximately 7,000 litres of furnace fuel overflowed from a tank during fuel delivery and seeped into the ground in Yellowknife's industrial park. The driver who was delivering the fuel says having more prevention measures at the site meant he could have avoided a spill of this size.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

There's a new polytechnic in Yellowknife — and it's not Aurora College. A private training institute once known as the College of Northern Canada has been renamed the Polytechnic Institute of Northern Canada. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Iqaluit's only beer can recycling facility closed down in July after 31 years leaving residents with nowhere to recycle the cans. Since then Derek Allerton has been collecting cans he finds littered on the streets.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Nunavut's eight new cabinet ministers received their portfolios Thursday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Downtown Residents Association in Whitehorse says lack of consistent snow-clearing is an accessibility issue easily solved by municipal commitment to clear a short corridor of sidewalks.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

There's a new sound these days in Whitehorse, according to some residents, and it's not the pleasant crunch of footsteps in the fresh winter snow.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Official results were announced for this week's school board elections in Yukon. Five trustees were to elected for the First Nation School Board, and five for the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

An Alberta man was charged after police in Hay River, N.W.T., found 49 grams of suspected crack-cocaine, pre-packaged for sale, a prohibited pistol with the serial number removed, and over $12,000 in cash in a residence.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The City of Yellowknife says a review is underway following an incident Tuesday at its downtown library involving security personnel and a member of the public. Video of an apparent altercation was circulated on social media.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

John Main, chosen on Tuesday to be Nunavut's next premier, has lots of ideas for things he wants to improve in the next four years. The first step, he says, is coming together with his colleagues to develop a mandate.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Manitoba is putting up $51 million in new funding to help upgrade the Hudson Bay Railway line as federal and provincial government officials were in Winnipeg Sunday to work toward the possibility of expanding the Port of Churchill.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Members voted for John Main as premier Nunavut's 7th Assembly. They also voted for David Joanasie as Speaker.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The government of the Northwest Territories says a test of N.W.T. Alert, the territory's public alert system, has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

According to many in Hay River, N.W.T., the town's ongoing drug crisis is worsening, leaving residents feeling unsafe, uncertain, and unable to simply wish it away. 'We can't keep doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result,' says one town councillor.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Join CBC North's The Trailbreaker live from the Diavik diamond mine on Wednesday and Thursday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Biathlon Yukon's new facility in Whitehorse is on schedule to be finished and ready in time for the upcoming Arctic Winter Games, later this winter.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Yukon's premier-designate Currie Dixon described the current moment as a "tremendous opportunity” for the territory's mining sector. Dixon spoke this week at the Yukon Geoscience Forum in Whitehorse.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The community of Salluit has wrapped up its first full harvest season at its new greenhouse this summer. It's one of several northern communities growing their own produce as they strive towards attaining food sovereignty.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Some mining and exploration companies in the N.W.T. are feeling optimistic as gold prices remain high after a surge earlier this fall — and one company is hoping to ramp up production in the near future.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Every Thursday in the heart of Chisasibi, Que., the Mitchuap fills with the comforting scent of Labrador tea, freshly-baked bannock, wood, and moose hide, as elders gather to carve, knit, and share stories.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Police are still investigating after a man walked into a day shelter in Yellowknife with a loaded pistol last week. Although the territory's health and social services authority said it can't give specifics as the investigation is ongoing, one of its directors said staff are trained for cases like this.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But the items will be returned to Canada on Dec. 6 after Pope Leo on Saturday gifted them to a delegation of Catholic bishops.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

American Pacific has sold a contentious Palmer exploration project near Haines, Alaska, while the local Tlingit community stands opposed to what it characterizes as land destruction.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney may have put the Yukon-B.C. grid connection on the latest list of nation-building projects, but Yukoners are no closer to knowing when they can tap into B.C. hydro.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Yellowknife Women's Society will operate a new transitional housing facility next to the Folk on the Rocks site on Highway 3. The facility is set to open in December. It will help residents with housing applications, income assistance, and developing clients' life skills. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Sprawled across the walls of the arena are depictions of life in Nunavik – graffiti style. Local youth and a self-described "alchemist” are the artists behind the work.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Programs run Monday to Friday. In the mornings, between 11 a.m. and noon, programming runs out of the tent located near the Yellowknife Women's Centre in Yellowknife. At Spruce Bough, the tent is open from 1 to 4 p.m., with different themes or activities every weekday.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Twenty-one people have overdosed on contaminated drugs in the community since Oct. 22. Normally, the community only sees one or two overdoses a month. The territory's top doctor attributes the spike in cases to crack-cocaine being contaminated with other opioids.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Some Indigenous MLAs in the N.W.T. are calling for a bigger push in the territory to hire Indigenous workers — and some suggest that could involve trimming the number of people accepted in the N.W.T. 's nominee program.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Paulatuk Energy Working Group has a goal of becoming carbon neutral. But everyone – from residents to those leading the project – agree making sure homes don't waste that energy is a critical part of the target.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A Fort Smith author launches her latest book on her journey from the city lights of Montreal to a small alpaca farm in a community of 2,500.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Rapid growth is 'biggest challenge' ahead of Yukon school board elections

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

After a broken ankle kept her out of the last Olympics, Nadia Moser has here eyes set on the 2026 Games in Italy.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

After 24 years, the Rotary Club in Hay River, N.W.T., is shutting down citing dwindling membership, volunteer fatigue and financial strain.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A shopping trip turned into an unexpected spectacle for some Yukoners on Thursday when a large raven stopped in at a local grocery story. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Yukon Supreme Court has approved a settlement agreement between families of students at Whitehorse's Jack Hulland Elementary School and the Yukon government.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Weekend service has resumed at Whitehorse's only supervised consumption site after a months-long closure caused by staffing shortages. Blood Ties Four Directions Centre, which operates the facility, says new funding from the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) will allow the site to remain open seven days a week through March 2026.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Once built, Iqaluit's hydro project would completely replace the diesel power plant the city relies on.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Calgary Police Service charged Cpl. Derek Young Thursday. He has been suspended from the RCMP and is expected to appear in court on January 13.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

A disagreement between the Kangiqliniq Hunters and Trappers Organization (KHTO) in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and the Kivalliq Inuit Association has stalled discussions over wildlife management with a nearby mine, and led to a protest to get attention on the issue. 

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

In a public health advisory Friday, the territory's chief public health officer (CPHO) said the sample came back positive for carfentanil, remifentanil, and cocaine – the first time this combination has been detected in cocaine in the territory.

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CBC - North (3 weeks ago)

Sidhu Trucking is looking to expand its equipment storage lot in Whitehorse's Mount Sima industrial area, but some people who live nearby are opposed. The plan would require the city to rezone a parcel of land from greenbelt to industrial use.

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CBC - North (4 weeks ago)

Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on Nov. 19, 2025.

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CBC - North (4 weeks ago)

There's been a shake-up at Yukon University with Dr. Lesley Brown, the school's president for the last four years, leaving without fanfare on Thursday.

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CBC - North (4 weeks ago)

Suicide rates in the Northwest Territories appear to have stabilized over the past two years, according to a new report from the territory's chief coroner. But the rate is still much higher than the national average.

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CBC - North (4 weeks ago)

Police in Whitehorse say there's no evidence of criminal involvement in the death of a man whose body was found last week near Shipyards Park.

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CBC - North (4 weeks ago)

Riley Jordan Moyah received a sentence of 12 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of Roland Lamalice in Hay River in May 2025.

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