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Kimmirut byelection for mayor postponed to April

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 20:02

The community of about 400 people has been without a mayor since Qinuajuaq Pudlat resigned for personal reasons last year.

Trial set for Rankin Inlet man charged with manslaughter

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 20:01

A three-week trial for Colin Makpah, who is charged in the 2010 death of Donald Gamble, is scheduled to start on April 28, 2014.

$6M class-action lawsuit against Bell starts in Yellowknife

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 19:37

Yellowknife man says it is unfair for Bell Mobility to charge for non-existent 911 service.

Ancient Arctic camel offers climate change clues

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 18:32

Camels may be called the ships of the desert, but ancient, mummified bones dug from the tundra are confirming that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in what is now Canada's High Arctic.

Nunavut MLAs delay vote on child and youth advocate

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 18:14

Nunavut MLAs have again postponed the creation of a Child and Youth Advocate by voting to allow more time to review the bill.

Diet tops disease risks for Canadians

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 17:23

Eating a poor quality diet is the leading risk factor for diseases and injuries that cause Canadians to die prematurely and become disabled, according to a new report.

Inquest hears Yellowknife woman pointed gun at Mounties

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 16:13

The three RCMP officers who shot Karen Lander in Yellowknife have been testifying at a coroner's inquest Monday.

First Nations policing funds renewed for five years

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 00:39

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews tells MPs a program that roughly 400 First Nations and Inuit communities rely on to pay for their police forces will be renewed for five years.

Yukon fire chief says CO detector saved lives

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 00:19

Whitehorse fire chief says family put in danger when vehicle left running in garage

Alaska avalanche kills 1, injures 2

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 22:16

One person is dead and two others are injured after an avalanche Sunday in the mountains near Haines, Alaska.

Gay student wants Yukon bishop to back off

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 22:08

Student at a Whitehorse Catholic high school wants policy condemning homosexual acts removed.

Nunavut MLA says mold found in some new public housing units

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 21:54

A Nunavut MLA is raiding concerns over mold found in some public housing units in the territory. Some of the units are less than five years old.

Junior mining companies hit hard by economic downturn

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 21:00

Junior mining companies, which explore for new mine sites and mineral deposits, are having trouble raising money.

Innu hunting caribou despite ban, says chief

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 20:22

Prote Poker, the Grand Chief of the Innu Nation, says Innu in Sheshashui and Natuashish are not backing down on their plan to hunt animals from the George River caribou herd this year.

Yukon rejects tougher sentence appeal for 2 violent offenders

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 18:41

The Court of Appeal has denied Yukon federal prosecutors' requests to appeal in a case against two violent offenders.

Iditarod sled dog race kicks off in Willow, Alaska

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 14:13

The 41st Iditarod Trail sled dog race officially started in Willow, Alaska, Sunday.

UN food envoy scolds Ottawa's anti-poverty efforts

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 01:48

The United Nations' right to food envoy says the Canadian government's controversial decisions to scrap the long-form census and negotiate a free trade deal with Europe will make it more difficult to fight poverty in Canada.

Body of man found in home where police officer was killed

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 00:59

The body of a man was found inside a home in northern Quebec Sunday, ending a 17-hour standoff that left one police officer dead and another seriously injured on Saturday night.

Med student aids apparent stabbing victim in Yellowknife

Sun, 03/03/2013 - 23:42

A man is believed to have been stabbed on 50th street in Yellowknife early Sunday morning.

Feds re-open abandoned Nunavut oil field for bidding

Sun, 03/03/2013 - 23:10

The federal government plans to hold a call for bids for oil and gas discovery licenses for the Bent Horn lands off Baffin Island in Nunavut.