Yukon non-profit says new plan aims to cut homelessness in half in two years
By Gabrielle Plonka A Yukon non-profit says its new action plan aims to cut homelessness by 50 per cent by
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Yellowknife teen recognized for work supporting autistic child in dance class
By Julia Parrish It’s a partnership that’s lasted three years, and at 14 years old, Taylor Paddon said she gets
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How Kakisa, N.W.T., is making a fire break part of its plan to grow more food
By Sarah St-Pierre When a wildfire reached Kakisa in 2014, burning around the community on two sides and along its
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‘Not surprising’: Advocates react to N.W.T. Child and Family Services report
By Yumna Iftikhar For some local advocates, the federal auditor general’s bleak assessment of the N.W.T.’s child and family services
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Ottawa invests $22.8 million for sports in Indigenous communities
The Government of Canada has announced a two-year investment of $22.8 million (2026–2028) to fund Indigenous-led sports and physical activity
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Yellowknife mulls bylaw change to expand $1 land sales for affordable housing
By Jessica Davey-Quantick A bylaw change could make it easier to get affordable housing built in Yellowknife. Deputy mayor Rob
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Advocates hope declaration of gender-based violence as an epidemic can remove stigma
By Samuel Wat For Charlotte Wolfrey of Rigolet, N.L., ending gender-based violence is personal. Her daughter was murdered in 1993,
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Cruise ship visitors increasingly going to Pond Inlet, fewer to Iqaluit
The number of cruise ship visitors to Pond Inlet has grown exponentially since 2022, while many fewer are coming to
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Data of around 1,700 people potentially compromised in Canvas data breach
By John Last The data of around 1,700 N.W.T. teachers, educational staff, government employees, program participants and contractors may have
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Fort Good Hope mother says medical bureaucracy increased stress
By Yumna Iftikhar Chloe Dixon laughs before saying she likes being in Toronto but misses her home in Fort Good
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Officials say rabies in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is an ‘active and serious threat’
By Samuel Wat Health officials say there’s an “active and serious threat” of rabies in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, with the disease
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Yukon First Nation says it can pump out 250 houses per year — if it gets the timber
Living in a log cabin, according to Devin Brodhagen, has long been an “ideal” in the Yukon. But the timber
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Nunavik’s only veterinary clinic is looking for a new funder, or risk closure
By Samuel Wat Nunavik’s only permanent veterinary clinic in Kuujjuaq, Que., is looking for a new partner to oversee and
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Aurora college seeks to supplement expired funding for child care program
By Yumna Iftikhar Aurora College is still working to replace the expired federal funding for its early learning and child
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CBC North’s Trail’s End is coming to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
CBC’s Trail’s End will broadcast live from the Arctic hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, this week. Host Lawrence Nayally will
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