Whitehorse’s Alpine Bakery temporarily closing, owners blame nearby emergency shelter
The owners of the Alpine Bakery in Whitehorse say they’re temporarily closing their downtown business because of issues related to
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Society (Canada)
Food bank use has more than doubled as evacuees return to Yellowknife
By Rachel Maclean · CBC News Chronic problems with food poverty in territories also outlined in new report Food bank usage has
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Nunavut RCMP charge Gill sisters, mother with fraud for claiming Inuit status
Karima Manji, Amira and Nadya Gill each charged with fraud over $5,000 Iqaluit RCMP say they’ve charged three women with
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New fire hall opens for first responders in Carmacks, Yukon
‘I call it the prettiest building in the Yukon as far as fire halls go,’ said Mayor Lee Bodie First
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Sanikiluaq wind project represents major Nunavut renewable energy policy shift
Project is expected to cut diesel fuel reliance in half A lone windmill in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, which is expected to
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Enterprise, N.W.T., sets a potential return date of Sept. 22
Date will be confirmed at a meeting on Wednesday, hamlet says Damaged but not destroyed by the wildfire that tore
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1 week after being back, Yellowknife schools, hospital still getting back on track
By Julia Wong It has been one week since the evacuation order for Yellowknife was lifted and residents were allowed
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Poor visibility to greet returning Hay River workers Wednesday
Weather conditions will make for a smoky day in parts of the Northwest Territories on Wednesday. An atmospheric inversion is
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No further investigation needed into Iqaluit plane crash, TSB says
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has closed its file on the Cessna 172 plane crash in Iqaluit last week, saying
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Nunavut’s new school violence reporting system was underused in its 1st year
The first year of Nunavut’s new school violence tracking system saw the database underused, and many teachers who were tasked to
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A group of Inuit artists is travelling to museums to study traditional Inuit clothing and tools
A group called Agguaq, made up of artists, designers and seamstresses, is studying ancient Inuit clothing like parkas and amautik patterns — as
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Yukon parents should’ve been told ‘immediately’ about sex abuse allegations: report
Delay in informing parents was unwarranted, unfair and a ‘communications failure,’ report says The Yukon education department should have immediately
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Green light for Yukon class-action over alleged use of holds, seclusion in school
Plaintiffs’ lawyer says lawsuit could include hundreds of people The Yukon Supreme Court has given the green light to a
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Iqaluit flight cancellations cost him thousands, says Kimmirut teacher
By Lyndsay-Ann Palliser · CBC News ‘Canadian North needs to be responsible to the people’ A Kimmirut teacher says he’s out thousands
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Yellowknife airport opens to commercial flights
By Taylor Holmes · CBC News As the general public began returning to Yellowknife, its airport started taking commercial flights again Three
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