Man charged with firing an air rifle at police after weekend standoff in Iqaluit
Suspect faces multiple charges including assault with a weapon and uttering threats. A man involved in a police standoff in
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Society (Canada)
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over loss of water services
Declaration comes after issues with the pipes at the water treatment plant Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is declaring a state of emergency
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Cambridge Bay’s population has outgrown its sewer, water services
Aopak Bella Angulalik’s home in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, runs out of water as often as every other day. On weekends the
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Yukon’s francophone newspaper L’Aurore Boréale wins 3 national awards
By Isabella Calissi Periodical named ‘Newspaper of the Year’ at 2025 Prix d’excellence de la Presse Francophone Yukon’s only francophone newspaper,
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Iqaluit therapist pushes for Nunavut’s private practitioners to be part of counselling service
By Emma Tranter All therapists contracted by the government’s service live outside the territory A mental health therapist is calling
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German canoeist surprised to learn he was missing in the N.W.T.
By Tamara Merritt Inuvik RCMP declared Carsten Iwers missing, but he’d been in Yellowknife for days Carsten Iwers says he
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Mayor of Faro, Yukon, says community facing a health-care crisis
‘We’re at a very restricted service level at this time and no prospect of when it might be over’ Jack
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NunatuKavut art ceremony in N.L. legislature sparks criticism from Nunatsiavut, Innu Nation
By Sis’moqon Nunatukavut Community Council responds with letter calling on them to ‘end their defamatory actions’ Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC)
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‘A really big loss to the community’: Church in Colville Lake, N.W.T., burns
By Devon Tredinnick Our Lady of the Snows was built in the 1960s and was the community’s only church Our
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‘We’re losing our children’: Nunavummiut reflect on triple tragedy in Pond Inlet
By Samuel Wat The community was shaken by a multiple suicides in July WARNING: This story discusses suicide. Verna Strickland
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Boil water advisory lifts for Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
Residents in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, can drink water from the tap again after a boil water advisory lifted Monday. The advisory
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N.W.T. Fort Providence planning staged re-entry for eventual return
Meanwhile Jean Marie River ‘on pins and needles’ as evacuation alert persists, says former chief While fire officials say it’s
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Yukon extends season for wildfire crews amid warm, dry weather
Wildland firefighters typically on contract until end of August, now staying on for at least another week Yukon is keeping
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Program pairing police and social workers expands to Kuujjuaq, Que.
By Samuel Wat Saqijuq says the aim of the partnership is to avoid calls turning into arrests Kuujjuaq now has
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Food bank usage doubles in Cambridge Bay since end of food voucher program
Feds say gov’t working on longer-term solution, but hamlet struggling to keep up in the meantime The co-ordinator at the
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