Snowshoeing removed from Team N.T. for 2026 AWG, other sports reduced
Some Northwest Territories sports bodies have had their allocations for the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse reduced – and
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Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear, wins Alaska Fat Bear Week contest
By Cedar Attanasio, Mark Thiessen ‘Despite his broken jaw, he remains one of the biggest, baddest bears at Brooks River’ Chunk,
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Sami theatre responds to Church of Sweden’s abuse apology in new play
Four years after the Church of Sweden apologized to Sweden’s Sami people, a Sami theatre company is responding to the
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How to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in the North
People across the North will mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday. The annual event is observed to
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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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GPS interference forces plane to abort landing in Arctic Norway
A Widerøe Dash-8 plane travelling from Vadsø to Vardø in Norway’s northeastern-region could not land because of jamming of the
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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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BLOG—A crash course in snowmobiling across Svalbard
On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling,
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