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Colville Lake calls for more policing, considers local safety program to counter drugs

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 10:18
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By Tamara Merritt Leaders in Colville Lake are calling on the RCMP to increase their visits to the community due

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A building is seen with flags outside and a sculpture.
Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Nunavut RCMP now investigating August death as homicide

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2026 at 16:02
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Nunavut RCMP now say they’re treating the death of a man in Iqaluit last August as a homicide. Mosesie ‘Levi’

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A man in a blue sweater sits for photo. John Amagoalik speaks with CBC Indigenous in Ottawa in April 2026.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Mounties spied on ‘Father of Nunavut’ in 1970s amid fears of Inuit-Dene alliance

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 09:06 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:21
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Surveillance had become so familiar to John Amagoalik it was, by the mid-1970s, something of a standing joke. From the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Woman faces multiple charges after tour bus stolen, Yellowknife RCMP say

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 11:23
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Yellowknife RCMP say a woman is charged with vehicle theft and other offences after a tour bus was stolen early

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A blue, red and white sign on a sunny day, winter day, outside a building.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Inuvik RCMP charge 2 teenagers after loaded firearm, suspected drugs found in home

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 08:06
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RCMP in Inuvik, N.W.T., say two youth have been arrested after officers found suspected cocaine and a loaded firearm at

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife RCMP arrest, Taser man after police vehicles rammed, officers assaulted

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 13:38
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Man faces several charges including dangerous operation of a vehicle, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon A 39-year-old man

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Whitehorse courthouse
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Whitehorse runners pack courtroom in solidarity with jogger after alleged assault

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 09:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 10:43
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Whitehorse residents packed a courtroom on Monday to show support for a woman who was allegedly assaulted while out running

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Men with guns and tactical gear stand outside.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Man charged with firing an air rifle at police after weekend standoff in Iqaluit

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:00
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Suspect faces multiple charges including assault with a weapon and uttering threats. A man involved in a police standoff in

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Ocean and houses on shore.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Man found deceased in water near Paulatuk, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:47
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A man has been found deceased after a search and rescue effort near Paulatuk, N.W.T. At approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday, Paulatuk RCMP

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut Appeal Court reduces sexual assault sentence for former RCMP member

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 10:13
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By Samuel Wat · Mosesie Ikkidluak sentence reduced from 9 to 4 years, with appeal upheld Nunavut’s Court of Appeal has

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife explosion caused by person ‘huffing’ propane in parked boat, RCMP say

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 15:20
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Explosion downtown early Tuesday morning left one person injured and in critical condition Police say an explosion in downtown Yellowknife on

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Man in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, dies during interaction with RCMP

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 11:37
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By Emma Tranter Police won’t say how the man died, seeking investigation from external body Nunavut RCMP have asked an

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

18-year-old Quebec man charged with murder in connection with death in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 10:07
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RCMP say accused is part of drug trade and arrest should be considered a ‘warning’ to others RCMP have charged

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Society Society (Canada) 

Drugs and handgun seized after luxury vehicle stopped on Sahtu winter road, say RCMP

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 17:42
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Bust described by RCMP superintendent as a ‘significant disruption’ to the drug trade Two men from Alberta are facing a

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Residents anxious about drug-related crime in N.W.T.’s South Slave region

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 14:06
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By Nadeer Hashmi  ‘Quit hiding these people in our communities … let the police know,’ urges Fort Smith mayor Residents

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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