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Northern aviation deserves same de-icing resources as the south, says pilot

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 15:20
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For pilot Laval St. Germain, the Transportation Safety Board’s report into the fatal 2024 Fort Smith plane crash that killed

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As Inuvik shelters switch hands, operators want to see transitional supports next

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:49
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A new contractor will take over operations of the Inuvik Warming Shelter on April 1 — closely following a switch

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At 82, this Inuvialuktun translator wonders who will replace her

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 09:42
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After three weeks on the road in Yellowknife doing Inuvialuktun translation for the Northwest Territories legislative assembly, Lillian Elias says

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Carney announces $35B for defence, infrastructure in Canada’s North

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2026 at 11:21
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The Liberal government has unveiled a detailed, multibillion-dollar proposal to modernize and expand Canada’s military footprint in the country’s Far

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Carney heads to Arctic war games as NATO flexes muscle in Norway

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 17:23
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Yellowknife on Thursday before heading to Norway and the United Kingdom for meetings

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Carney scheduled to visit Yellowknife on Thursday

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 12:31
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Yellowknife on Thursday. His itinerary shows he will announce a “new

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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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Stranded medical travellers at Nunavut airport say they were left cold

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 11:10
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Some medical travel passengers flying home to Nunavut last month say they were left stranded at an airport for hours

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Experts link Yellowknife retail closures to weak economy and changing tastes

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 2, 2026 at 16:44
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First it was clothing stores. Then A&W. Now it’s the city’s only movie theatre. Yellowknife’s retail scene is shrinking as

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This Nunavut teenager has her own dog team, preserving an Inuit cultural tradition

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 2, 2026 at 09:27
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Out in the distance in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, 15-year-old Sophia Johnston heard a familiar sound — a team of sled

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Yellowknife says goodbye to its only cinema

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 10:05
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The manager of Yellowknife’s Capitol Theatre says he has mixed feelings about the public reaction he’s seen to the theatre’s

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A new Yellowknife program offers smaller, flexible learning option for neurodivergent children

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 10:56
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By Carla Ulrich A new learning program that opened in Yellowknife this fall offers small group programming for children who

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New company to focus on renewed N.W.T. Courageous Lake gold project

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:52
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Seabridge Gold says it plans to spin out its large but somewhat sidelined Courageous Lake gold project in the Northwest

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Nunavut mom thankful after Yellowknife woman offered to pay for son’s airline ticket

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 26, 2025 at 09:45
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A Nunavut mom is happy to be home for Christmas in Gjoa Haven with her son, after an airline ticketing

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tundra by the ocean
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Who benefits from the Arctic economic and security corridor? It depends who you ask

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 22, 2025 at 16:11
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By Samuel Wat Prominent northern leaders have been touting the Arctic economic and security corridor as a “nation-building” project that

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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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