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Passenger kicked off U.K. flight in Iqaluit to pay $16,000

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 16:04

A passenger whose violent behaviour forced a flight from Vancouver to London to be diverted to Iqaluit has been fined $2,000 and ordered to pay the airline almost $14,000 in restitution.

Air Canada's poor punctuality could cost customers, expert warns

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 23:29

Air Canada has the worst on-time arrival performance of any major international airline, a CBC Marketplace investigation has found.

Jurors in Whitehorse murder trial told to expect lies

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 22:37

Norman Larue, a 34-year-old aboriginal man, is accused of murdering Gordon Seybold five years ago in Whitehorse.

TSB completes draft final report on Resolute crash

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 22:14

The Transportation Safety Board says it has completed its draft final report into the deadly plane crash in Resolute, Nunavut, in 2011, and it will now be sent to independent reviewers.

Arctic sovereignty patrols to start next week

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 18:00

About 120 personnel including Canadian Rangers will take part in this year's Operation Nunalivut based out of Resolute, Nunavut.

27 former candidates barred from running in Nunavut election

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 17:14

Elections Nunavut has announced that 27 people are barred from running in the upcoming territorial election because as candidates in the last election they failed to file a financial return or they filed it late.

N.W.T. Power Corp worker found dead at Bluefish dam

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 15:31

An employee of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation was found dead at the Bluefish dam north of Yellowknife on Wednesday.

Possible salmonella taint prompts hazelnut recall

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 15:18

A Calgary company is voluntarily recalling nuts that may be tainted with bacteria.

Pilot who survived 1972 Arctic medevac crash dies at 88

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 13:13

Marten Hartwell, 88, survived 31 days in the Arctic after a November 1972 plane crash.

Yukon man found not guilty of sexual inteference

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 23:55

A Haines Junction, Yukon, man has been found not guilty of fondling a girl in Yellowknife almost 20 years ago.

Yukon Electrical to compensate two First Nations

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 21:59

The Yukon Electrical Company will compensate two Whitehorse First Nations for rising and falling water levels from its Fish Lake hydro plant.

Swimming pools proposed to store Yukon mine's tailings

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 21:02

A proposal by a gold mining company to use swimming pools as tailings ponds is raising some concern with the Yukon Government and the Yukon Conservation Society.

Inuvik looks to trucked liquefied natural gas for energy

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 18:44

The territory's energy corporation says it may have found a solution to the energy problem in Inuvik, N.W.T.

Jury selected for Whitehorse murder trial

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 18:12

It took days and hundreds of Yukoners but a jury has been selected to hear evidence in what is expected to be a lengthy murder trial.

Baffinland headed back to Nunavut regulators

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 17:55

Baffinland Iron Mines will go back before Nunavut regulators with its Mary River project because the company revised its plan shortly after it was approved.

Ennadai Lake relocatees closer to possible compensation

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 17:36

More than 60 years ago, a group of Nunavummiut were relocated in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. They're now closer to getting compensation from the federal government.

Fire guts Watson Lake convenience store

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 12:28

The Tags convenience store in Watson Lake was gutted by fire early Wednesday morning.

Wal-Mart greeter, 74, pepper-sprayed at Alberta store

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 10:31

RCMP have laid charges after a 74-year-old Wal-Mart greeter was pepper-sprayed in the face at a store in Spruce Grove, Alta., on Tuesday night.

New trial begins for man accused of sexual interference

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 01:21

A new trial begins today in Yellowknife for a man once sentenced to three years in jail for sexual interference against three girls.

Whitehorse man charged with attempted murder after shooting

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 00:16

The Whitehorse RCMP have charged a 19-year-old man with attempted murder in connection with a shooting over the weekend.