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Lottery ticket sales to return to Rankin Inlet

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 23:03

Lottery ticket sales could soon be back in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, at the community's Northern Store.

Iqaluit parents fight to establish parent-teacher association

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 23:03

Parents of students at Nakasuk school in Iqaluit have formed the Nakasuk Parents Association, because they weren't allowed to form a parent teacher association.

Tlingit baffled at Yukon's rush to sign royalty sharing deal

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 20:17

Carl Sidney said he's disappointed with the Yukon Government's handling of a royalty sharing arrangement with Yukon First Nations.

Iqaluit DEA in the dark about teacher charged

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 20:15

The Iqaluit District Education Authority says it knows nothing about a teacher charged with sexual interference beyond what has been reported in the media.

Yellowknife moves ahead with plans for Range Street

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 17:30

Yellowknife City Hall is moving forward with plans to clean up 50th street, also known as Range Street.

Yukon nurses happy with working conditions

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 16:01

The Yukon Registered Nurses Association says working conditions for nurses in the territory are favorable compared to those in southern Canada.

School art program launched by Cape Dorset principal

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 15:24

The principal of Peter Pitseolak High School in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, is trying to improve arts programming in the school.

Newfoundland fisherman still wanted in Nunavut

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 13:57

A second arrest warrant has gone out for a Newfoundland fisherman who is wanted in Nunavut.

U.K. man kicked off flight in Iqaluit says he blacked out

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 12:09

Darren Edward Cosby's behaviour forced the landing of an Air Transat flight from Vancouver to London at the Iqaluit airport March 27, where he was met by RCMP and taken into custody.

Yukon company says pools needed for new technology

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 12:05

A Yukon mining company says it wants a water license to develop new mining technology that incorporates portable pools to store mine waste.

Birth control with placebo pills recalled

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 08:38

A Canadian drug distributor has issued an urgent recall for Alysena birth control pills.

RBC chief denies use of foreign worker replacements

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 02:33

The head of the Royal Bank of Canada has denied that it has replaced Canadian workers with foreign workers.

Whitehorse murder trial hears confession

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 00:10

Jurors in Yukon murder trial hear recorded confession extracted by undercover officers

Study debunks lead poisoning theory in Franklin mystery

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 22:32

A long-standing Arctic mystery has become even more baffling with research that appears to debunk a common theory about the demise of the Franklin expedition.

Hunters fined $80K for hunting without export permits

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 19:15

Some big-game hunters from Mexico were fined after a polar bear hunting trip in Nunavut.

Yukon trapping dying out, despite record high fur prices

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 18:16

A trapper in Old Crow, Yukon, says despite record fur prices, trapping is a dying lifestyle.

Many N.W.T. residents in hospital for preventable illness

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 16:55

Health officials in the Northwest Territories say too many people are being hospitalized for preventable illnesses.

Cases of respiratory illness RSV up slightly in Nunavut

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 13:53

The Chief Medical officer of Health for Nunavut said there have been more lab-confirmed cases of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, this year.

CBC North wins 2 journalism awards

Sun, 04/07/2013 - 16:11

The CBC North team has taken home two regional RTNDA awards, being recognized for excellence in electronic journalism.

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.