MLAs Qavvik and Kaernerk elected to Nunavut Executive Council - Sat, 23 Sep 2023 17:35:32 EDT
 Daniel Qavvik and Joelie Kaernerk were elected to Nunavut's executive council on Saturday at the Nunavut Leadership Forum. The two beat out Kugluktuk MLA Bobby Anavilok in a secret ballot by their fellow members of the Legislative Assembly. |
Smoke from southern fires blankets Yellowknife and other N.W.T. communities - Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:13:21 EDT
 As smoke turned skies orange Saturday, 14 N.W.T. communities found themselves under air quality warnings and Yellowknife cancelled an event meant to welcome residents back to the city. |
Yellowknife's mayor says that city did not ask territory to trigger evacuation - Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:37:43 EDT
 Yellowknife’s mayor said that, as far as she knows, concerns about staffing at Yellowknife’s evacuation centre were not related to the territorial decision to evacuate the community of 22,000 last month. |
Conservation economies present 'unprecedented opportunity' for Nunavut communities: report - Mon, 25 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT
 A new report says Nunavut communities have "unprecedented opportunities" to grow their economies by embracing sustainability through the development of "blue conservation" economies. |
This season's widespread, severe wildfires will have long-lasting impact on N.W.T.'s boreal forest - Sun, 24 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT
 Wildfires are a healthy and necessary part of the boreal forests, but the extent and severity of this year’s wildfire season in the N.W.T. will change how the ecosystem recovers in the future. |
Outhouse closures create a crappy situation for travellers on Yukon highway - Sat, 23 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT
 The Yukon Government has closed three public outhouses along the North Klondike Highway. One unhappy resident calls the facilities 'one of the basic needs in society.' |
CBC North is now on TikTok - Sat, 23 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT
 CBC North is now on TikTok and social editor Carson Asmundson says the broadcaster wants to continue sharing your videos and photos of the North. |
Yukon premier says feds never briefed him on India allegations - Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:05:05 EDT
 Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says he wasn't alerted to any potential diplomatic tensions between Canada and India before he arrived in New Delhi on a territorial trade mission earlier this week. |
'Heartbreaking' return for residents to fire-ravaged Enterprise, NW.T., after evacuation order lifts - Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:29:33 EDT
 Residents of Enterprise, N.W.T., can return to the damaged but not destroyed hamlet after a wildfire took 90 per cent of the community. |
Staffer at Yukon government-contracted NGO charged with sexual assault - Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:46:09 EDT
 A Whitehorse man has been charged with sexual assault in connection with his work at a non-governmental organization (NGO) that's contracted by the territorial government. |