News/Canada/North
Margot Kidder’s brother spreads her ashes in Yellowknife, her ‘spirit home’
John Kidder, brother of actress Margot Kidder, was in Yellowknife on Wednesday to spread some of her ashes. (Randall McKenzie/CBC) The brother of...
Nunavut TB rates remain high despite community testing
This photo shows bottles of Tuberculosis medication. TB rates in Nunavut remain high despite millions of federal dollars spent on community screening clinics....
‘I’m deeply sorry,’ says president of Winnipeg hospital after family buries wrong baby
Tony Alagalak, Alice Kinak and their family. After the couple’s baby was buried in Arviat, Nunavut, officials from the Winnipeg hospital flew to...
Quebec sporting groups must have plans to tackle bullying, racism by 2020: minister
Tommy H. J. Neeposh is the founder and manager of the First Nation Elites hockey club. He says arena managers need to step...
Pilot in fatal Alaska plane crash was new seasonal hire, says initial report
This May 20, 2019, photo shows Good Samaritans aboard a fishing vessel attempting to bring in a float plane that crashed in the...
Old Crow, Yukon, declares climate change state of emergency
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm says the community of Old Crow, Yukon, faces a state of emergency because of climate change....
Search for missing N.W.T. travellers suspended after body spotted
Samuel Boucher, 65, and Cammy Boucher, 23, are two of three overdue travellers believed to have been on their way from Detah, N.W.T.,...
‘We are not monkeys’: Inuit speak out about skin grafts done without consent in 1970s
After years of keeping silent, Inuit from Igloolik, Nunavut, say they want answers about medical tests performed on them in the late 1960s...
MMIWG inquiry set to present final report in June
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is set to present its final report June 3 in Gatineau, Que....
Fatal bear attack in Yukon could not have been prevented, investigation finds
An investigation into last fall’s fatal grizzly bear attack in Yukon has found that there was nothing Valérie Théorêt could have done to save herself...
Search for Ambar Roy on hold due to weather, scheduled to continue Sunday
Due to weather, Nunavut Emergency Management workers have temporarily paused the search for Ambar Roy, an 18-year-old Ontario university student who was reported missing while...
Northern foods are now on the plate in Canada’s new food guide
Northern foods are finding a place on the menu in Canada’s new food guide, including whale, seal and berries. The last time the...
‘Dark chapter in our history’: federal gov’t apologizes to Ahiarmiut for forced relocations
Seventy years after the federal government forcibly relocated Ahiarmuit away from their homeland, it’s apologizing to 21 survivors and their families in Arviat, Nunavut,...
Canada, First Nations express concern over U.S. Arctic drilling plans
The Canadian government, two territories and several First Nations are expressing concerns to the United States over plans to open the calving grounds...
Woman, 10-month-old daughter killed by bear at remote Yukon cabin
A Yukon woman and her 10-month-old daughter are dead after a bear attack at a remote cabin, the territory’s coroner said. In a news...
