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Federal government ends MMIWG funding to northern prosecution offices
The $23.5 million was initially allocated in the federal government's 2021 budget, and was slated to last for three years. An email obtained by CBC News shows that it's leaving a 25 per cent hole in the PPSC's budget in Nunavut alone.
A year later, effects of Fort Smith, N.W.T., plane crash still linger, says father of survivor
Kurt Macdonald was the lone survivor of last year's plane crash in Fort Smith, N.W.T., that killed six people. Kurt's father, Jay Macdonald, reflected this week on the gratitude he feels for his son, and his grief over those whose lives were lost.
Fort Smith, N.W.T., mother says husband's love persists, 1 year after crash that killed him and 5 others
It’s been one year since a Northwestern Air Lease plane crashed near the airport in Fort Smith, N.W.T., shortly after takeoff, claiming the lives of six Fort Smith residents.
Waste management key topic at Yellowknife climate change roundtable
The City of Yellowknife is working on a new plan that'll map out the city’s climate actions over the next decade. Waste management emerged as a key topic at a roundtable discussion about the plan this week.
Landfill fire expected to take 3 weeks to extinguish, has cost Yellowknife $80K so far
Yellowknife's deputy mayor, Garett Cochrane, said that although hotspots happen “quite often,” the city has never dealt with a subsurface fire before. The city said the fire it's 7,000 square metres in size, which is about 10 per cent of the landfill cell it's in.
Mental health video game designed by Nunavut youth nearing completion
Virtual Qaggiq has been in the works since 2022, and was born out of a similar game that Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers made together at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
N.W.T. regulator starting process that could grant Imperial Oil emergency water licence
Imperial Oil’s current water licence in the N.W.T. is set to expire in March, and the process of issuing a normal renewal is on hold because the entire operation in Norman Wells, N.W.T., is now the subject of an environment assessment.
At least 36 families displaced by fire that destroyed Iqaluit apartment building, says Nunavut gov't
Nunavut RCMP say no one was reported missing or hurt after a fire destroyed a big apartment building in Iqaluit overnight.
Leaders reflect on Justin Trudeau's legacy in the North
People across the North are reflecting on what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meant to the territories and the legacy he'll leave behind, following his announcement that he will be stepping down.
These young northerners are pushing the N.W.T. to do more about climate change
Julia Gyapay, Mary Ann Sylvester, and James Thomas, three of the members of the N.W.T.'s Climate Change Youth Council, spoke to CBC about why they got involved, and what they hope the council can achieve.