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Northern businesses using local ingredients with a focus on food sustainability

Northern businesses using local ingredients with a focus on food sustainability

YELLOWKNIFE — From rosehip ketchup to wild boar lardo, food businesses across Northern Canada are finding unique ways to use local ingredients.
Residents still displaced as wildfire burns in southern Northwest Territories

Residents still displaced as wildfire burns in southern Northwest Territories

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Residents of K'atl'odeeche First Nation and the neighbouring community of Hay River, N.W.T., remain displaced as an out-of-control wildfire continues to burn in the area.
RCMP say 911 restored after network outage across Northwest Territories

RCMP say 911 restored after network outage across Northwest Territories

YELLOWKNIFE — RCMP in the Northwest Territories say 911 service has been restored across the territory. The territorial government said Tuesday night that people trying to call emergency services were not able to get through by calling 911.
Fort McPherson, N.W.T., declares local state of emergency over flood

Fort McPherson, N.W.T., declares local state of emergency over flood

FORT MCPHERSON, N.W.T. — A hamlet in the Northwest Territories' Beaufort Delta region has declared a local state of emergency due to flooding from the Peel River.
Tuberculosis outbreak declared in third Nunavut hamlet

Tuberculosis outbreak declared in third Nunavut hamlet

NAUJAAT, Nunavut — Nunavut's Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in a third community.
K'atl'odeeche First Nation, Hay River, N.W.T., order evacuations as wildfire spreads

K'atl'odeeche First Nation, Hay River, N.W.T., order evacuations as wildfire spreads

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — A First Nation reserve and nearby town in the southern Northwest Territories have been evacuated after a wildfire began spreading in the area.
Yukon government takes over Minto Mine after company ceases operations

Yukon government takes over Minto Mine after company ceases operations

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it’s focused on protecting the environment after taking control of the Minto Mine located on Selkirk First Nation territory.
Efforts underway to improve internet access in Nunavut

Efforts underway to improve internet access in Nunavut

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Several projects are underway to improve internet access in Nunavut, which has long been slow, unreliable and costly for many residents. Quintillion and CanArctic Inuit Networks Inc.
Federal, Nunavut governments' Inuit employment plans not meeting promises: arbitrator

Federal, Nunavut governments' Inuit employment plans not meeting promises: arbitrator

IQALUIT, Nunavut — An arbitrator has sided with the organization representing Nunavut Inuit, ruling that plans by the federal and territorial governments to increase Inuit employment in the territory are not meeting commitments in the Nunavut Land Cl
TB screening planned for Nunavut hamlet battling outbreak since 2021

TB screening planned for Nunavut hamlet battling outbreak since 2021

PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut — The Nunavut government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a group representing Inuit in the territory, are holding a community-wide screening clinic for tuberculosis in Pangnirtung later this year.