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Lack of boarding home in Rankin Inlet makes medical travel difficult, Nunavut father says
12 Jan 2026
Rankin Inlet has no medical boarding home and the community's airport terminal also has limited seating and food options, making it difficult for people who travel for medical care.
Lack of boarding home in Rankin Inlet makes medical travel difficult, Nunavut father says
12 Jan 2026
Rankin Inlet has no medical boarding home and the community's airport terminal also has limited seating and food options, making it difficult for people who travel for medical care.
Hay River grieves loss of a familiar face
12 Jan 2026
Walter Selamio, affectionately known as 'the mayor' of Hay River, N.W.T., was found dead on Dec. 27.
N.W.T. Arctic Winter Games trials kick off in Yellowknife
12 Jan 2026
Athletes are in Yellowknife this week competing for a spot on the N.W.T.'s 2026 team. Territorial trials continue into the weekend for Dene Games, table tennis, curling, badminton, hockey, volleyball
Warm, wet and weird: mild weather in Eastern Arctic had residents perplexed
12 Jan 2026
Digging for clams in Pangnirtung is usually a summer and fall activity. In January? Unheard of. But that's what happened last week during a freak warm snap across much of the eastern Arctic that sent
Warm, wet and weird: mild weather in Eastern Arctic had residents perplexed
12 Jan 2026
Digging for clams in Pangnirtung is usually a summer and fall activity. In January? Unheard of. But that's what happened last week during a freak warm snap across much of the eastern Arctic that sent
Birder makes rare sighting of a white-tailed ptarmigan during the 2025 Christmas Bird Count in Whitehorse
12 Jan 2026
The 125-year-old Christmas Bird Count helps researchers understand population and habitat changes, and draw up conservation strategies. One birder made a rare sighting of a white-tailed ptarmigan.
Woman from Tulita, N.W.T., honours family and her own healing journey with gifted quilt
12 Jan 2026
A year after she heard of a project aimed at gifting handmade quilts made by volunteers to survivors of residential schools, Loretta Wiley received one of her own. She didn't have it for long though,
Researchers call for more government support of Indigenous-led conservation
12 Jan 2026
A recent study suggests that government-funded Indigenous-led conservation efforts in Canada are having a sustained impact in the fight against climate change.
Yellowknife's Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation in transition, shifts focus from one-on-one healing
12 Jan 2026
The Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation is ending its one-on-one healing services after eight years in operation to refocus on building long-term capacity for healing initiatives in the North.
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