North News

WHITEHORSE — The Government of Yukon will provide funds to help the City of Whitehorse respond to a landslide in 2022 that cut a major road on the west side of the Yukon River.

YELLOWKNIFE — Inmates at the Yellowknife jail concentrate as they skin several squirrels, deftly moving their knives to remove the small animals' soft fur, then scraping the remaining flesh and fat away.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Union of Northern Workers says it is pleased with a ruling by a Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge to lift restrictions on the number of people who can picket outside city facilities in Yellowknife.

YELLOWKNIFE — Some politicians and researchers say four flying objects that were discovered, tracked and shot down over U.S. and Canadian airspace in recent weeks highlight the need to improve security in Canada's Arctic.

YELLOWKNIFE — Unionized workers with the City of Yellowknife were still on picket lines Wednesday after bargaining teams failed to reach a deal on a new collective agreement and a court injunction restricted their strike action.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier says federal health-care money specifically for the territories is "critical" to service delivery.

YELLOWKNIFE — The City of Yellowknife says talks with its unionized workers to settle a labour dispute ended Monday when the union "chose to end bargaining" at 6 p.m. and left the table without responding to its latest offer.

WHITEHORSE — For Peter Johnston, grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations, the history of the territory's modern self-government agreements runs in his blood. On Feb.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government released its new budget Wednesday, the last before the territorial election set for the fall.

YELLOWKNIFE — Frigid temperatures didn't stop workers from marching outside city hall in the territorial capital Wednesday, carrying signs reading "not about greed, it's about need" and "locked out," as passing drivers honked in support.