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Inuvik-bound mosque back on the road

3 hours 31 min ago
A Winnipeg-built mosque on its way to the Northwest Territories is back on the road after being held up in Alberta.

MP Hoeppner pitches gun-registry bill in Yukon

4 hours 49 min ago
The Conservative MP behind a bill to scrap the long-gun registry is going to Whitehorse this week to urge Yukon Liberal MP Larry Bagnell to vote against his party on the issue.

Northern jails not hurt by Sentencing Act

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 23:33
A federal law that cuts the extra credit prisoners can get for time served in custody has not yet led to overcrowded jails and soaring corrections costs in the N.W.T. and Nunavut, according to corrections officials.

Northern decomposition study may expand

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 21:55
A Yukon-based forensic study on how carcasses decompose in Canada's North has the potential to expand into further research.

High Arctic exiles to be honoured

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 17:57
Two monuments will be unveiled in the High Arctic this week to recognize Inuit who were forced to live in Canada's most northerly settlements in the 1950s.

Inuvik-bound mosque stuck in Edmonton

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 23:29
A mosque being sent to the Northwest Territories from Winnipeg is stuck in Edmonton for the long weekend.

Northwest Passage tanker could be stuck for days

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 03:37
It could be days before a fuel tanker carrying 9.5 million litres of diesel is dislodged from a sandbar in the Northwest Passage.

Alta. premier to meet Pelosi over oilsands

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 01:52
Premier Ed Stelmach is scheduled to meet with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, next Wednesday in Ottawa.

Yukon legislative session starts early

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:54
The Yukon's MLAs will return to the legislature on Sept. 21 for the fall session, a month earlier than usual, Premier Dennis Fentie has announced.

Yukon wildfire season normal: official

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:15
This week marks the end of the Yukon's latest forest fire season, which territorial fire officials say was about average compared to other years.

Iqaluit to craft 100-year green plan

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:00
The City of Iqaluit has received federal funding to develop a 100-year vision for a more environmentally sustainable city.

Northern living costs top Layton's priorities

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:12
Federal NDP leader Jack Layton says Canada should assert its sovereignty over the Arctic not with military strength but with support for northern communities.

Yukon tenant act review worries landlords

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:36
Some Yukon landlords say they're worried a new Landlord and Tenant Act may include onerous and unreasonable new rights for tenants.

Fuel tanker aground in Northwest Passage

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 01:40
A fuel tanker carrying more than nine million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed.

Luxury yacht turns heads in Arctic

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 23:39
One of the world's most luxurious private yachts made an unexpected appearance recently in the High Arctic hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, on its way through the Northwest Passage.

U.S. hunter's caribou may be record size

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 22:52
A Montana bow hunter may have claimed the largest recorded mountain caribou in the Northwest Territories, which could make it one of the largest in the world.

Whitehorse tank farm site deemed contaminated

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:04
The Yukon government has declared the former Whitehorse tank farm a contaminated site, but the property's owners say they will move ahead with plans to develop a major subdivision there.

Greenpeace activists arrested on Greenland rig

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 18:08
Four Greenpeace activists have been arrested after they climbed onto an oil rig off Greenland's western coast this week, trying to halt Arctic offshore drilling.

Health minister rejects MS therapy trial

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 02:45
The Canadian government will not fund a clinical trial of the so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis at this time, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says.

Oilsands water data worth examining: Stelmach

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 02:17
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said Wednesday his government will compare newly published data from the University of Alberta with research already done by government scientists on the impact of oilsands development on the Athabasca River.