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Whitehorse fish ladder sees highest chinook salmon numbers in 7 years
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- Whitehorse fish ladder sees highest chinook salmon numbers in 7 years
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Canadian-origin chinook salmon are starting to arrive at the Whitehorse fish ladder via the Yukon River. It's one of the final checkpoints as the fish migrate to their spawning grounds. After years of declining numbers, things are looking different this year. Hyunjung Kim has more.
#salmon #chinook #whitehorse #yukon #yukonriver #arctic #fish #fishmigration
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- 'Unprecedented' increase to Baffin Island caribou harvest prompts questions
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Hunters on Baffin Island in Nunavut are set to receive a tenfold increase for this year's caribou harvest. The population in the region is recovering after decades of low numbers, causing some officials to question the size of the increase. The CBC's Samuel Wat reports.
#caribou #nunavut #baffin #baffinisland #arctic #wildlife
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- Northbeat - August 6, 2026
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- 26:13
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Igalaaq - August 6, 2026
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- 28:33
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- This preserved ancient baby mammoth is coming back home to a Yukon First Nation
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- 3:13
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- One of the world's best-preserved baby mammoths is a step closer to coming home. Four years after the animal, named Nun Cho Ga, was dug up near Dawson City, Yukon, the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Government is planning for its return once preservation work is complete in Ottawa. Chris MacIntyre reports.
#Yukon #DawsonCity #Icecage #mammoth #yukonterritory #trondekhwechin #artifacts
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- Arctic Winter Games to return in 2028, as officials scrap 3-year cycle plan
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Just months after organizers of the Arctic Winter Games decided to shift to a three-year cycle for the event, they announced that the games will instead be back in 2028, in Fairbanks, Alaska. CBC's Mah Noor Mubarik reports.
#AWG #ArcticWinterGames #Sports #nunavut #NWT #Yukon #Arctic #North #Sweden #norway #Greenland #finland #nunavik #alberta #alaska
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- Are there more military aircraft in the Yukon these days? Some residents think so
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- As Canada ramps up its focus on Arctic defence, some Yukoners say they're seeing more military aircraft overhead. The CBC's Dana Hatherly looks at what we know and what we don't.
#Yukon #Whitehorse #Military #ArcticSecurity #DawsonCity #WatsonLake #Aviation #flight
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- This Nunavut woman says she’s lost hope of finding a home after 2 decades on the waitlist
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- It's a crisis thousands of Nunavummiut are facing every day – finding safe housing for themselves and their families. That includes Karen Nanook of Taloyoak, who says she’s lost hope of finding a home after spending two decades on the public housing waitlist. The CBC's Samuel Wat brings us her story.
#nunavut #housing #taloyoak #kugaaruk #renting #owning #publichousing
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- Loblaw enhancing 'product rotation review process' in Yellowknife after food complaints
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- A major grocery chain has received some criticism on social media after customers in Yellowknife complained they had bought food that either smelled bad or was weeks past its best before date. Non-profit Food Rescue Yellowknife says misunderstood best before dates fuel unnecessary food waste. Yumna Iftikhar reports.
#groceries #food #costofliving #loblaws #nwt #northwestterritories #yellowknife #behchoko
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- Inside Yellowknife’s race for same-day doctor appointments, lab work
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- 4:43
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- People line up outside the Primary Care clinic in downtown Yellowknife sometimes as early as 6:30 a.m., hoping for a same-day doctor appointment or lab work. CBC's Luke Carroll spoke with some of those lined up, about their feelings about the wait for health care.
#Yellowknife #NWT #Healthcare #Canada #health #nurses #doctors #clinic #care
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- Northbeat - August 5, 2026
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- 26:45
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Igalaaq - August 5, 2026
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- 26:12
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Researchers watch Yukon wildlife effects amid climate change-fueled shrub growth
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- At northern latitudes, the climate is changing four times faster than the global average. This is affecting how and where plants grow. CBC's Viktor Elias spoke with some researchers who are studying how increasingly green landscapes are affecting Yukon wildlife.
#Yukon #HainesJunction #DawsonCity #WatsonLake
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- Missing time capsule uncovers unsolved mystery in Yellowknife
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- In Yellowknife, a mystery is unfolding involving a missing treasure. École Sir John Franklin High School's class of 2001 sealed a time capsule meant to be opened this year. But there's one problem, it's vanished. The CBC's Jessica Davey-Quantick looks at the curious case of the missing time capsule.
#Yellowknife #Mystery #TimeCapsule #NWT #northwestterritories #reunion #anniversary #2001
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- Moosehide Gathering wraps up near Dawson City
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- 3:34
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- The 17th biennial Moosehide Gathering has wrappped up in the Yukon. The Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation hosted the four-day cultural celebration at Moosehide Village, near Dawson City. Organizers say the 2026 edition brought in well over a thousand people. Here's a look at the closing ceremony on Sunday.
#DawsonCity #TrondekHwechin #firstnations #yukon #indigenous #Whitehorse
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- Iqaluit woman calls for female-only taxi service, drivers call for better protections
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- A community get-together is in the works for a women’s only service in the city to improve safety. But taxi drivers say they need to be protected too. The CBC’s Mah Noor Mubarik has more.
#Iqaluit #Taxi #RideShare #Nunavut #Transport
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- Repeat Nunavut sex offender handed fifth sentence in nearly 40 years
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- In an Iqaluit courtroom Tuesday morning, repeat sex offender Simeonie Issigaitok was sentenced — his fifth in nearly four decades. These latest crimes add to Issigaitok's list of 27 prior convictions for sexual assault and interference. Arty Sarkisian has the story.
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- 1 dead, 1 medevaced following Whitehorse electric scooter crash
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Whitehorse is in mourning. Witnesses said one girl died, and another girl was medevaced to hospital in Vancouver after a crash Saturday night between an electric kick scooter and an SUV. Alexa MacKie reports.
#Whitehorse #Scooter #ElectricScooter #RCMP #Police
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- Northbeat - August 4, 2026
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- 27:16
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Igalaaq - August 4, 2026
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- 27:52
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 20: ᓗᐃ ᐅᖅᓱᑭᑦᑐᖅ
- Runtime
- 34:04
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- ᓗᐃ ᐅᖅᓱᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᕐᑕᖏ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᒍᓯᕆᕙᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓯᒪᓕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᒥᐊᕆ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓇᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᒪᐅᕐᑕᖓ. ᓲᓵᓐ ᒪᑉᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᓗᐃ ᓇᔭᖓ. ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᕐᓂᑦ.
#Inuktitut #Inuit #Inuk #CBC #Igalaaq #ravens #ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ #ᐃᓄᐃᑦ #ᐃᓄᒃ #ᓰᐲᓰᑯᓐᓂ #ᐃᒐᓛᖅ #ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ
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- ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 19: ᐃᒃᑲᕆᐊᓗ ᕼᒻ ᑲᑦᓗ
- Runtime
- 56:30
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- ᐃᒃᑲᕆᐊᓗ ᕼᒻ ᑲᑦᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪ ᐃᒫᑲᓴᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᕐᓯᒪᑎᒡᓗᒍ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖓᒃᑯᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓ ᑐᓵᑎᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᕋᐃᒋᓕ ᐆᑐᕙᒧᑦ ᐸᓂᖓ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐅᕈᑎᓚᐅᕐᐹ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᑕ ᐊᖅᓱᕈᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ.
#Inuktitut #Inuit #Inuk #CBC #Igalaaq #dogteam #husky #huskies #ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ #ᐃᓄᐃᑦ #ᐃᓄᒃ #ᓰᐲᓰᑯᓐᓂ #ᐃᒐᓛᖅ #ᕿᒧᒃᓯᖅ #ᕿᒻᒥᖅ ᕿᒻᒦᑦ
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- Northbeat - July 31, 2026
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- 27:50
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
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- Igalaaq - July 31, 2026
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- 29:42
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- ᐅᓇ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ, ᔪᓚᐃ 9-ᒥ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᐊᓚᒃᑲᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ.
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- Moosehide Gathering gets underway near Dawson City
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Moosehide Gathering is underway near Dawson City, Yukon. The multi-day gathering is hosted by the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation. The CBC's Marissa Meilleur is there and joins us live.
#moose #moosehide #moosehidegathering #dawsoncity #yukon #yukonterritory #indigenous
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- New Yukon podcast series looks inside wildfire-burned forests
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- 6:48
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A new podcast from the Yukon Government takes you inside the burned forests to discover what lies within and learn about why wildfires are important. The podcast series is called Yukon Wildlife and Wildfire and it's produced and co-hosted by Karen McColl. CBC's Meghan Roberts spoke with McColl to find out more.
#podcast #yukon #wildfires #whitehorse #burned
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- Court hears final submissions at Behchokǫ̀ murder retrial
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- An ongoing retrial in the Northwest Territories has heard final submissions from the Crown and defence. Zakk Lafferty is accused of killing 17-year-old Deijean Drybones in Behchokǫ̀ in 2023. Devon Tredinnick reports.
#nwt #yellowknife #courts #behchoko #trial
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- Yukon News shifts to Friday-only print schedule
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The longstanding community newspaper previously published multiple times a week. The change comes after news a Yellowknife newspaper was also scaling back production. Last week, the Yellowknifer announced it would cease printing it's weekend edition. The CBC's Alexa MacKie has more on what happens next for Yukon News.
#yukon #yukonnews #newspaper #whitehorse #media
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- Leaking sewage in Yellowknife apartment building plagues tenants
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- People living at a Yellowknife apartment building say they've been dealing with sewage leaking into the building's basement for weeks. Some say the smell has caused health issues, disrupted their sleep and forced them to wear masks. They say they raised the issue with their landlord, Northview REIT, but it's taken weeks for it to be dealt with. The CBC's Luke Carroll reports.
#Housing #NWT #Renting #Canada #News
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- Northbeat - July 30, 2026
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- 26:42
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Igalaaq - July 30, 2026
- Runtime
- 28:03
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- ᐅᓇ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ, ᔪᓚᐃ 9-ᒥ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᐊᓚᒃᑲᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ.
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- Northbeat - July 29, 2026
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- 28:55
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Igalaaq - July 29, 2026
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- 27:05
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Meet the young people building an archive of Gjoa Haven's oral history
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- 3:03
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Kadence Kikoak, Vinette Qirngnirq and Irene Atqittuq are part of a group of youth working on the Hivumuuniaqtugut Oral History Project. They're building a digital archive of elder interviews, and they recently received funding to grow over the next five years.
#GjoaHaven #Nunavut #Igalaaq #Iqaluit #History
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- New modular duplexes in Łutselk'e cut down housing waitlist
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation has completed its second community-led housing project. This month, the N.W.T. community added five new modular duplexes giving ten families and households a comfortable place to live. Samanntha Lee has more.
#Housing #CanadaHousing #Lutselke #NWT #CBC #northwestterritories #News #Canada
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- Another bear killed in Yellowknife neighborhood, second in less than a week
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Wildlife officers in Yellowknife have killed another bear. It happened on Saturday in the city's Northlands neighbourhood. It follows another recent bear sighting in the same neighbourhood, which was later killed in another part of the city. Niles Niemuth reports.
#Yellowknife #Bear #bears #blackbear #NWT #northwestterritories #wildlife
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- Yukon’s health-provider waitlist cut in half as territory welcomes new staff
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Yukon’s waitlist to get matched with a health practitioner, including doctors and nurses, is down by close to half since January, as the territory welcomes 12 new doctors. CBC's Dana Hatherly has the story.
#Yukon #Healthcare #Doctor #FamilyDoctor #nurses #nurse #Whitehorse #DawsonCity #WatsonLake
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- Ethics expert, critics, weigh in on Lori Idlout placing consulting firm in trust
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says she did not make any money from her stake in an Ottawa consulting firm that earned thousands from federal contract But as she cedes control over her shares, some observers are still concerned. Arty Sarkisian reports.
#Nunavut #Iqaluit #Canada #MP #Parliment
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- 'Shocking': Dene National Chief reacts to residential school counsellor funding cuts
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- 4:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Dene National Chief George Mackenzie said Tuesday it was 'shocking' to find out that travel reimbursements that enabled in-person mental health counselling for residential school survivors will no longer be offered. CBC's Sarah St-Pierre has the story.
#NWT #CBC #northwestterritories #ResidentialSchool #News #Canada #Yellowknife #HayRiver #FortSmith #FortSimpson #Behchoko #normanWells #Inuvik
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- Northbeat - July 28, 2026
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- 25:06
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- 1 month ago
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- Igalaaq - July 28, 2026
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- 28:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Northbeat - July 27, 2026
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- 25:27
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Igalaaq - July 27, 2026
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- 25:57
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- These Iqalummiut are on a mission to revive traditional Inuit kayak making
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Two Iqaluit residents are on a mission to bring back the art of traditional Inuit kayak making. The Qajakkut Society is showcasing vessels from different parts of Inuit Nunaat. By learning and celebrating those differences, the organization hopes the tradition will become commonplace once again. Samuel Wat has more.
#inuit #indigenous #inuk #kayak #ocean #boat #iqaluit #nunavut #arctic #Ocean
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- These Inuvik elders are getting out on the land and having a picnic
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Inuvik's elderly have been enjoying more time on the land and it's thanks to the Inuvik Community Corporation's elder program. A picnic was held yesterday on the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk highway. The CBC's Dez Loreen drove up to check it out.
#inuvik #NWT #beaufortdelta #tuktoyaktuk #camping #land #picnic
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- Northbeat - July 24, 2026
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- 25:29
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- 1 month ago
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- Residents not yet sold on City of Yellowknife's Kam Lake development plan
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The city of Yellowknife presented its concept plan to expand the Kam Lake neighbourhood at an open house July 23. Residents were skeptical about the proposed layout for new commercial and light industrial lots. CBC's Sarah St-Pierre breaks down the proposed plan and some of the concerns residents shared.
#NWT #northwestterritories #Yellowknife #kamlake #city #development
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- Whitehorse mother calls for Yukon gov't to write standalone disability legislation
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- 3:40
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Yukon is currently one of five Canadian jurisdictions that does not have standalone disability legislation. Which hits close to home for Georgette Aisaican and her daughter, Selena. The CBC's TJ Dhir has more.
#Whitehorse #Yukon #Disability #Government #WatsonLake #DawsonCity
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- Yukon gov't unveils new personal device policy for schools
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Yukon Government is rolling out new restrictions on personal device use in schools. The policy will limit use for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students. CBC's Alexa MacKie has more
#School #News #Yukon #Canada #Cellphones #highschool #education #educators #teachers
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- First week for Behchokǫ murder retrial wraps
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A man accused of killing a teenager in Behchokǫ, N.W.T. is on trial again. Lafferty's first trial last fall ended in a mistrial. Now, with a new jury of 12, the court is trying again. CBC's Devon Tredinnick has the details.
#NWT #judge #Jury #yellowknife #behchoko #court
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