Alaskan Matt Hall wins 2017 Yukon Quest sled dog race

by Dave Croft

After 10 days, one hour and seven minutes on the 1,600-kilometre trail, 25-year-old Matt Hall of Two Rivers, Alaska, became the first second-generation musher to win the race.

Sentence expected Friday for Yellowknife man who killed uncle

Lawyers for the defence and Crown made submissions to a Yellowknife judge Tuesday on how long Stanley Abel Jr. should spend behind bars for killing his uncle.

Cold temps, warm hearts: On Valentine's Day, CBC brings you the North's best love stories

Love is in the air across the North, and on Valentine's Day, we thought we'd look back at 10 of the most endearing tales of love from the past year from across Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories.

Ice carving championship returns to Yellowknife's Long John Jamboree

by Pat Kane

De Beers announced Monday it would contribute $25,000 and return as sponsor of the Inspired Ice N.W.T. Ice Carving Championship.

Air force corporal charged with sexual assault at CFS Alert in Nunavut

The Canadian Armed Forces is charging a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force with sexual assault in connection with an incident at Canadian Forces Station Alert.

Down the Rabbitskin hole: Casing, drilling tool lost underground at N.W.T. fibre line site

by Guy Quenneville

The crew installing one of the last sections of the N.W.T.’s Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Link is still encountering trouble at Rabbitskin River near Fort Good Hope.

Ontario judge sides with Sixties Scoop survivors

by John Paul Tasker

After an eight-year court battle, an Ontario Superior Court judge has found that the federal government failed to prevent on-reserve children from losing their Indigenous identity after they were forcibly taken from their homes as part of what's known as the Sixties Scoop.

Video Whitehorse man roasts coffee beans at home with help of a bicycle

by Steve Hossack

Firebean Coffee Roasters is a Whitehorse area start-up that puts a unique spin on coffee roasting.

Proposed cutbacks to site inspections go against devolution promise, says N.W.T. MLA

by Guy Quenneville

A Yellowknife MLA says the N.W.T. government is going back on its promise of an "aggressive" land inspections program as the territory's Department of Lands now looks to cut back on inspections of diamond mines, construction sites and other land activities.

Liard First Nation election meeting devolves into shouting match

by Philippe Morin

A non-Indigenous lawyer says he was harassed on account of his race by 'disrespectful' Chief Daniel Morris at a meeting in Lower Post to set a date for the next Liard First Nation election.

6 presumed dead after crabfishing vessel goes missing in Bering Sea

The search has been called off for the six veteran fishermen aboard a crabbing boat missing in the icy, turbulent Bering Sea.

'I really need help, I'm an addict,' convicted drug dealer tells Yellowknife court

by Alex Brockman

Lawyers for the Crown and defence wrapped up their submissions in drug cases against Dayl Hein and Steven Ormrod Monday, and Justice Louise Charbonneau will hand down her decisions Tuesday.

Nunavut's Hope Bay mine pours its first gold bar

TMAC Resources' Hope Bay gold mine poured its first gold bar late last Thursday night at the Doris North deposit.

Freezing rain closes Alaska Highway in Yukon from Mendenhall to Haines Junction

The Yukon highways department says black ice conditions on the roadway are so severe that adding gravel isn't making a difference.

Video West Dawson makes do with unofficial ice crossing while Yukon River remains open

by Cheryl Kawaja

A section of the Yukon River at Dawson City remains open this winter, preventing the Yukon Government from building an ice bridge, but that's not stopping people from crossing. A five kilometre unofficial ice road connects both sides of the river.

'Under siege by homelessness,' Yellowknife mall owners pen open plea for change

The owners of the Centre Square Mall and the adjoining Quality Inn and Suites in Yellowknife have penned an open letter calling on Yellowknifers to join their plea to get governments to deal with a homelessness crisis that's created a 'war zone.'

Frontrunner Brent Sass drops out of Yukon Quest dog race

Two more mushers, including former Yukon Quest champion Brent Sass, have dropped out of this year’s race, which is still underway.

StatsCan says response rate to 2016 census is highest yet

by Blair Sanderson

The long-form census has been a hot political issue since the Harper government made it voluntary in 2010. Now that it has since been reinstated as mandatory, the fate of those who refuse to fill it out are in the hands of Statistics Canada and the courts.

Northern airlines not on board with Yellowknife airport fees

by Guy Quenneville

Northern airlines want the Northwest Territories government to put the brakes on planned Yellowknife airport fees, saying travellers from remote communities could see an extra $48 on their tickets.

Analysis N.W.T. students and parents 'thrown under the bus' in new deal with teachers

by Richard Gleeson

The N.W.T.'s education department and the NWT Teachers' Association sold out students and parents when they agreed to cut the amount of time students get with teachers.

Gwich'in language program pairs fluent speakers with 'apprentices'

by Mackenzie Scott

A program is aiming to help "apprentice" Gwich'in language speakers become fluent by pairing them with masters of the language.

N.W.T.-B.C. dispute over child support payments creates $120K in arrears

by Hilary Bird

A former Yellowknifer has never paid more than half the amount of child support required by a N.W.T. court order because the province he lives in doesn’t require him to.

Photos See Snowking's castle take shape with 2 weeks left until winter festival

The Snowking castle on Yellowknife Bay is taking shape, with a little more than two weeks left until the month-long winter festival opens next month.

Video Yellowknife besties overcome effects of childhood cancer with music, laughter and straight talk

by Priscilla Hwang, Joanne Stassen

These two Yellowknife besties have used music and laughter to take on the long-term effects of one girl's childhood cancer treatments.

Photos Your North: Best reader photos for the week of Feb. 6

A sled dog race, a moon halo and, of course, the aurora: it's just another winter week in the North. Here are your best photos of the week from across the territories.

In Inuktitut, the names of the month are many and multifaceted

For years, Aseena Mablick has collected information on the names of the months in Inuktitut.

Work to replace Norman Wells pipeline section could begin this summer

by Guy Quenneville

Enbridge may begin work in the Northwest Territories to replace an underwater section of the Line 21 oil pipeline this summer, says the Town of Norman Wells.

Inuk woman in Ottawa-area uses traditional know-how to collect, recycle roadkill for crafts

by Priscilla Hwang

Manitok Thompson was appalled to learn that fur from road-killed animals was going to waste. Now, 'instead of throwing away the whole carcass, they tell me, and I go pick it up.'

Recap N.W.T. Budget Wars: Episode 1 - The Cabinet Minister Strikes Back

by Guy Quenneville

In a surprise move this week, N.W.T. cabinet minister Glen Abernethy castigated regular MLAs for taking “hard lines” on the proposed 2017-2018 budget and accused them of exaggerating the impact of planned workforce reductions.

Low snow prompts Iditarod to move race's start to Fairbanks

by Mark Thiessen

Low-snow conditions in the Alaska Range have forced officials to move the Iditarod's official start from the Anchorage area to Fairbanks, Alaska for the second time in three years.

No arena? No problem. Hay River hockey returns to its roots

by Jimmy Thomson

From old-school outdoor rinks to indoor "floorball," the second largest hockey scene in the NWT is making the best of a year with no arena.

Yuka Honda drops out of Yukon Quest in wake of dog death

Honda scratched from the race several hours before she was due to leave Dawson City for the second half of the race.

Trudeau defends Arctic drilling ban, talks economic development at Yellowknife town hall

by Garrett Hinchey

A packed gymnasium in Yellowknife lobbed questions at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday morning, who addressed Northern economic development and a controversial Arctic drilling ban during his first town hall event in the territories.

72 long-term care beds could go inside old Stanton Territorial Hospital building

by Guy Quenneville

The N.W.T. government says the old Stanton Territorial Hospital building in Yellowknife could be home to 72 long-term care beds, after the new Stanton Hospital opens in 2019.

Yukon MP apologizes to voters whose hearts were set on electoral reform

MP Larry Bagnell says he can understand that people who really wanted electoral reform may not vote Liberal in the next election.

B.C. man not allowed to leave province arrested in Nunavut

RCMP in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, arrested a man from B.C. on Wednesday who was under a court order to remain in that province.

Whitehorse woman's death not suspicious, police say

The RCMP say their investigation into the death earlier this week of a 66-year-old woman has determined there was no foul play.

Video Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media as Yellowknife visit ends

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with media Friday afternoon at Yellowknife's Mildred Hall School. The press conference wraps up a short visit to the N.W.T., his first since being elected Prime Minister.

N.W.T. MLA questions minister over lack of law allowing cremation

Frame Lake MLA Kevin O'Reilly says there's a need for a law to allow for cremations in the Northwest Territories and wants to know what the hold-up is in getting the legislation introduced.

Whitehorse RCMP see lots of drivers using cellphones

by Dave Croft

Cpl. Shawn Pollard, head of RCMP traffic services, says officers issued about 10 tickets in just over an hour in Whitehorse Thursday.

Warm ocean water triggered vast seabird die-off, experts say

A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to Alaska, researchers have pinned the cause to unusually warm ocean temperatures that affected the tiny fish they eat.

More earthquake aftershocks near Resolute

Earthquakes Canada is describing a 5.3 magnitude quake 87 kilometres east of Resolute as an aftershock from last month's 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the same location.

Shad, City and Colour headline Folk on the Rocks' first lineup announcement

Two Canadian music stars - Shad and City and Colour - will be in Yellowknife in July to headline the city's annual summer music festival.

Iqaluit RCMP charge man with trafficking, seize 40 lbs of marijuana

An Iqaluit man has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after police seized approximately 40 pounds of marijuana on its way into the Nunavut capital.

Whitehorse airport under renovations until June

Improvements are being made to several areas of the terminal building at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport.

Survey praises Canadian Arctic companies for respecting Indigenous rights

by Bob Weber

An international survey on resource development in the Arctic has ranked Canadian companies among the highest in the world for their policies on respecting Indigenous rights.

Fewer Yukoners live in remote communities: Census 2016

by Philippe Morin

Fewer and fewer Yukoners are living far from urban centres, as the population increasingly centralizes near Whitehorse.

RCMP says it plans to review 'unfounded' sexual assault cases

The RCMP says it plans to review sexual assault cases that were labelled unfounded in 2016 to see if they comply with police policy and appropriate decision-making based on evidence.

Video Trudeau signs Inuit-to-Crown partnership declaration during Iqaluit visit

by Garrett Hinchey

In his first visit to Iqaluit since his 2015 election victory, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed a declaration that sets a promised Inuit-to-Crown partnership committee in motion.

Video Officers slammed for refusal to deal with deer on Yukon River ice

Yukon conservation officer services is being criticized for not helping a deer that got stranded on the Yukon River ice in downtown Whitehorse on Tuesday and then died.