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Yukon employment numbers reach record high
There are more people working in the Yukon than ever before, but there's still a demand for more workers, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 5, 2008 10:20 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Nunavut wildlife board to hold bowhead whale hearing in February
The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board has tentatively scheduled a public meeting for February, to hear Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s request to boost the number of bowhead whales Inuit can hunt next summer.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 5, 2008 4:55 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
N.W.T.'s Roland to face MLAs over alleged affair with legislature staffer
Northwest Territories MLAs are meeting with Premier Floyd Roland Friday to discuss an affair he allegedly had with a legislative assembly employee - something Roland has maintained is a private matter.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 5, 2008 3:22 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Yukon MP, premier relieved by prorogue of Parliament
Both the Yukon's premier and member of Parliament say they're relieved to hear Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean has decided to suspend Parliament until late January.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 5, 2008 12:25 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
N.W.T. officials echo concerns about Alberta oilsands' impact on birds
Officials in at least one aboriginal community in the Northwest Territories say they're not surprised with a recent study that found millions of birds could be lost by oilsands development in northern Alberta.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 4, 2008 10:53 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Gwich'in corporation wins court order against Yukon drilling firm
The Gwich'in Development Corp. has won a court order that gives a Yukon company until mid-December to deliver more than $450,000 in diamond drilling equipment.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 4, 2008 10:23 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Sexual assault reported near Yellowknife trail
RCMP in Yellowknife are advising residents who use the popular Frame Lake Trail to be careful after another sexual assault has been reported there.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 4, 2008 7:38 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
3 seek mayor's seat in Rankin Inlet
Residents in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, will go to the polls Monday to elect the hamlet's first new mayor in six years.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 4, 2008 7:06 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Gloomy economic outlook leads to layoffs at N.W.T. airlines
Some regional airlines in the Northwest Territories have had to cut staff in recent weeks, saying the global economic downturn is partly to blame for a decrease in business.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 4, 2008 4:34 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Yukon man who died in police cell was 'quite ill': shelter official
A Yukon man who died while in RCMP custody Tuesday had appeared intoxicated at a local homeless shelter earlier that day, according to shelter officials.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 4, 2008 3:57 PM [GMT]  –  comment?