North News

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The mayor of Nunavut's capital says the city's housing crisis cannot be solved unless another crisis is dealt with first. Iqaluit doesn't have access to the water it needs to support a growing population, says Solomon Awa.

YELLOWKNIFE — The call came in around mid-afternoon on one of the last days of December. A team of Royal Canadian Air Force members based in Winnipeg was contacted after the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont.

WHITEHORSE — An on-call teacher in Yukon who worked at 10 different schools over five years has been charged with possession of child pornography.

YELLOWKNIFE — A joint venture between arctic mining companies says it is offering assistance to workers who were aboard a plane that crashed in the Northwest Territories earlier this week.

YELLOWKNIFE — A preliminary report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a plane that crashed in the Northwest Territories this week was chartered to help with winter road construction in the area.

YELLOWKNIFE — Ten people were rescued Thursday after a small plane crashed in a remote area of the Northwest Territories and they were stranded overnight.

YELLOWKNIFE — Few understand better the growing need for communities to be prepared for emergencies and disasters than the new premier of the Northwest Territories. R.J.

YELLOWKNIFE — Newly elected members of the Northwest Territories legislature have chosen their next premier. R.J. Simpson, the legislature member for Hay River North, won on the second round of voting Thursday.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it posted a $105-million surplus in the 2022-23 fiscal year, $65 million more than it predicted.

WHITEHORSE — An explosion that demolished a home in Whitehorse has killed one person and seriously injured another. The City of Whitehorse said in a statement on Tuesday that when fire crews arrived at the Riverdale subdivision at about 5:30 a.m.