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Nunavut MP calls on Liberals to extend Inuit child funding program

OTTAWA — Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is repeating her calls for Ottawa to extend a funding program for Inuit children.

Feb 5, 2025 7:25 PM Read more >

Yukon, Nunavut halt plan to pull American alcohol from shelves amid U.S. tariff pause

The Yukon and Nunavut governments said Monday they were halting their plans to remove American alcohol from store shelves in retaliation against proposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.

Feb 3, 2025 5:11 PM Read more >

Northwest Territories' Aaron Bartling, New Brunswick's James Grattan join Brier field

Teams skipped by James Grattan and Aaron Bartling will compete in the Canadian men's curling championship after winning their provincial and territorial finals Sunday.

Feb 2, 2025 6:42 PM Read more >

Former priest sentenced to six years for sex abuse of Nunavut children

IQALUIT — The devastating effects of Eric Dejaeger's sexual abuse of seven Inuit children more than four decades ago are being felt a generation later, a judge said Thursday as he handed the former Catholic priest a six-year prison sentence.

Jan 30, 2025 11:47 AM Read more >

Police divers recover body from sunken vehicle after Yukon ice-fishing tragedy

WHITEHORSE — Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m.

Jan 27, 2025 1:53 PM Read more >

Police divers recover body from sunken vehicle after Yukon ice-fishing tragedy

WHITEHORSE — Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m.

Jan 27, 2025 1:53 PM Read more >

'Sense of closure': Lawyers suggest 6 years for ex-priest who abused Nunavut children

IQALUIT — A former Catholic priest took advantage of an already vulnerable community when he inflicted horrific sexual abuse on several Inuit children decades ago, a Crown prosecutor told a sentencing hearing Friday.

Jan 24, 2025 11:42 AM Read more >

'Sick monster': Ex-priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut

IQALUIT — A Catholic priest's sexual abuse of Inuit children decades ago in Igloolik, Nvt., transformed a once friendly and trusting hamlet into a place marred by anger and addiction, court heard Thursday.

Jan 23, 2025 4:37 PM Read more >

Purcell, Asselin early Brier entries after winning provincial men's curling finals

Nova Scotia's Owen Purcell and Quebec's Felix Asselin joined the Canadian men's curling championship field by winning their respective provincial finals Sunday.

Jan 19, 2025 6:53 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia's Christina Black back in Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Christina Black returns to the Canadian women's curling championship after winning Nova Scotia's women's final Sunday. Black defeated Mackenzie Mitchell 6-4 in Halifax.

Jan 19, 2025 5:54 PM Read more >