Nobody hurt in Whitehorse house fire, 1 cat receiving medical care | Faulty alarm distracted pilot in 2023 RCMP plane crash in Whitehorse, investigators find | Caribou in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, tests positive for rabies
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Nobody hurt in Whitehorse house fire, 1 cat receiving medical care; Emergency vehicles respond to a house fire in Whitehorse's McIntyre subdivision on Tuesday afternoon\.

Nobody hurt in Whitehorse house fire, 1 cat receiving medical care

June 3 , 2025 at 07:11:30 p.m. CDT • :

A house fire in Whitehorse's McIntyre subdivision has destroyed one home and damaged another. 
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Faulty alarm distracted pilot in 2023 RCMP plane crash in Whitehorse, investigators find; An image from the Transportation Safety Board's investigation report shows the wreckage of the Pilatus PC-12 aircraft on a service road at the Whitehorse airport, a few days after the crash on April 17, 2023\. The pilot, who was the only person on board, was seriously injured in the crash\.

Faulty alarm distracted pilot in 2023 RCMP plane crash in Whitehorse, investigators find

June 3 , 2025 at 04:01:32 p.m. CDT • :

An equipment failure led to a crash involving an RCMP plane at the Whitehorse airport two years ago that seriously injured one person, investigators have found.
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Caribou in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, tests positive for rabies; A wild caribou on the tundra near the Meadowbank Gold Mine in Nunavut on March 25, 2009\. Nunavut's health department is warning of a caribou in Coral Harbour that's tested positive for rabies\.

Caribou in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, tests positive for rabies

June 3 , 2025 at 02:38:07 p.m. CDT • :

Nunavut's health department is advising residents to watch for animals exhibiting strange, rabid behaviour. It says cases of rabies in caribou are rare.
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Aggressive wildfire prompts highway closure in B.C.'s far north as evacuation alert issued; An aerial photo of the Summit Lake wildfire in B\.C\.'s far north on June 2, 2025\. The wildfire caused the Alaska Highway \(Highway 97\) to be closed on Monday\.

Aggressive wildfire prompts highway closure in B.C.'s far north as evacuation alert issued

June 2 , 2025 at 06:30:12 p.m. CDT • :

The Alaska Highway (Highway 97) in the province's far north was open to single-lane alternating traffic on Tuesday after a closure due to the Summit Lake wildfire west of Fort Nelson, B.C., on Monday.
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Teen dies after falling through ice near Pangnirtung, Nunavut; Pangnirtung, Nunavut, in 2023\.

Teen dies after falling through ice near Pangnirtung, Nunavut

June 3 , 2025 at 01:36:40 p.m. CDT • :

RCMP say a 15-year-old boy is dead after he and two others fell through the ice near Pangnirtung, Nunavut.
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Trial begins for a Hay River, N.W.T., man facing sex-related charges; A trial date will be set once Devon Larabie has selected a lawyer\.  

June 3 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Trial begins for a Hay River, N.W.T., man facing sex-related charges

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'Lack of co-ordination' responsible for delay in notifying schools about lead in water: gov't; Range Lake North School in Yellowknife in May 2025\. The N\.W\.T\.'s education department says there was a lack of co-ordination between it and other territorial government departments when it came to lead testing in schools this year\.    

June 3 , 2025 at 08:53:15 a.m. CDT • :

'Lack of co-ordination' responsible for delay in notifying schools about lead in water: gov't

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Teaching Tom Cruise about sealskin: Inuit star in new Mission Impossible movie; Lucy Tulugarjuk plays Tapeesa in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning from Paramount Pictures and Skydance\.  

June 1 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Teaching Tom Cruise about sealskin: Inuit star in new Mission Impossible movie

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Whitehorse hospital opens $33M mental health unit; In the new mental health unit at the Whitehorse hospital, which was officially opened on Monday\.  

June 3 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse hospital opens $33M mental health unit

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N.W.T. government ends relationship with B.C. treatment facility; Edgewood Treatment Centre in Nanaimo, B\.C\. The N\.W\.T\. government is no longer contracting the facility to provide addictions and PTSD treatment to territorial residents\.  

June 2 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. government ends relationship with B.C. treatment facility

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June 3 , 2025 at 11:43:55 a.m. CDT • :

Parking fees going up at Yellowknife airport

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June 3 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Yellowknife long-term care home seeking gov't reimbursement for 2023 evacuation costs

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June 2 , 2025 at 07:42:12 p.m. CDT • :

Yukon wildfire fighters battle blazes across the prairies

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June 2 , 2025 at 03:58:12 p.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. gov't rejects call to declare state of emergency in Norman Wells

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June 2 , 2025 at 10:24:03 a.m. CDT • :

Cree rider travels coast to coast, visiting Indigenous communities along the way

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