North News

CARCROSS, Yukon — Emotions ran high in a Yukon First Nations community Monday as officials announced the search for unmarked graves would begin at a former residential school site.

POND INLET, Nunavut — A marine conservation charity and Inuit hunters are praising cruise operators for agreeing to avoid a Nunavut waterway where thousands of narwhal migrate each summer.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut filmmakers and videographers say construction of a large-scale TV and film production studio in Iqaluit will be "game changing" for the territory's film industry.

WHITEHORSE — Two men, one from Metro Vancouver and another from Alberta, face several charges following a weekend drug raid in Whitehorse.

YELLOWKNIFE — The premier of the Northwest Territories says a whole-of-government approach is needed to adequately address homelessness in the territory.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Canada's auditor general says early findings in a review of child and family services in Nunavut were so alarming that her office immediately raised concerns with the territorial government.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it's working to provide financial support and other help to residents and businesses hurt by ongoing flooding in the Klondike Valley.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Northern unions are calling on the federal government to stop the use of replacement workers as a strike by unionized staff with the Iqaluit Housing Authority nears the 70-day mark.

DAWSON CITY, Yukon — Emergency officials say water levels on the surging Klondike River will rise and fall over the coming days, and a flood warning remains in place for riverside communities about 500 kilometres north of Whitehorse.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — The K'atl'odeeche First Nation says it is to begin inspecting buildings today on the reserve, but it is not yet safe for residents to return as a wildfire continues to burn.