Territories - Canada

Town leaders and business owners in Inuvik, N.W.T., where the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline would begin, are coping with the latest delay to the long-awaited $16.2-billion project.

Canadian and Inuit leaders say they're relieved that a U.S.-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear parts was defeated at a UN wildlife conservation meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday.

Inuit leaders in Nunavik are pleading with the federal government to step up efforts to build social housing to fill skyrocketing demand for safe, healthy homes in the North.

The Whitehorse airport is almost ready to accept passengers at its new arrivals terminal, where construction is ahead of schedule and on budget.

Two hunters from Quebec have been charged with killing endangered caribou in Labrador.

A Whitehorse man who lost the use of his legs in a snowmobile jumping accident last fall is taking in the Paralympic Games in Vancouver, while he prepares to be released from a rehabilitation centre.

Firefighters in Hay River, N.W.T., are monitoring the site of a large blaze that burned for more than two days at the local landfill.

A company owned by Nunavut MLA Fred Schell is seeking to restructure its debt, as its creditors are scheduled to meet next week.

Fresh tensions between Canada and Russia emerge after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tells a session of his Security Council that his country must be prepared to defend its claims to Arctic mineral riches.

More delays for the $16.2-billion Mackenzie natural gas project could hurt those in the Northwest Territories waiting for Arctic gas to start flowing, but one of the project's backers remains hopeful the pipeline will become reality.

The Nunavut government will not consider taxing sugary soft drinks in the territory, Finance Minister Keith Peterson says.

Two RCMP officers who have been acquitted of sexual assault charges in the Yukon must still face a disciplinary hearing, according to RCMP officials.

The federal government has launched a new avalanche warning system, four days after two snowmobilers died in a B.C. slide.

The West Point First Nation near Hay River, N.W.T., is set to choose its own chief and council again, after nearly three years of being run by a federally-appointed manager.