Territories - Canada

An Iqaluit jury has found Pingoatuk Kolola guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an RCMP officer in a remote Nunavut community more than two years ago.

The National Energy Board has issued draft conditions for its approval of the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline in the Northwest Territories.

Officials with First Air say they're cancelling service between Yellowknife and Whitehorse because it wasn't profitable enough in a competitive airline market.

Tuberculosis remains a serious health problem in Canada's North, with the infection rate among Inuit 185 times greater than for others born in the country, a national analysis shows.

More than 45,000 Canadians could be recognized as status Indians under changes the federal government plans to make to the Indian Act, CBC News has learned.

Jurors deciding the fate of Pingoatuk Kolola, a Nunavut man accused of killing an RCMP officer in 2007, remain sequestered for a third day at the Iqaluit courthouse.

MPs and senators from across the political spectrum enjoyed a special lunch Wednesday featuring Canada's best-known furry sea mammal - the seal.

A Yukon Supreme Court judge has heard testimony from a woman who claims two off-duty RCMP officers raped her a year ago but defence lawyers argued it was the complainant who initiated sexual contact with the Mounties.

Some athletes at this week's Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alta., are criticizing organizers for keeping them in a room, without any meals, for two hours at the opening ceremony.

Municipal managers are in high demand across the Yukon, where towns have been struggling to find new administrative officials.

A Nunavut MLA is the latest advocate of compensation for Inuit polar bear hunters whose livelihoods have been hurt by recent hunting quota cuts and trade bans on bear hides.

Terry Ryan, who managed the Cape Dorset artists' co-op in Nunavut and is now director of Dorset Fine Arts in Toronto, has been honoured for his 50 years of work in promoting Inuit art.

Federal scientists are set to map the ocean seabed in the central Arctic this month, as Canada continues to gather data to help claim more Arctic territory under an international treaty.

Canine expletives were tossed around like an old tennis ball at the Arctic Winter Games' dog mushing competition in Grande Prairie, Alta., on Tuesday.

A Yukon outreach agency that provided counselling to hundreds of former Indian residential school students may have to shut down this month because its federal funding has been cut.