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Today's top headlines from CBC North - 2026-04-07

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Two people in Iqaluit charged with first-degree murder

April 6 , 2026 at 05:13:45 p.m. CDT • :

In a news release Saturday, Iqaluit RCMP said 24-year-old Kendra Amaaq and 19-year-old Owen Amaaq of Iqaluit have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and being disguised with intent to commit an indictable offence.

Nunavut RCMP investigating 'suspicious' death of man in Baker Lake

April 6 , 2026 at 04:41:49 p.m. CDT • :

RCMP says officers responded to a call asking for help for an unresponsive man in Baker Lake, a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut, on Thursday around 5 a.m.

Canadian military on the homestretch in a cross-territory snowmobile trek

April 6 , 2026 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Close to a dozen personnel have spent the past few weeks zipping across 4,500 kilometres of snow and ice on snowmobiles from Herschel Island, Yukon, to Churchill, Manitoba. Some Rangers say it's a bittersweet moment as their journey comes to an end.

Cold front: Inside NATO's race to secure the Arctic

April 6 , 2026 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Neglected for years, the Arctic is now NATO's critical front, driven by urgent threats from Russian militarization and shifting geopolitics. While launching "Arctic Sentry" to bridge surveillance gaps, the alliance is struggling with extreme conditions, vast distances and the need for new, rugged technology to maintain a persistent presence in the inhospitable Far North.

The search for Kadin Savikataaq

April 5 , 2026 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

On Aug. 19, 2024, 20-year-old Kadin Savikataaq went out for the night and never returned. The truck she'd been driving was discovered submerged in Hudson Bay, but a year and a half later, Kadin is still missing. RCMP say she likely drowned, but her family doesn't agree. They say they'll never stop looking for her.