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Minor landslide along clay cliffs in downtown Whitehorse, officials monitoring area

April 26 , 2026 at 01:40:08 p.m. CDT • :

Trail closures were extended Sunday afternoon to Wood and Black street following mud flow along the escarpment.

Wekweètì comes together to celebrate sunshine and spring after long winter

April 26 , 2026 at 02:12:04 p.m. CDT • :

Wekweètì, a community of around 100 people about 200 kilometres north of Yellowknife, marks the end of the dark winter period with a spring carnival — a chance for residents to reconnect and celebrate longer days.

What happens to e-waste in Iqaluit? How one program is diverting laptops from landfills

April 26 , 2026 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

A computer distribution program says it's seeing a big increase in the number of laptops being donated and refurbished to students across Nunavut to help keep them out of landfills.

Whitehorse needs to do better when it comes to accessibility, some residents say

April 26 , 2026 at 08:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Dannie Helm of Whitehorse said on many occasions she's driven up to an accessible parking space only to find it's been taken by someone who doesn't have a parking permit for those spots.

Hamlet in Nunavut celebrates being chosen as site of first Inuit-led university in Canada

April 25 , 2026 at 01:29:48 p.m. CDT • :

Arviat, Nunavut, a community of about 3,200 people on the western coast of Hudson Bay, was selected by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to host the university's main campus in part because it is known as an 'education leader' and has a strong connection to Inuktitut, the Inuit language.