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North Military officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. Air Force F-16 sent to intercept it. Video comes after series of Russian incursions into an air zone just beyond U.S. sovereign airspace Mark Thiessen · The AssociatedContinue Reading

North Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Inuvik, N.W.T., on Monday to sign a funding agreement with the N.W.T. government and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation in support of Inuit-led child and family services. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced agreement during Inuvik visit MondayCBC News · Posted: Sep 30, 2024 2:51 PMContinue Reading

Growing up along the banks of the Ninglick River in western Alaska, Ashley Tom would look out of her window after strong storms from the Bering Sea hit her village and notice something unsettling: the riverbank was creeping ever closer. It was in that home, in the village of Newtok,Continue Reading

North The purported sighting caused a stir on St. Paul Island, a birding haven sometimes called the “Galapagos of the North” for its diversity of life. That’s because stowaway rats can quickly populate and overrun remote islands, devastating bird populations. Resident reports rat sighting on remote Alaska island Becky BohrerContinue Reading

North The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching American territory. NORAD tracked Russian planes operating off Alaska over four days this monthContinue Reading

North Residents posted on Facebook early Friday morning showing photos of the community’s Co-op grocery store on fire.  Co-op store caught fire early Friday morning, triggering state of emergencyCBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2024 9:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Whale Cove’s Co-op grocery store burned earlyContinue Reading

North The Northwest Territories is proposing changes to reporting requirements in its water agreement with Alberta. If accepted, that would better inform the N.W.T. of developments in the waterways flowing north. Territory proposing updates to water agreement with Alberta Natalie Pressman · CBC News · Posted: Jul 24, 2024 4:00Continue Reading

North The surprising similarities between Mars and the North brought around 80 astroscientists to the Yukon this week, representing universities and space agencies from all over the world.  Around 80 astroscientists visited Yukon this week for polar science conference Gabrielle Plonka · CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2024 10:21Continue Reading

Noah Noah says he has no positive memories of Karima Manji, the woman who used his mother, Kitty Noah, to obtain Inuit identities for her twin daughters so she could gain access to funds only available to Inuit beneficiaries. “She was really awful,” Noah said of Manji during a CBCContinue Reading