Exercise STRIKING BAT also sees Canadian forces working alongside Norway, Italy and Mongolia.

Residents in Hay River say a major drug bust earlier this month has led to less visible drug activity in the community. Some see the arrests as a potential turning point but say lasting change will depend on accessible treatment, outreach and support for people struggling with addiction.

For some N.W.T. residents, participating in the federal gun buyback program might not be so straightforward. The Government of the Northwest Territories says it’s not going to administer it.

Major projects and water stewardship took up a bulk of the resolutions adopted at the outset of the 55th Dene National Assembly in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., on Thursday. The resolutions underscored ongoing commitments to both economic development and environmental preservation.

The port is meant to help with marine safety, search and rescue, and serve as a base for defence and security operations. The project has received letters of support from the local hunters and trappers organization and the local hamlet this month.

As Waskaganish’s population grows, so does the demand for accessible health care. The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay has opened an expanded Community Miiyuupmatisiwin Centre to help fill the gaps in health care in the northern Quebec Cree community.

An RCMP investigation into the Kitikmeot Friendship Society began last fall at the request of the Nunavut government. The lawyer for the society says he’s received no specifics about what – or who – is under investigation.

Three employees at a Yellowknife daycare have been suspended over allegations of misconduct, according to a letter from the daycare sent to parents this week and obtained by CBC News.

In a joint submission with the defence Friday, Crown lawyers said Andrew Norn acted as a courier for crack cocaine, but there was no evidence he played any role besides transporting the drugs.

A 30-year-old man has been charged following a stabbing in Iqaluit last week. Nunavut RCMP say officers have also identified a second suspect but gave no details.

More than 2,500 types of so-called "assault-style" weapons have been illegal in Canada since 2020. The federal government has an amnesty order in place for the guns and is offering to buy them back from businesses and individual owners. But one Whitehorse firearms advocate says the program puts the onus on law-abiding gun owners instead of criminals.

Some First Nations chiefs are demanding answers from Ottawa after the federal government signed a pipeline agreement with Alberta that failed to make any mention of water consumption.

Yukon Premier Currie Dixon has set initial priorities for his cabinet amid plans to increase the territory's borrowing limit.

In a  social media post this week, Chief Bertha Rabesca Zoe said the data, collected last September and October, showed the presence of opioids, sedatives, hallucinogens and stimulants in the community's wastewater, including fentanyl and fentanyl analogues.

Alexia Cousins says she has filed a sexual assault complaint with Iqaluit RCMP against Nastania Mullin, the former CEO of the Manitoba Inuit Association.

Competition could be a little more fierce this year at the Yukon's biggest annual hockey tournament, and also more inclusive.

Clifford Antoine, 63, says two security guards from Risk Control Canada threw him head first off the top of the stairs of Norseman Manor apartments in downtown Yellowknife, leaving him bloodied, with a black eye and broken wrist. 

Ambassadors from five nordic countries were in Yellowknife Wednesday for a seminar called "Resilience in the Arctic." The session was centred on discussions between Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Canada about areas of co-operation in the Arctic.

Some Yukon families have been growing increasingly frustrated with frequent school bus cancellations, saying it's affecting their finances and also causing stress for the students.

No fire was reported and emergency vehicles had left by about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.