Northwest Territories

A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday.

Lack of adequate conservation measures by provinces and territories is to blame for Canada failing to meet its international conservation target, according to a new report by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS).

“Overwintering” fires smoulder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.

Officials in the Northwest Territories say hunters are illegally killing caribou in vulnerable herds along the territory's ice roads.

The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines.

Former MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew says Indigenous people have the know-how but lack resources to help mitigate climate change.

A director at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association believes provinces should set targets for vaccinating inmates in provincial jails — something half of jurisdictions have yet to do.

The Northwest Territories says five new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Yellowknife, the first in the territory in two weeks.

Alberta suspended environmental monitoring for oilsands companies without notifying the Northwest Territories, despite a legally binding agreement to do so.

When Sweeny Karande was in her nursing program in India, her teacher presented her with an award as the best outgoing student. "This is just the beginning," her teacher said. "You can't stop here."

First Nations leaders who have called on their communities to return to the land to find food during the COVID-19 pandemic are also seeing people reconnect with their traditions.

Northern leaders and businesses are saying $130 million from Ottawa to shore up supply chains and health care during the COVID-19 pandemic can't come soon enough.

Northern miners have told the federal government that the wage subsidy program brought in to get the country through the COVID-19 pandemic leaves them out in the cold.

An Indigenous organization wants more money for more eyes and ears to keep tabs on traditional First Nations land and Canada's new protected areas.