North News

FORT GOOD HOPE, N.W.T. — A wildfire that forced the evacuation of a remote town in the Northwest Territories this weekend has now reached the community, but officials say there have been no reports of burned structures.

FORT GOOD HOPE, N.W.T. — Residents of Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., are being told to evacuate due to a wildfire burning less than two-kilometres from the community.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon government officials are expecting a much more conventional wildfire season this year after dealing with hundreds of fires in 2023.

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Discover Aviation in Melfort provides a 15-minute flight for kids.

OTTAWA — While the wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, hot, dry weather means conditions are ripe for an above average fire season across most of Canada, the national fire forecast said Wednesday.

WHITEHORSE — Bell Canada says it is selling Northwestel Inc. to Sixty North Unity, a consortium of Indigenous communities from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut, for around $1 billion.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A soccer ball appears to have made a 3,000-kilometre oceanic journey from the top of Baffin Island to the hands of a lobster fisherman on the coast of Newfoundland.

HAINES JUNCTION, Y.T. — The Yukon Coroner's Office says it's investigating a death associated with a small plane crash at the Haines Junction airport. In an email to The Canadian Press, the coroner's office says the crash happened Monday afternoon.

WHITEHORSE — Federal immigration money is being "showered down" on Ontario and Quebec "at the expense" of Western Canada, British Columbia Premier David Eby said.