Mayor says attack was isolated quickly and no data appears to be lost.

The singer-songwriter from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut had been a student in First Nations Studies at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt, B.C.

On Jan. 2, intruders entered the Peter Pitseolak High School through a door accidentally left open. Officials with Nunavut's Education Department say they are reviewing 'extensive' video footage and have handed it to RCMP. 

The construction company Tower Arctic Limited has pleaded not guilty to charges under the Nunavut Safety Act.

Nunavut’s chief justice is considering whether or not to order a formal Gladue report for the first time in the territory. 

Victoria Kakuktinniq is collaborating with other Nunavut designers for the New York City event. 

Nunavut's Department of Education is working on a system to keep track of when students are violent toward other students, or toward teachers. 

A man from Arviat, Nunavut, has been awarded a posthumous Star of Courage for putting himself between a polar bear and his children in July 2018.

A woman was charged with aggravated assault after RCMP responded to a complaint of domestic assault in Iqaluit’s 300 block late in the evening on Friday.

A woman who moderates a Facebook group where people post memories about Yellowknife has created a world map with members' locations in over 160 communities worldwide.

Hundreds of supporters gathered around family and friends at The Forks for a vigil for Kelly Fraser, a singer-songwriter from Nunavut who died by suicide on Christmas Eve in Winnipeg.

The Manitoba Nurses Union says if changes aren't made soon to the way the Health Sciences Centre is staffed, it is going to recommend against nurses working there.

Health care, the environment, and signing new final agreements are all on a long to-do list for the three territorial governments in 2020.

How closely did you follow the news from CBC North in 2019? Test your memory of some of our most-read stories of the year.

A 19-year-old Iqaluit man is arrested and charged with attempted murder.  

First Nations, Inuit and Métis people living in Manitoba need better access to culturally relevant and appropriate resources to overcome inter-generational trauma and prevent suicide, say service providers and those who seek help.

Lynx, moose, bison, bears, a fish and a fox — when it comes to big videos this year at CBC North, animals are on top of the social media food chain.

Kelly Fraser, the 26-year-old Inuk musician who died last week in Winnipeg, had hoped sharing her struggles would let others know they're not alone, her family said Monday.

Every year, many of CBC North's most widely read and shared stories involve animal encounters, capers and captures. Here, in no particular order, are 10 of our favourites from 2019.

Court charges related to last years death of a worker at the Mary River mine allege that Baffinland failed to keep safe a main roadway used to haul iron ore.

In 2019, Canadians sent more women to the House of Commons than ever before. But the 98 women elected as MPs occupy just 29 per cent of the seats in the chamber — meaning the House of Commons still doesn't reflect the electorate it was chosen to serve.

Three northerners were appointed officers of the Order of Canada, which honours national service or achievement, and another three were inducted as members of the order, which recognizes “outstanding contributions at the local or regional level” in a specific field.

RCMP have arrested a 24-year-old man alleged to have been luring two different children in Baker Lake, Nunavut, over the internet for sexual relations.

Friends and fans of a Juno Award-nominated Inuk singer and songwriter who died over the Christmas holidays are devastated, an Indigenous Manitoba musician says.

Kelly Fraser, a Juno Award-nominated Inuk singer-songwriter originally from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, who had been living in Winnipeg, has died at age 26.

John Koadloak lives off the grid near Contwoyto Lake, on the Nunavut/N.W.T. border.

Chris Harvey is the man behind languagegeek.com, a site that provides keyboards and fonts in more than 100 Indigenous languages. He's made it his passion to provide Indigenous people with access to minority languages, calling it a human rights issue.

Several youth from the most northern of the Quebec Cree communities have contributed to the Whapmagoostui Youth Album, which was just released on iTunes and Spotify. The songwriting and production project came together over the last year, funded by the Cree Nation Youth Council, as well as the local band.

An elder in Rankin Inlet is recovering today from the loss of her home in a fire yesterday.

A network of northern military satellites usually meant for continental defence are being employed today for an annual Christmas Eve mission. 

Grab a hot chocolate and your reading glasses — here are some best North long-reads to curl up with, from a rat-infested cruise ship mystery to the tale of a northern strip club.

Does the sky look a little bit like seal intestines today? If there are some wispy white clouds, then it might look like that, says an elder from Arctic Bay, Nunavut.

Only a few short years ago almost half of Canada’s provinces and territories had a female premier, today that is down to just one; the Northwest Territories’ Caroline Cochrane. It is a state of affairs that former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne told CBC she views as a disappointment.

The damp shelter is the only shelter in Nunavut where people who are intoxicated can go — but it closed in June. Now, another organization has stepped up to run the facility.

It is unclear when hearings for a stalled environmental review of the long-fraught expansion of the Mary River Mine will go ahead.   

Northern Shopper, an online store based in Ottawa that ships goods to Nunavut, has donated 3,000 menstrual cups to the territory’s Department of Health. They will be distributed to health centres and schools in 2020.

Iqaluit Star Wars fans won’t be kicking off this holiday season with a visit to the movie theatre for the latest chapter of the intergalactic saga — as has been their tradition in recent years — because there’s nowhere for them to go. 

The fine is the outcome of a Dec. 18 provincial supreme court decision in a $1.4 million lawsuit launched by the company against their former CEO in 2017.

On Monday, the Nunavut community voted to revert to a traditional name, Kinngait.

Ancient plant fossils are helping scientists predict what the Arctic could look like as the climate rapidly warms, according to a new study.

Essex County council voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a plan that will see three decommissioned ambulances donated to Erie Shores HealthCare, Windsor Essex Hospice, as well as the Nunavut Association of Municipalities.

Communities across Nunavut are preparing for Christmas and in at least four communities that means ending the import of alcohol for the holiday season. 

After travelling inland for four and a half hours to find and cut down some Christmas trees, Nooks Lindell of Arviat, Nunavut, and his friend realized they hadn't brought an axe. Or a saw. But they had guns.

Kinngait is now the eleventh Nunavut community to revert its name. The last community to officially change back to an Inuktitut name was Naujaat in 2015, previously known as Repulse Bay.

Politicians and hunters groups in the Kivalliq want to know how meat sales between Nunavut regions are impacting caribou populations, especially between the Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk regions. 

A 56-year-old man was charged with impaired driving and 'taking a motor vehicle without consent' Sunday morning after colliding with a snow bank in Rankin Inlet.

'Perdu dans la toundra' (which means 'Lost in the Tundra' in English), is a children's book that tells the story of how the kindness of northerners helped a small, grey stuffed cat named 'Chat' make its way back to worried four-year-old in Quebec.

A search warrant was executed on a home in Iqaluit on Wednesday and a large amount of drugs, 'trafficking supplies,' and cash were seized.

Yukoners led Canadians in buying the most legal pot per capita from retail stores in the first year of legalization, according to a study released by Statistics Canada.

The decision passed on a four-to-three vote in favour of having a moment of silence instead of the prayer. 

The government of Nunavut is appealing a judge’s decision to stay charges against a man who killed a caribou during a Baffin Island hunting ban.

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is facing charges over alleged health and safety violations at the Mary River Mine. 

Four Indigenous northerners describe legends of the aurora borealis that at times defy logic but stretch back generations.

A spokesperson for Nunavut's Health Department said that they will not be releasing information on the deceased or which community the death took place in, citing respect for the family and patient confidentiality.

The organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavut in negotiations says it has uncovered a 30-year-old document containing secret instructions to government lawyers to "block" the use of Inuktut though the then-Mulroney government left the door open for future changes in language use.

In a promise to fight climate change, 'walk the road of reconciliation,' and to keep Canadians healthy, Gov. Gen. Julie Payette opened a new session of Parliament yesterday.

Scientists attending a national gathering of Arctic researchers are outlining a widening range of climate change risks for so-called 'sentinel' species, such as ringed seals and beluga whales, which have sustained Inuit for millennia.

Scientists looking for water on other planets may learn from a researcher who’s spent 40 years studying permafrost in Canada’s Arctic.

A social media app geared toward the outdoor lives of Inuit launched Wednesday with features that tie traditional knowledge to smartphone technology. 

Ringed seals in Nunavut are facing changes in their habitats because of climate change, a group of wildlife advisers say.

Our annual food bank drive will be held all over the North this December. Your generosity can make sure all families have good cheer this holiday season.

Nunavummiut are getting the chance to practice one of the scariest situations imaginable — escaping from a crashed airplane underwater — in sessions at Iqaluit's Aquatic Centre.

The three territories got a request for 'robust investment in infrastructure that will improve the lives of northerners, and greater support for climate action' inserted into a communiqué co-signed by all 13 premiers.

The Astro Theatre has been closed since mid-July while Nunastar Properties, the company that owns the Astro Hill complex, carries out necessary repairs, said a partner in the theatre.

A case of whooping cough in Iqaluit was confirmed by the Nunavut Health Department last week. 

Nunavut’s new member of Parliament Mumilaaq Qaqqaq toured Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the NDP, around Iqaluit this weekend. 

Education Minister David Joanasie defended the Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act from criticism this week in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly.

The premier of Nunavut says Canadians living in the North should receive higher rebates than people in southern Canada, to compensate for the federal carbon tax.

A new survey has found that Yukon artists make more money than artists elsewhere in the country, but significantly less than other workers in the territory.

Nunavut’s premier, many university and college students and those away from the Kivalliq region for long-term medical treatment are finding out they can’t vote in the upcoming election for the Kivalliq Inuit Association.

The organization representing parents of Nunavut students is denouncing a controversial proposed law that would change the Nunavut Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection act.

The Department of National Defence has suggested a road in Inuvik be named after accomplished Northerners Ethel Blondin-Andrew or Leona Aglukkaq. Some people think the town can do better.

Jimmy Partridge was handed a prison sentence with no end date in 2009 for sexual assault and breach of recognizance, according to a decision from the Parole Board of Canada decision released Tuesday.

A new paper from the University of California narrows the window for when to expect an ice-free Arctic, assuming no changes to global carbon emissions.

Paper vouchers were issued to some Nunavummiut after a ransomware attack crippled the government's computer system — but not everyone received the money they were owed.

Jeannie Ehaloak's two-month-old grandson inspired her to take a break from alcohol two decades ago. Now her grandson is an adult, and Ehaloak has no plans to drink again.

The future of the North's most iconic sports is at stake at the Arctic Winter Games. Mushers say the games need mushing as much as mushing needs the games.

Eleven finalists are in the running for three Arctic Inspiration Prizes, after nominations were announced Thursday morning.

Nine infected computers were removed from an N.W.T. health authority network Tuesday.

In a ceremony today at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Primer Minster Justin Trudeau named his new cabinet. N.W.T. Liberal MP Michael McLeod did not receive a cabinet post, but northerners will see new faces in some key cabinet positions.

Several northerners are nominated for 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards — Joshua Haulli, Diyet, Sarah MacDougall and Elisapie.

Iqaluit RCMP say a man missing has been found safe.

A new alleged victim is mentioned in the charges brought forward. Three underage people are mentioned in the six charges against Dunphy. 

A new clinic at CHEO will be devoted to the particular needs of young Inuit patients coming from Nunavut for treatment for complex medical issues.

Ships are already getting ready for new limits on emissions imposed by the International Marine Organization, but the UN body is also looking at banning heavy fuel oil entirely.

Iqaluit's damp shelter, the only shelter that allowed intoxicated people to stay overnight, has been closed since a six-month pilot project ended in June.