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IQALUIT, Nunavut — Families in Nunavut are now paying an average of $10 a day for child care, the first jurisdiction to achieve the goal under a Canada-wide plan.

YELLOWKNIFE — Iceland's ambassador to Canada was in the Northwest Territories capital this week discussing shared priorities with leaders in the territory. Hlynur Gudjonsson met with N.W.T.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Families across Nunavut are now paying an average of $10 a day for child care under a Canada-wide plan, 15 months earlier than initially expected and three years ahead of the national goal.

YELLOWKNIFE — An official with the Arctic Winter Games says its decision to revoke a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for the upcoming event had nothing to do with pressure from the Alberta government, despite claims by the premier.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — An explosion in the Northwest Territories has left two people injured and several homes damaged. The town of Hay River says the explosion happened at a home in the Beaver Crescent area Saturday morning.

YELLOWKNIFE — With a cost estimate of $4.38 billion, remediation of the Giant Mine, one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, is also expected to be the most expensive federal environmental cleanupin the country's history.

YELLOWKNIFE — The federal government is responsible for more than 20,000 contaminated sites in Canada. Here is a breakdown of the top five most expensive environmental cleanups where taxpayers are footing the bill.

YELLOWKNIFE — Residents and city staff in the Northwest Territories capital are struggling to keep up with an onslaught of snow.

DETTAH, N.W.T. — The federal government says it is investing $39.4 million to support Indigenous languages in the territories.

WHITEHORSE — National Truth and Reconciliation Day is now a statutory holiday in the Yukon. A bill declaring Sept. 30 as a statutory holiday was unanimously approved Wednesday.