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AKIMISKI ISLAND, NUNAVUT — A man killed in Nunavut last April by a spinning helicopter tail rotor was a frequent flyer who had been warned about the risks during previous flights, transport officials said Wednesday.

AKIMISKI ISLAND, NUNAVUT — The Transportation Safety Board is reminding those flying in a helicopter to be vigilant after a passenger was killed by a spinning tail rotor during goose hunting season in Nunavut.

When Colin Hodgson attended his first meeting with members of the Nunavut curling team that will play at the Canadian women's championship, he asked everyone why they wanted to be involved.

OTTAWA — A Conservative government would build a permanent military base in Nunavut and pay for it by "dramatically cutting" Canada's foreign aid budget, party leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday in Iqaluit.

OTTAWA — Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is repeating her calls for Ottawa to extend a funding program for Inuit children.

The Yukon and Nunavut governments said Monday they were halting their plans to remove American alcohol from store shelves in retaliation against proposed U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.

Teams skipped by James Grattan and Aaron Bartling will compete in the Canadian men's curling championship after winning their provincial and territorial finals Sunday.

IQALUIT — The devastating effects of Eric Dejaeger's sexual abuse of seven Inuit children more than four decades ago are being felt a generation later, a judge said Thursday as he handed the former Catholic priest a six-year prison sentence.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m.