Today's top headlines from CBC North

Today's top headlines from CBC North - 2025-06-25

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City of Yellowknife considers hiking rates for residents on trucked water service

June 24 , 2025 at 07:14:46 p.m. CDT • :

Yellowknife city councillors are weighing whether residents who rely on trucked water and sewer service should pay more, to help cover the actual cost of those services.

Review underway into Puvirnituq, Que., water crisis, as province negotiates new agreement

June 24 , 2025 at 04:51:33 p.m. CDT • :

For months, the Nunavik village of 2,100 people grappled with a water delivery and sewage crisis, after a water pipeline that connects the pump station to the treatment plant froze mid-March.

Charges against 2 Yellowknife men withdrawn; Crown says no reasonable prospect of conviction

June 24 , 2025 at 05:10:05 p.m. CDT • :

Donovan and Dean McNeely were both supposed to be on trial on June 17, when the Crown dropped all charges against them.

Cargo ship carrying new vehicles sinks in North Pacific weeks after catching fire

June 24 , 2025 at 04:38:03 p.m. CDT • :

A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in international water off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn't extinguish an onboard fire that left the carrier dead in the water.

No election this summer, says Yukon's incoming premier

June 24 , 2025 at 03:41:47 p.m. CDT • :

Mike Pemberton, the new leader of the Yukon Liberal Party, says he has no immediate plans to either call an election this summer or shuffle his cabinet once he's sworn in as premier.

June 24 , 2025 at 09:37:36 a.m. CDT • :

Flight disruptions, unpredictable highway closures as Yukon fires continue

June 24 , 2025 at 03:17:40 p.m. CDT • :

N.W.T. government won't pay for services at Yellowknife homeless encampment

June 24 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

A year after the Eagle mine failure, questions remain about Yukon's mining future

June 21 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Parents call on N.W.T. education minister to remove Fort Simpson elementary school principal

June 23 , 2025 at 03:00:57 a.m. CDT • :

'School is a gift,' says Nunavut elder graduating at age 65

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June 24 , 2025 at 01:08:13 p.m. CDT • :

Community support most important factor in N.W.T. addiction recovery, recent study says

June 24 , 2025 at 11:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Inuvik operating room closed until June 30

June 23 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Utilities board decision on NTPC rate application a win for N.W.T. communities, says Fort Smith mayor

June 22 , 2025 at 11:47:02 a.m. CDT • :

Dawson City mayor urges people to be prepared as wildfires grow

June 22 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

A music festival for people who 'eat a lot of fish': Pan-ArcticVision coming to Iqaluit

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