Selwyn Resources Ltd. says it has ambitious plans to open a lead-zinc mine on the Yukon-Northwest Territories border now that it has finalized a $100-million deal with a Chinese mining firm.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is observing troops on northern Baffin Island as part of Operation Nanook, the Canadian Forces' annual Arctic sovereignty operation.

Women in the Labrador Innu community of Natuashish are protesting against drug dealers in an effort to drive them out of the community.

Researchers collecting bugs in the Canadian Arctic this summer have confirmed wasps are breeding on Baffin Island, which they say is further evidence of climate change.

The Canadian government says it regrets the "mistakes and broken promises" it made when it forced a number of Inuit to relocate to the High Arctic in the 1950s.

When Ted Stevens made a commitment, people could bet he'd follow through, Vice-President Joe Biden said at the funeral for the Senate's longest serving Republican.

The pilot of a helicopter that went missing along the coast of Baffin Island this week is no longer believed to be alive, according to search officials.

Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's tour of Canada has crossed paths with a Conservative Party event in Whitehorse.

A Hay River, N.W.T., man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of another man in the community over the weekend.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is expected to arrive in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on Wednesday to observe Operation Nanook, Canada's annual military operation in the North, which this year will also include the U.S. and Denmark.

A report by a federal Senate committee looking into offshore oil drilling in Canada says the facts do not justify the banning of current offshore drilling in Canada.

Debris has been discovered near the area where a Newfoundland and Labrador helicopter went missing in Nunavut's High Arctic.

A number of Northwestel customers experienced internet and phone problems, marking the third such disruption in over a week.

The remains of a person have been found in a burnt-out construction trailer outside Whitehorse.

Two former Deh Cho Bridge Corp. officials secured a personal deal with Atcon, the bridge's former contractor, CBC News has learned.

Health officials in Nunavut are trying to contain the largest number of tuberculosis cases the territory has seen in more than a decade.

The rebuilding of of Iqaluit's igloo-shaped Anglican cathedral has begun, nearly five years after the existing church was badly damaged by arson.

RCMP in Hay River, N.W.T., believe the death of a man this past weekend was suspicious.

Many Yukoners are enjoying a statutory holiday on Monday, commemorating the start of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Police in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, have charged a man in the death of another man this past weekend.