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Dead Labrador boy's family slams DND search 'failure'

The family of a 14-year-old boy found dead off the coast of northern Labarador are asking why the Canadian Forces waited to look for their son due to weather when a private helicopter was able to land on the scene in the same conditions.
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Inquest to be held for Nunavut man's death

A coroner's inquest into the 2009 death of Adamie Nuturalak will take place in Iqaluit next month. Nuturalak died while in police custody.
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Inuit company buys controlling stake in Air Labrador

The Inuit goverment in Labrador has bought a controlling stake in an airline that provides many of the flights in the region.
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Astronauts to photograph northern lights

Starting Thursday, two astronauts aboard the International Space Station will photograph the aurora borealis and beam the images back to Earth as part of the AuroraMAX project.
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Arctic explorer's photos on display in Iqaluit

An exhibit of photos taken by Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen opened at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit this week.
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Yukon Quest begins in Fairbanks

Twenty four mushers depart Fairbanks, Alaska, Saturday at noon PT for this year's Yukon Quest International sled dog race.
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Military vehicle turns over near Behchoko, N.W.T.

A military vehicle involved with Exercise Arctic Ram, taking place later this month in the Northwest Territories, turned over on Highway 3 Friday near Behchoko.
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Whitehorse RCMP look for missing boy

Whitehorse RCMP are looking for 12-year-old Brady Ford, who left a group home Monday and has not returned.
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Alberta, Canada launch joint oilsands monitoring system

Monthly water testing is part of a new $50 million 'world class' federal-provincial environmental monitoring plan for the Alberta oilsands.
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Memorial service held for Whitehorse family

Hundreds gathered in Whitehorse Saturday to remember five people who died of what is believed to be carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Paulatuk man jailed for assaulting stepdaughter

A Paulatuk, N.W.T., man was sentenced in Yellowknife Thursday to nearly one year in jail for sexually assaulting his common-law wife's daughter.
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Iqaluit RCMP seize marijuana at airport

On Sunday Iqaluit RCMP seized more than seven kilograms of marijuana hidden in empty boxes of snacks in a passenger's luggage.
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Three dead in Taloyoak house fire

A mother and two children died in a house fire in Taloyoak, Nunavut, Thursday night.
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MPs urged to wear pins to support seal industry

The federal fisheries minister is encouraging all members of parliament to show their support for Canada's embattled sealing industry by wearing a lapel pin made from seal fur.
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