North News

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Michael McLeod says he has made the "bittersweet" decision to not seek a fourth term in the next federal election.

HERSCHEL ISLAND, YUKON — Environment Canada has issued a storm surge warning for Yukon's northern coastline. It says the warning also includes Herschel Island.

MAYO, YUKON — Elevated levels of cyanide have been detected in a waterway after an equipment failure and slide of ore at Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine last week, the Yukon's minister of energy, mines and resources said.

MAYO, YUKON — A First Nation in central Yukon is demanding the immediate halt of all mining activity in its traditional territory, and an independent investigation into the recent failure of equipment at a gold mine which it says could be catastrophi

YELLOWKNIFE — A helicopter pilot has died while fighting a wildfire in the Northwest Territories. Transportation Safety Board officials had said an aircraft operated by Great Slave Helicopters crashed Friday at the Fort Good Hope airport.

WHITEHORSE, YUKON — Yukon's government says sustained storms over the last two weeks have caused a spike in lightning-triggered wildfires, resulting in poor air quality and fire evacuation alerts.

MAYO, YUKON, CANADA — The tiny Yukon village of Mayo and the surrounding area is on evacuation alert due to wildfire activity.

The Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to investigate an aircraft accident at a fire-threatened Northwest Territories community.

WHITEHORSE — A recent slide of ore at a gold mine in central Yukon was the second such failure this year, the territorial government said.

IQALUIT — A Toronto woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after she falsely claimed her two daughters were Inuit in order to obtain thousands of dollars in benefits.