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YELLOWKNIFE — Germany's president is visiting the Northwest Territories for the final leg of his four-day official visit to Canada.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon is the first jurisdiction in Canada to provide government-funded paid sick leave with a program targeting workers who are most likely to suffer from taking unpaid time off, Premier Ranj Pillai says.

YELLOWKNIFE — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon arrived in Yellowknife today to begin an official visit to the Northwest Territories, a day ahead of a visit from Germany's president.

POND INLET, Nunavut — The owner of an iron ore mine on the tip of Baffin Island says it needs to again increase production to prevent job losses, and several federal cabinet ministers are calling on a Nunavut environmental assessment agency to priori

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination.

YELLOWKNIFE — By the shore of the still-frozen Yellowknife River, more than a dozen people gather to prepare fish for cooking over a crackling fire.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says a break-in at its Department of Education, Culture and Employment headquarters in Yellowknife has resulted in a privacy breach affecting about 3,000 people.

WHITEHORSE — Members of a Transportation Safety Board team are spending at least another day assessing the scene of an RCMP plane crash at the Whitehorse airport.

WHITEHORSE — The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after an RCMP plane crashed at the Whitehorse airport. Police say an RCMP employee on board was injured when the plane crashed on Monday morning.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government is urging Canada's telecommunications regulator to ensure that northern residents have access to the same internet service quality as the rest of the country at comparable rates.