Northwest Territories

Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who previously served as Canada's top central banker, will be taking on a new role as the United Nations' special envoy on climate action and climate finance.

The new premier of the Northwest Territories tells a story when asked about how her government will differ from that of her predecessor.

The road should have been frozen solid, but it was anything but.

Inuit are hoping to use the alphabet to help keep their far-flung people together.

Dozens of candidates are vying for seats as voters cast ballots today, October 1, 2019, in the Northwest Territories election.

New Brunswick's government has become the latest to take a hard line against the use of drones by hunters as the province's annual moose hunt kicks off.

Thousands of Canadians are hitting the streets on Friday, September 27, 2019, demanding "widespread, systemic change" to halt the scary impact of a warming planet.

Canadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country, according to The Weather Network.

A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada.

Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say.

Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions of dollars in mineral resources.

A research collaboration between universities and mining companies to capture carbon in mine tailings has been boosted by a federal government grant.

Climate change has hurt the northern economy in ways few southern Canadians can appreciate, says Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod, but he also wants to make sure his territory benefits from increased shipping traffic as Arctic sea ice recedes.

Relief is in sight for sweltering Canadians after a weekend of high humidity and thunderstorms that affected sporting events, caused localized flooding, and sent people flocking to local pools to beat the heat as temperatures soared into the mid-30s.

A pair of American tourists were pinned between rushing rapids and an aggressive grizzly bear when wildlife officers arrived to rescue them from the rugged tundra of the Northwest Territories earlier this week.