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N.W.T.'s Aurora College to offer business program via videoconference Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:36:08 EST N.W.T.'s Aurora College to offer business program via videoconference Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:36:08 EST For the first time in Aurora College's history, a full program will be taught using videoconferencing technology starting in September. Read More Bobby Zoe charged with 2nd break and enter and sexual assault Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:42:01 EST Yellowknife RCMP have laid more charges against Bobby Zoe in relation to a second sexual assault this month. Read More Yukon Quest: Rookie Canadian musher Damon Tedford in top 5 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:00:44 EST Rookie musher Damon Tedford usually works as an emergency room doctor in Vancouver, but a year ago he starting training to be a musher. Now he's set to finish in the top 5 in one of the most gruelling sled dog races in the world. Read More Canada's Arctic compares poorly around globe: report Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:09:32 EST The second Arctic Human Development Report, a long-running study, concludes that the well-being of northerners in Canada's Arctic compares poorly with those in many other Arctic regions around the world. Read More 'I just went berserk': N.W.T. man admits to killing mother Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:48:02 EST In an agreed statement of facts read aloud in a Hay River courtroom yesterday, Richard Deleeuw admitted to stabbing his mother. 'I don't know. I just went berserk,' he told a police officer shortly afterwards. Read More More Headlines Michael Nehass says poor treatment at Whitehorse jail contributed to offences Yukon fire officials study investigative techniques Remembering Barb Bromley, Yellowknife nurse, activist and mother Arviat club uses computer coding to address mental health Brent Sass wins 2015 Yukon Quest sled dog race, outdueling rival Moore Deepak Int'l sued by companies that financed diamond plant purchase David Omilgoitok, chair of Qulliq Energy Corp., resigns Igloolik Co-op offers another option for donors to help hungry Christy's weather: blizzard warning for Arviat Husky Oil's frac sand proposal sent to environmental assessment