CBC News Online - North Digest - 2015-02-25

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Mark McDiarmid admits having grudge against Dawson City RCMP Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:26:34 EST Mark McDiarmid faces a total of seven charges, including the attempted murder of two RCMP officers, stemming from an incident in October 2011. Read More Whitehorse federal building reopens after suspicious package alert Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:46:12 EST The Elijah Smith Federal building was evacuated this afternoon after RCMP were alerted to a suspicious package. Read More Tuktoyaktuk cancer survivor's food supplement coverage restored Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:52:28 EST After his first appeal was denied, Patrick Kuptana's second appeal to Health Canada succeeded in restoring coverage for meal replacements after it was abruptly cut earlier this month. Kuptana, a cancer survivor, cannot swallow solid food. Read More Canada hosts fewer North Pole expeditions due to climate change, economics Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:00:00 EST A perfect storm of economics, transport costs and climate change is making the North Pole harder to access from Canada. Read More Catholic Oblate missionaries say goodbye to the Yukon Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:00:00 EST After about 117 years in the Yukon, the Oblates have sold their last remaining building. Read More More Headlines Nunavut budgets small $23M surplus for 2015-2016 Whitehorse RCMP take 5 suspects into custody after armed robbery Hay River talks stall, Fort Smith workers back to table Thursday Nunavut government to review territory's minimum wage Yukon Council on Disability behind on paperwork, says minister Christy's weather: Whitehorse cools down, blizzard in Paulatuk 5 of 6 robbery cases in Iqaluit solved: RCMP Yukon slips as attractive place to mine in Fraser Institute survey Mark McDiarmid testifies in Dawson City attempted murder trial Northern lawyer to conduct review of infant death in Cape Dorset