CBC News Online - North Digest - 2015-03-11

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Yukon First Nations make imagineNATIVE films on identity Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:39:46 EDT Yukon First Nations make imagineNATIVE films on identity Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:39:46 EDT The people behind the ImagiNATIVE Film Festival are travelling the country and their latest stop was Whitehorse. The artistic organization is looking for young First Nations from different communities to tell their stories through a series of workshops. Read More Yellowknife RCMP release photo of school bomb threat suspect Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:21:43 EDT Yellowknife RCMP have released a photo of a male suspected of making a bomb threat at Sir John Franklin High School earlier this month. Read More N.W.T. offering up 22 cabin lots along Ingraham Trail Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:56:42 EDT A ballot draw will be held this summer for 22 surveyed lots for lease along the Ingraham Trail east of Yellowknife. Two are on Reid Lake, seven are on Tibbitt Lake, five on Peninsula Lake, one on Pontoon Lake, six on Prelude Lake and one on Madeline Lake. Read More Iditarod musher disqualified for carrying iPod Touch Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:13:42 EDT Veteran musher Brent Sass has been disqualified from the 1,609-kilometre Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for carrying a two-way communication device — specifically, an iPod Touch. Read More Missing man Marlin Charlie found safe outside Whitehorse Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:18:21 EDT In a news release issued Wednesday afternoon, RCMP said Charlie had been located outside of Whitehorse and thanked the public for their assistance. Read More More Headlines Yukon College PTSD course a 'step in the right direction:' paramedic 'Not a simple fix': N.W.T. health minister on aboriginal names Beaufort Delta opts for nurse practitioner instead of midwives Nunavut justice minister responds to scathing corrections report Whitehorse lawyer to talk to federal committee about FASD bill Baffin Island caribou hearings begin today in Iqaluit Puppet show helps Yukon kids talk about dealing with anger 'I was on fire from head to toe': Bravery medal follows 2012 rescue Town of Inuvik looking into Children First ceiling collapse Cold winter builds sea ice levels in Eastern, High Arctic