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Today's top headlines from CBC North - 2026-01-14

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Students going back to class in Dawson City after frozen sewer line fixed

January 13 , 2026 at 08:00:53 p.m. CST • :

Dawson City, Yukon's Robert Service School has been closed since last week after a couple of water main breaks in town flooded buildings and froze some pipes in the –40 C weather. It also prompted a boil water advisory for the town that's still in place.

Testing finds lead in water fixtures in 4 Yellowknife municipal buildings

January 13 , 2026 at 03:36:51 p.m. CST • :

City of Yellowknife officials have tested drinking water in a number of city facilities and found elevated lead levels in four buildings.

National health survey coming to Yukon classrooms next week

January 13 , 2026 at 03:06:23 p.m. CST • :

Yukon classrooms will be participating next week in a national survey of students, looking at everything from mental health and bullying to physical activity, sleep, and social connection.

'No such thing as a better colonizer': Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland

January 13 , 2026 at 11:35:43 a.m. CST • :

Inuit advocacy groups, as well as Greenlanders who live in Canada, are emphatically opposed to American designs on their homeland. And, they say, they're tired of being used as geopolitical chess pieces by powerful people in faraway capitals.

'We're not going to cancel the games,' Arctic Winter Games organizers say amid Greenland turmoil

January 13 , 2026 at 01:28:28 p.m. CST • :

Excitement for the games among athletes and organizers is growing. But so too are tensions in the circumpolar world, with U.S. President Donald Trump openly musing about a takeover of Greenland.

January 13 , 2026 at 08:19:46 a.m. CST • :

Dawson City's Westminster Hotel, the 'heart of the community,' takes stock of flood damage

January 11 , 2026 at 05:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Hay River grieves loss of a familiar face

January 12 , 2026 at 07:21:15 p.m. CST • :

Deportation a possibility for man guilty of drug trafficking in Hay River, N.W.T.

January 12 , 2026 at 03:40:36 p.m. CST • :

Yukon earthquake reveals a fault line hidden beneath glaciers

January 10 , 2026 at 01:33:21 p.m. CST • :

Birder makes rare sighting of a white-tailed ptarmigan during the 2025 Christmas Bird Count in Whitehorse

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