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Today's top headlines from CBC North - 2026-08-25

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Yukon schools begin new year amid staffing shortages

August 24 , 2026 at 07:40:24 p.m. CDT • :

A number of teaching positions across the territory are vacant as students across the Yukon return to classrooms this week.

Man charged in fatal Alaska Highway crash in Whitehorse's north end

August 24 , 2026 at 07:32:57 p.m. CDT • :

Nicolas Tselios, 32, faces charges including dangerous driving causing death after two SUVs collided head-on between the Crestview subdivision and Cousins airstrip on Aug. 18.

Paddler shoots and kills polar bear along Hudson Bay coast in Manitoba, province says

August 24 , 2026 at 05:37:33 p.m. CDT • :

A paddler shot and killed a polar bear in northern Manitoba on Friday in a rare Canadian example a recreational traveller killing a member of the protected species.

Chinook salmon numbers up this year in Whitehorse, but expert says smaller runs may be 'new normal'

August 24 , 2026 at 06:39:35 p.m. CDT • :

Fisheries conservation professor Scott Hinch at the University of British Columbia cautions against seeing this year as a major improvement, amid the general decline of Yukon River chinook numbers in recent decades.

2 Alberta men charged after weekend shooting in Fort Smith that left 3 injured

August 24 , 2026 at 03:27:06 p.m. CDT • :

Fort Smith RCMP said they've charged two Alberta men following an incident outside Dirty O'Fergie's bar Saturday that left three people injured and a community lockdown that lasted 13 hours.