MSN Canada has breaking northern news from Nunavut, N.W.T., and the Yukon.
The family of Melissa Payne has confirmed her body was found Wednesday.
Nunavut government is now less accountable, says professorA University of Toronto professor says the Nunavut government seems to be taking a step backwards when it comes to transparency and accountability, due to recent changes to the territory's Integrity Act.
Arctic bacteria discovered breeding at record –15 CBacteria that can live and multiply in High Arctic permafrost at temperatures well below the freezing point of water have been discovered by a Canadian-led team of researchers, offering clues about the types of organisms that might exist in similar extreme environments elsewhere in our solar system.
Quebec Crees want foresting company's certificate revokedThe Cree Regional Authority of Quebec wants a company's Forest Stewardship Council certification revoked after it says the company violated an agreement by clear-cutting an area of forest.
Whitehorse refugee claimant gets second hearingA Whitehorse woman who fled her native Botswana, claiming the state offered her no protection from a violent ex-husband, has won the right to a new immigration hearing.
Daycare owner failed to prevent sex harassment, says tribunalThe Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication said a Whitehorse daycare owner failed to prevent sexual harassment in her workplace, and failed to rectify the situation once she was told about it.
Iqaluit court prepares for re-trial of convicted murdererA voir dire is underway in Iqaluit for a Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, man convicted of murdering his common-law partner in 2007.
Search called off for missing Nunavut elderA search for an elder from Baker Lake, Nunavut, who fell off a sled has been called off.
Thieves nab stuffed wolves, lynx from Yellowknife businessPolice in Yellowknife are investigating the theft of some unusual high-priced items: two stuffed wolves, a stuffed wolverine and a stuffed lynx.
Northerners struggle with new temporary foreign worker rulesThe federal government is tightening rules for businesses that want to hire temporary foreign workers, but some northern businesses people say the changes will make it harder to recruit the employees they need.
