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Today's top headlines from CBC North - 2026-05-07

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'We did what we needed to do': How Behchokǫ̀ school counsellors managed last week's lockdown

May 6 , 2026 at 06:33:48 p.m. CDT • :

School counsellors in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., say they've been monitoring students' well-being after an incident last week that saw the community put under a shelter-in place order for nine hours.

Muskrat considered 'species at risk' in N.W.T. after 'persistent drought'

May 6 , 2026 at 03:20:49 p.m. CDT • :

The territory's Species at Risk Committee is recommending "respectful and responsible harvesting" and long-term monitoring of muskrat as dry conditions and dams continue to threaten their delta ecosystems.

4 more sailors lost on doomed 1845 Arctic expedition identified

May 6 , 2026 at 01:50:36 p.m. CDT • :

Confirmation of the identities of four sailors lost on the Franklin Expedition resolves "a great debate lasting for more than a century," researchers say.

Major projects on the Arctic Security Corridor aren't Canadian, but miners say they'll still benefit Nunavut

May 5 , 2026 at 11:13:25 a.m. CDT • :

Along the Grays Bay Port and Road project in Nunavut are three sites with big mining potential. But the companies that own mining assets there are based thousands of kilometres away, creating questions about how much of that money will stay in Nunavut.

Alaska landslide set off CN Tower-sized tsunami last year — and a warning for B.C.

May 6 , 2026 at 01:49:05 p.m. CDT • :

When millions of tonnes of rock fell one kilometre into an Alaskan fiord last year, it set off one of the largest tsunamis ever recorded, a monstrous 481-metre wave higher than the tallest viewing platform of the CN Tower, a new study shows.