The federal government and Yellowknives Dene First Nation have signed a procurement framework agreement for the cleanup of Giant Mine, one of Canada's most contaminated sites.

The Northwest Territories government is lauding changes to its health-care system that it says reduced wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent.

A retired Quebec judge is to lead a review into how the Oblates handled past allegations that a former priest sexually abused Inuit children in Nunavut.

A marine conservation charity and Inuit hunters are praising cruise operators for agreeing to avoid Eclipse Sound, a Nunavut waterway where thousands of narwhal migrate each summer.

"The studio is not just going to make this show possible, it'sgoing to make all kinds of things possible," said filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril.

Canada's auditor general says early findings in a review of child and family services in Nunavut were so alarming that her office immediately raised concerns with the territorial government.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife, Elke Budenbender, werewelcomed at the Yellowknife airport Wednesday morning by N.W.T. Commissioner Margaret Thom, Deputy Mayor Stacie Smith andYellowknives Dene First Nation Chief of Ndil Fred Sangris, amongother dignitaries.