Here are some of the best sport stories from across the North in 2025
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Athletes, coaches, mentors. Recreation is a big deal for many of us fighting dark, cold winters, and this year there have been some big moments.
Here are some of the biggest sport stories from across the North in 2025.
When Team Nunavut defeated Team Alaska at the 2023 Arctic Winter Games, they made history with the territory’s first gold in hockey at the tournament.
Over the summer, that win made history again when the gold ulu of coach David Clark was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Read about how that happened and its impact here.
In keeping with hockey triumphs, residents of Whatı̀, N.W.T., captured the country’s attention when the community came together to show its support for the Edmonton Oilers during the team’s run at the Stanley Cup championship.
Read more here about how the Tłı̨chǫ community of 600 showed its support with watch parties, parades, potlucks and seas of orange jerseys.
For the first time in Canada Summer Games history, Nunavut sent both men’s and women’s teams to compete in basketball at this summer’s tournament in St. John’s. Though the new U17 women’s team didn’t win any games, they won the hearts of spectators.
Read about the team’s achievement here.
In Whitehorse, Blue Jays superfans Harry and Léon Borlase scored World Series tickets to watch Toronto take on the L.A. Dodgers in Game 1.
Read about the father and son bringing the Yukon to the stands here.
Having just picked up the sport a year or two prior, an Uluhaktok, N.W.T., wrestler impressed her coach and earned an honour at the Canada Summer Games.
Read about Alison Grace Kemnek Kuneluk here.
Mayors of municipalities across southwestern Ontario say they’ve focused on the things they could control this year, as the U.S. trade war with Canada and the world has hammered local economies.
A house filled with snakes and spiders might be straight out of many people's nightmares, but to longtime exotic pet keeper Nolan Asplund, they’re like family.
The Ontario government is introducing new rules for publicly advertised job postings in the new year, but questions remain over whether the changes will result in tangible benefits for jobseekers.
Did you know ambulance services on Prince Edward Island were once largely provided by funeral homes?
The past 12 months brought big political headlines, new partisan players and plenty of parliamentary surprises. How much do you remember from it all?
The Ontario government has quietly given itself the power to override archaeological protections on development sites.
A freezing rain event that's left roads and trees across southwestern Ontario coated in ice has also seen emergency crews overwhelmed with calls for help from people without power and snapped trees.
Annette Dionne, the last surviving Dionne quintuplet and a champion of children's rights, has died.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is warning of multiple scams circulating leading up to the holidays.
The painted bunting usually calls the southern U.S. home and travels south at this time of year, but one decided to spend its Christmas holidays up north in Bayfield, N.B.
The Greater Montreal area could see a prolonged period of freezing rain on Monday, with potentially hazardous conditions developing across much of southern Quebec.
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a freezing rain and snowfall warning for large portions of central and northeastern Saskatchewan, with 10 to 15 centimeters of snow expected from Friday into Saturday morning.
A White Rock, B.C., councillor who uses a wheelchair has arranged for the community's popular New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim to be more accessible.