People in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., will be cramming four holiday celebrations into one extra-long weekend, starting Friday, featuring games, a fishing derby, drum dances and more.

The Canadian government has purchased a strategically located aircraft hangar in Inuvik, N.W.T., for $8.6 million a move that's being met with relief by northerners and experts on Arctic security who were alarmed by foreign interest in the facility.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissionsays it's putting $271.9 million toward a 1,300-kilometre-long undersea fibre internet link for Iqaluit, Kinngait, Coral Harbour and Kimmirut.

In a news release Friday, the territory's emergency measures organization said the threat from the wildfire has died down due to rain, containment efforts and reduced fire weather.

In a Monday morning update, N.W.T. Fire officials said winds are expected to push the wildfire near Fort Good Hope away from the community for much of today. The fire reached the community on the weekend but has not yet burned any structures.

Northern airlines say federal rules don't take into account the realities of air travel in the North and it's making it hard for airlines to operate.

It was supposed to be a little project a cover album of classic songs translated into Inuktitut. Instead, Elisapie Isaac's latest album was nominated for two Juno awards, and, on Sunday, won one.