Quebec City researchers have found a microscopic organism in Canada's north that could treat malaria.

In a tweet posted Saturday night, Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq said the government's  IT system had been hacked "early this morning" by a "virus" that had "targeted public services."

The funding will provide $290 million over eight years to "protect, renew and expand" social and community housing, as well as repair and build affordable homes across the territory.

The report includes 30 recommendations on everything from funding better education for northerners to building housing fit for a changing climate.

With a perfect political storm threatening to engulf his government in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set off to Iqaluit on Thursday — only to be denied by a severe winter storm in the Arctic city. 

The federal government is planning to open up a database of more than 9,000 files to allow Inuit families to learn about relatives lost during the tuberculosis outbreaks of the mid-20th century.

There are too many polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn't yet affected any of them, says a draft management plan from the territorial government that contradicts much of conventional scientific thinking.

Kootoo Quaraq, 49, was serving day parole at a halfway house in Ottawa when he failed to return at the end of the day as required.

"We all smelled a little smoke. Obviously when the captain called we knew there was a problem," one passenger said.

As part of a deal with Parks Canada, Google is showcasing Street View images of one of the remotest places on the planet - Quttinirpaaq National Park on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island.