RCMP Lay Charges In Fire That Destroyed School In Nunavut

The Canadian Press, 08 Sep, 2015 12:03 PM

CAPE DORSET, Nunavut — Police have laid charges in a fire that destroyed the only school for junior and senior high students in the Arctic community of Cape Dorset.

RCMP say investigators have determined that the fire at Peter Pitseolak school on the weekend was deliberately set.

Three youths between 13 and 16 years old face arson-related charges.

Police say no further information is available.

About 150 students attended the school, which is named after an Inuit artist, carver and photographer.

Cape Dorset is on the southern coast of Baffin Island in Nunavut and is home to about 1,400 people.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Winnipeg Man Guido Amsel Accused Of Sending Letter Bombs To Hear Friday If He Gets Bail

Guido Amsel was back in front of a Winnipeg judge Wednesday for the second part of his bail hearing.

Winnipeg Man Guido Amsel Accused Of Sending Letter Bombs To Hear Friday If He Gets Bail

Personal Items Found Near Yellowknife Belonged To Missing Japanese Woman: RCMP

Atsumi Yoshikubo, who was 45, was last seen Oct. 22, 2014, as she walked along a highway north of the city.

Personal Items Found Near Yellowknife Belonged To Missing Japanese Woman: RCMP

Europe Migrant And Refugee Crisis Hits Election, Minister Chris Alexander Heads Back To Ottawa

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper put off a campaign announcement and cancelled a photo op Thursday as Europe's migrant and refugee crisis washed over the federal election.

Europe Migrant And Refugee Crisis Hits Election, Minister Chris Alexander Heads Back To Ottawa

Whether To Split Up Twins, Triplets In Tsawwassen School Can Pit Parents Against Educators

Since her identical twins Riley and Taylor were in kindergarten, Sharisse Dalby says she's had to fight to keep her boys in the same classroom at their Tsawwassen, B.C., school, where the eight-year-olds are about to enter Grade 3.

Whether To Split Up Twins, Triplets In Tsawwassen School Can Pit Parents Against Educators

NDP Riding President Tossed For Urging Voters To Back Green Candidate

OTTAWA — The president of the NDP riding association in Ontario's Parry Sound-Muskoka has been turfed for urging voters to support the Green candidate.

NDP Riding President Tossed For Urging Voters To Back Green Candidate

Residential School Wounds 'Ripped Open' As CFS Workers Take Newborn: Grandmother

WINNIPEG — A mother was breast-feeding her newborn in a hospital bed Saturday when the baby's grandmother says social workers came in and handed over an envelope.