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Three figure skaters from Nunavut were in for a heartwarming surprise at the Arctic Winter Games this week, when skaters from Canada, Alaska, and Russia volunteered to help fill out their roster for the team competition.

31-year-old Joar Ulsom was the first to reach the finish line in Nome, Alaska, early Wednesday morning.

Among the multiple problems: a champion's dog doping scandal, the loss of major sponsor Wells Fargo, discontent among mushers and escalating pressure from animal rights activists, who say the dogs are run to death or left with serious injuries.

Alaska investigators say no evidence of animal cruelty was found after PETA complained about a kennel operated by four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey, who was recently accused in a dog-doping scandal.

With the North American Indigenous Games approaching, Yukon's swim team is making final preparations. For some of them, it's preparing for their first meet ever.

Authorities say a black bear killed a 16-year-old runner while he was competing in an Alaska race on Sunday.

The Seward, Alaska, musher brought his dogs off the frozen Bering Sea and onto Front Street in the Gold Rush town of Nome Tuesday afternoon, after crossing about 1,600 kilometres of Alaska wilderness.

Dallas Seavey won his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Tuesday morning, crossing under the burled arch on Front Street in Nome for his fourth overall title in the last five years.

In a celebration filled with traditional and modern Greenlandic song and dance, athletes paraded into the capital city's sports hall Sunday with enthusiasm and cheer.

Students in Kugluktuk, Nunavut have been crowding in the high school library to catch every Blue Jays playoff game.