Housing in Canada’s Nunavut territory: a federal election explainer
Housing is high on the platform lists of all of Nunavut’s federal election candidates, but officials say they have yet
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Climate kicks off Canada’s French-language leaders’ debate, but no mention of Inuit or Arctic
Canada’s federal leaders came out swinging on climate during Thursday’s French-language debate, as global warming increasingly emerges as a dominant
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Ottawa tells court First Nation child welfare compensation order could cost $8 billion
A senior federal official says a human rights tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate First Nation children apprehended through the
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Canadian Liberal leader makes climate pitch to northerners on Arctic campaign stop
Video: Canadian Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau addresses reporters in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut on Tuesday. The day after
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Atlantic Canada: Innu Nation asks court to quash NunatuKavut agreement with Ottawa
The Innu Nation, in Atlantic Canada, is again challenging the Indigenous status of the NunatuKavut Community Council, this time in
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Leaders take on climate, Indigenous issues, but Arctic absent from Canadian election debate
The leaders of Canada’s six federal parties took to the debate stage in Gatineau, Quebec Monday night, facing off over
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Incoming MLAs in Northern Canada have long list of asks for new federal gov
A territorial election campaign in the Northwest Territories produced dozens of grand visions for the North — but it’s a
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“It’s important to be aggressive about our human rights,” international Inuit leader tells Montreal conference
With international interests increasingly active in the Arctic, it’s more important than ever that Inuit stand up for their human
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Ottawa seeks judicial review in decision to compensate First Nations kids
Canada’s Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau is challenging a landmark human rights ruling to compensate apprehended First Nations children
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Premier François Legault apologizes for Quebec’s treatment of Indigenous peoples
Quebec Premier François Legault apologized to the Canadian province’s Indigenous and Inuit inhabitants Wednesday, saying successive provincial governments have failed
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Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories, Northern Canada
A record number of women have been elected to the Northwest Territories 19th Legislative Assembly — making it the jurisdiction
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories elections see many incumbents unseated
In the Northwest Territories communities outside of the capital, only one incumbent fighting for their seat managed re-election in the
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Quebec’s Inuit organisations welcome Viens commission’s report and call for immediate action
Makivik Corporation, the Inuit land claims organization that represents Quebec Inuit, welcomes the conclusions of a report into the treatment
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Committee hears of school attendance problems in Canada’s Nunavut territory
MLAs in Nunavut, Northern Canada grilled the departments of Education and Family Services on what they’ve been doing to remove
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Northern Canada: Election Day in Northwest Territories
It’s election day across the Northwest Territories, and 58 candidates are seeking to represent voters in the territory’s next legislative
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