Dene national chief says Canada’s Northwest Territories should create own school curriculum
‘It’s time that we step up and take ownership of our education,’ says Norman Yakeleya Alberta’s decision to renew its
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Mounties discuss committee findings on 7 sexual assault cases in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Reporting a sexual assault takes guts and few Northwest Territories victims ever come forward, making it all the more important
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Inuit gov in Atlantic Canada relaxes travel advisory to region
Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, has relaxed their travel warning saying
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Phase 2 of vaccination campaign in Arctic Quebec starts March 30
Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will start on March 30
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Labrador Inuit beneficiary among appointees to provincial Supreme Court in Atlantic Canada
David Lametti, Canada’s minister of justice and attorney general, filled the four vacancies on the Supreme Court in the Atlantic
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$60M housing fund for Canada’s Northwest Territories to be spent, 2 years after it was first announced
The government has drawn criticism for not touching the funds, meant to address the dire housing situation Over 100 new affordable housing units
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Change to Canada’s assisted dying law overlooks Nunavut’s mental health crisis, say advocates
Senator calls it ‘unfair’ to offer assisted death and not mental health treatment Nunavut wellness advocates say Canada needs to
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Nunavut, Canada gets last doses needed to vaccinate 75% of adults
Herd immunity isn’t possible in Nunavut without a vaccine for children, top doc says Nunavut now has enough doses of
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‘Consultation utterly failed’: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun sues Yukon for approving mineral exploration
The Yukon government breached its duty to consult the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun by unilaterally approving a mineral
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The bears are back: Nunavut sorts through 235 repatriated polar bear hides
This week Nunavut’s Environment Department is sorting through 235 repatriated polar bear hides that wouldn’t sell at auction in Ontario. The
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All adults in Iqaluit now able to get COVID-19 vaccine
Mass vaccination clinics started in Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut, Monday morning, marking a big step
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Mining company never paid up for environmental damage in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A company that was ordered to pay three of the biggest financial penalties ever imposed by a Northwest Territories court
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Doctor who raised concerns about cancer rates downstream from oilsands wins whistleblower award
A doctor who raised the alarm about heightened rates of cancer in a northern Alberta hamlet has been awarded the
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Illegal hunting of caribou herds along Northwest Territories winter roads running rampant
Along the winter road to Northwest Territories’ (N.W.T.) diamond mines, hunters are irresponsibly and illegally harvesting from vulnerable caribou herds
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Regional Inuit group rejects Arctic iron ore mine expansion bid
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says it won’t support an expansion at Nunavut’s Mary River iron ore mine on North Baffin
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