Quebec coroner links infant deaths in Nunavik to overcrowded housing
A coroner’s report looking into the death of a three-month-old infant in Quebec’s northern Nunavik region in 2021 says overcrowding
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$6.4 million to go towards new Inuit Research Network in Canada
The federal government announced $6.4 million on Wednesday to go towards a new Inuit Research Network in Canada. Canada’s Minister
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Flagged for posting about walrus meat? Social media ‘violations’ discriminatory, says former Nunavut MLA
By Jenna Dulewich · CBC News “My favourite food! Walrus! I would pay anyone to get me some!” Former Nunavut MLA Manitok
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N.W.T. MLAs call on government to take immediate action on suicide prevention
Members of the N.W.T. Legislative Assembly are calling on the government to take immediate action on suicide prevention. A motion
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Lack of performing arts space in Nunavut pushes artist summit to Ottawa
A lack of performing arts space in Nunavut means Qaggiavuut’s annual performing arts summit will happen in Ottawa instead. Qaggiavuut,
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Yukon nursing vacancies ‘very serious’ amid ongoing countrywide nursing shortage
Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee revealed that the vacancy rate in community nursing is currently over 40% The Yukon is experiencing
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“We’re not just talking about reconciliation, we’re doing reconciliation,” say seal hunters
Two friends who started a reconciliation project around seals and sealing say they want to continue to expand their initiative
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Ambitious plan to create 3,000 homes announced in Nunavut
News release does not say how housing project will be funded An ambitious housing plan for Nunavut was laid out on
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‘No one is really taking care of us’: Little progress made on improving Inuit housing
By Emily Blake · The Canadian Press Meeka Atagootak says the house in Pond Inlet on Nunavut’s Baffin Island that she shares
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Arctic Sports could be included in the 2027 Canada Winter Games
This would be the 1st time northern sports are included in the Games’ 55-year history The Canada Winter Games could
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Nunavik teen in state care put in isolation while in medical distress
Troubling Batshaw youth protection case being investigated by Quebec Human Rights Commission WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Last April,
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Cambridge Bay welcomes an upswing of cruise ship tourists after 2 years of quiet
It was a happy moment for Peter Avalak this summer as visitors stopping in by the boatload arrived in Cambridge
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Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation asks court to quash caribou search warrant
The Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation is asking the courts to quash the search warrant that wildlife officers used last
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Health staff in Fort Smith receiving made-in-the-North anti-racism training
Health-care staff in Fort Smith, N.W.T., are receiving made-in-the-North anti-racism training. The two-day program, run by the territory’s health and social services
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‘I was really homesick’: Some northern students travel far from home for high school
When Angelina Arrowmaker was ready to start high school in 2017, she and her mother packed their bags and flew
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