What northerners are saying about truth and reconciliation this year
Friday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Many people will mark the statutory holiday by donning orange and
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Society (Canada)
Lack of clean water in Nunavik means schools are closing, staff fleeing
Dozens of employees at primary and secondary schools in Nunavik are sounding the alarm about the region’s deteriorating water supply,
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‘Ask me anything’: Muslim youth collective brings its travelling exhibit to Inuvik
Ahmadiyya Muslim men travelled from Toronto and Saskatoon to Inuvik this weekend, as part of a travelling exhibit that aims
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Yukon’s North Klondike Highway to temporarily remain single lane for safety reasons
The North Klondike Highway will remain partially open to all vehicles, says Jim Regimbal, the northern area superintendent with Yukon
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Whitehorse now has a passport pickup location, the 1st of its kind in the North
The federal government is now offering 10-day passport pickup in Whitehorse, the first time the service has been offered North of 60.
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COVID-19 hits Nunavut’s continuing care centre in Gjoa Haven
Gjoa Haven’s continuing care centre is suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak. All eight residents and one staff member tested positive for
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Election Spotlight—Health Care in Nunavik
It was a crisis that made headlines across the country this summer—a health-care worker shortage so acute in Nunavik that
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Election Spotlight: Justice in Nunavik
The dysfunction of the justice system in northern Quebec is increasingly making headlines, with everyone from Nunavik residents, to Inuit
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Nunavut college students say problems persist with funding program
Some Arctic College students in Nunavut say they want more certainty and communication from the territory’s main student funding program,
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Indigenous population hits 1.8M, growing at twice rate of non-Indigenous Canadians
The Indigenous population grew almost twice as fast as the non-Indigenous population, and now stands at 1.8 million, or about
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For Inuit delegates in France, facing alleged abuser together helped heal a deep wound
When Steve Mapsalak left the meeting with his alleged abuser on Wednesday, he felt a weight lift from inside him.
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Fallen tree responsible for power outage in two N.W.T. communities, power corp says
Multiple city-wide outages were reported throughout the weekend A tree hit a power line at Snare Hydro, triggering the first
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School boards in Canada’s N.W.T. ‘concerned’ by shortage of substitute teachers
The Yellowknife public board’s list of supply teachers for this year is half its average number School boards in the
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Northerner remembers Queen’s kindness on Arctic tour in Canada
Joy Suluk, a collector of Queen Elizabeth II memorabilia in Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut, says she was still trying
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Cdn Inuit delegation heading to France to pressure French gov’t to extradite ex-priest
By Juanita Taylor · CBC News Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. to lead delegation Sept 12-15 Warning: This article discusses the abuse of children
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