Canada’s Yukon territory plans to move mental health positions out of communities: internal emails
There’s ‘not a substantial enough caseload to justify an in-community nurse,’ says one email dated May 19 The Yukon government
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Indigenous northerners less likely to be vaccinated, more likely to be hesitant: survey
StatCan survey in mid-April found 20% gap in vaccine uptake between Indigenous and non-Indigenous northerners. New data from a Statistics
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As vaccination rates climb, thoughts across Canada’s North turn to reopening
To date, North has seen 900 COVID-19 cases, mostly in major outbreaks in Nunavut In many southern provinces, 900 cases
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Int’l Inuit org voices solidarity with Indigenous Canadians after remains of 215 children found at former residential school
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) voiced solidarity with Indigenous Canadians last week after the remains of 215 children were found
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First Nations in northwestern Canada to have own school board, Indigenous-led schools
‘I can tell you that our government is absolutely committed to see this through,’ says education minister The Yukon government
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Canada promises ‘transformative change’ to address violence towards Indigenous women and girls
Federal government will give Indigenous communities more control over social services Two years after the National Inquiry into Missing and
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On 6th anniversary of Canadian commission into residential schools, Inuit org calls for action
The 94 calls to action outlined by the commission into Canada’s residential school system were released on June 2, 2015.
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Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut to start vaccinating youth aged 12-17 on June 15
Clyde River, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet will hold the first mass clinics Youth in Nunavut will be able to receive
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Inuit land claim org in Arctic Quebec lowers flags after remains of 215 children found in residential school mass grave
Makivik Corporation, the land claims organization in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, lowered their flags on May 31
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Dog in Arctic Canada reunites with family after epic journey across ice and tundra
Donna Adams and her family had given up on their lost dog — and then Pepper found them, kilometres from
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Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut requests enough Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for all teens in region
The territory has about 4,300 teenagers The Nunavut government has requested enough of the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine for all teenagers in
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National housing non-profit calls Canadian budget ‘missed opportunity’ for northern housing
It could have been a ‘fantastic opportunity’ to address northern housing over next 10-20 years: CHRA director A national housing
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Yellowknife, Canada has 20 active cases of COVID-19, no community transmission so far
7 probable cases, more than 1,000 close contacts related to outbreak at school There are now 20 active and seven
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1st court date for southern couple accused of sneaking into northern Canadian community for vaccines
Rod and Ekaterina Baker did not appear in person A Vancouver couple accused of flouting Yukon’s COVID-19 rules and travelling to
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Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit declares local state of emergency after COVID-19 community transmission detected
Bylaw officers will be enforcing Nunavut government’s lockdown rules The City of Iqaluit declared a local state of emergency Monday
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