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Denmark passes compensation bill for thousands of Inuit in Greenland forced to get IUDs

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 10:55
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By Liam Baker  Inuit women in Canada hope the Danish bill will encourage Canada to follow suit Thousands of Inuit

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

MLAs begin tour across N.W.T. to discuss new anti-drug law

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 09:33
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By Devon Tredinnick  SCAN Act would allow territorial officials to initiate investigations of suspected drug dealers’ homes What started as

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Science (Canada) Society 

‘One of my worst fears’: Dog attacks in Nunavut and Nunavik spark outcry

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2026 at 16:08
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By Samuel Wat  2 dog attacks happened in Nunavik’s smallest village in the same month After several dog attacks in

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Chief in Łutsel K’e, N.W.T., says community should consider banishing bootleggers

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:09
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By Tamara Merritt Chief James Marlowe says bootlegging is a big problem in his small community The chief of Łutsel

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* Featured * Culture (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society 

EU rules Rovaniemi is Santa’s hometown

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:50
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The bloc’s patent office says the city in Finnish Lapland can keep its status as the “official hometown of Santa

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland Politics (Iceland) Society 

Iceland to seek new security partnerships after voters reject EU accession talks

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:54
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By Johan Ahlander Iceland needs to find new ways to strengthen its security after voters rejected restarting accession talks with

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights but didn’t constitute genocide, experts find

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2026 at 17:09
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By Stine Jacobsen and Tim Barsoe A campaign of forced contraception in Greenland that ran primarily in the 1960s and

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Violence against education staff in N.W.T. on the rise, union says

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2026 at 11:26
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By Devon Tredinnick The number of violent incidents against education staff in the Northwest Territories has steadily increased over the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Most fire investigations in Nunavut remain unsolved, amid years of turmoil at fire marshal’s office

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2026 at 09:43
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By Arty Sarkisian  Expert says winter weather freezing fire scenes can cause unique issues for fire investigators In recent years,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit organization aims to end the use of NDAs to conceal misconduct

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 09:15
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By Liam Baker Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association brought forth a resolution to end the practice over the weekend The

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Experts say virtual health care could fill gaps in the Dehcho. Some residents aren’t so sure

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 13:40 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 13:43
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Recommendations stem from investigation ordered in the wake of 3 deaths in the Dehcho in early 2025 If patients could

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon schools begin new year amid staffing shortages

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 10:39
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Some educator positions still vacant as students head back to class Schools are back in session across the Yukon this

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Paddler shoots and kills polar bear along Hudson Bay coast in Manitoba, province says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 09:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 09:45
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By Bartley Kives  Shooting of protected species near mouth of Seal River, west of Churchill, under investigation A paddler shot

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Yellowknife woman spent thousands to travel south and learn she has a fatal disease

Radio-Canada
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2026 at 11:20
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By Saloni Bhugra When Mary Rose Blackduck started feeling like she would stumble and fall every time she walked, she

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

First Nations wildland fire fighters feeling sidelined while international help fights fires across country

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2026 at 13:48
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‘We see these international crews coming in while our resources are sitting here, it’s really frustrating’ It’s been a mild

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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