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Bad internet persists in the N.W.T. despite federal commitments to improve service

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023 at 08:51
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Auditor general says small, remote communities still falling behind on internet access A new report from Canada’s auditor general says

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Netflix gets behind big-budget comedy series set in Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 15:19
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CBC, APTN also backing series created by 2 Inuit women It doesn’t have a name yet, but a new big-budget

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Pilot project launched to improve emergency call service in Nunavik

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 15:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 15:59
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A pilot project has been launched in Quebec to improve emergency call service in Nunavik and make it more reliable. 

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Nunavut MLA takes after his father, in the Speaker’s chair

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 11:00
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George Hickes, son of former Manitoba Speaker, filled in as Speaker in Nunavut on Friday Nunavut MLA George Hickes took

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National Inuit organization, RCMP start work to prevent human trafficking

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 08:58
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‘When Inuit women move south, they are at risk’ — Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada president The national organization representing

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Greenland needs new approach to preserve welfare state amidst aging population: gov

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 15:55
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Greenland has launched a new strategy to help navigate the upcoming challenges of maintaining the welfare state amidst an aging

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Nunavik, Nunavut and Ottawa to get shelters for Inuit women 

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 14:01
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Four projects set up to support vulnerable Inuit women have been approved for funding, Pauktuutit, the organization representing Inuit women

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N.W.T. has a new plan to make addiction services more accessible and culturally safe

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 15:54
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Work plan responds to federal auditor reporting ‘concerning shortcomings’ in N.W.T.’s addiction services A new work plan to help address

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Unofficial results show three Yukon schools vote to join First Nation School Board

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 11:29
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Schools in Pelly Crossing, Carcross and Destruction Bay say yes; Faro school says no Three schools in the Yukon have

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Quebec Inuit jailed 15 times more than provincial incarceration average

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:04 — Last Updated: Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:08
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By Jacob Serebrin · The Canadian Press 617 Inuit were jailed from March 2021 to March 2022 Osman Ilgun was arrested in

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Russian defectors can get asylum in Sweden, if they risk being forced to commit war crimes

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 13:54
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Roughly 150 Russian men have applied for asylum in Sweden since the partial mobilization in Russia last year. They may

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Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Energy to improve communications, in case of another deep-freeze power outage

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:15
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Yukon Energy held another briefing with officials on Wednesday morning, about a series of power outages during a December cold snap

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Historian Ken Coates to chair YukonU’s Indigenous governance program

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 09:20
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‘Pivotal time’ for the program, says provost A few months from now, Ken Coates is heading home to the Yukon. The historian

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Work visa approved for foreign worker who fought to stay in N.W.T.

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 14:39
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‘Overwhelming relief, I’d say that’s the biggest feeling,’ says Leesa Myers An N.W.T. immigrant, previously fighting to stay, has now

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Ottawa Inuit org opens new Food Security Program building

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 14:00 — Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 14:16
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Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), a counselling and resource centre for Inuit in Ottawa, opened its new Food Security Program building on Friday,

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