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Nunavik court system needs action, not more reports, says civil liberties association

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 17:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 19:06
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The Nunavik Civil Liberties Association (NCLA) says although it agrees with most of the recent recommendations for improving the travelling

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Polar bear shot dead in Svalbard after attacking tourist

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 8, 2022 at 12:12
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A French woman is hospitalised after attacked by a polar bear at Svalbard Monday morning. “The Governor was alarmed just

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

Future of lawsuit over language of instruction in Nunavut, Canada rests with judge

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 5, 2022 at 09:23
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By Sarah Krymalowski · CBC News Arguments over Nunavut government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit wrapped Wednesday It’s up to a Nunavut

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Pope asks for ‘forgiveness in name of church’ for abuses at residential schools

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:59
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The pontiff spent last week in Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain

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

Nunavut led country in violent crimes in 2021, says Statistics Canada report

Jane George, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 09:39
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The territories also ranked highest in crime severity, the new report shows Nunavut has the highest rate of police-reported violent

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

Yukon’s medical travel subsidy still nowhere near enough, critics say

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 09:50
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‘You’re forced to look at, OK, is the care that I’m going for more important than being able to pay

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

Finland’s national parks still drawing crowds after pandemic peaks

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 1, 2022 at 11:49
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Take a look at what keeps drawing people by the thousands to remote and pristine natural areas across the country.

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Pope Francis finishes Canadian visit in Nunavut

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 09:57 — Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 16:54
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Residential school survivors, politicians, Inuit throat singers and drummers will be among the crowds meeting Pope Francis as he wraps

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‘A shared understanding’: Northerners take in Pope’s apology while looking to next steps

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 10:42
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For Natan Obed, the apology by Pope Francis on Monday to Indigenous people in Canada for the role the Catholic Church

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Pope Francis apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at residential schools

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 10:18
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The first day of Pope Francis’s “penitential pilgrimage” began with a heartfelt apology delivered at the site of one of

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‘This is my church’: Residential school survivor skipping papal visit to walk in ancestors’ footsteps

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:56
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When Pope Francis addresses residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alberta on Monday, one survivor won’t be in the audience or

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Society Society (Canada) 

Inuvialuit corp. declines Iqaluit papal invite

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2022 at 15:28
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The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will not be attending the papal visit to Iqaluit and instead invited the church and the Canadian

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Society Society (Canada) 

Carcross/Tagish First Nation and Yukon gov’t sign plan to co-manage Conrad historic site

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2022 at 13:51
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The Carcross/Tagish First Nation and the Yukon government signed a joint management plan Wednesday for the Conrad Historic site. “[The

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Society Society (Canada) 

‘We’re hoping it doesn’t come back’: 2 Rankin Inlet men help chase polar bear out of town

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 15:37
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People in Rankin Inlet woke up to heavy fog Wednesday morning — and news of a polar bear right in their community. 

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Society Society (Canada) 

Dene Nation seeks approval to search 15 residential school sites for unmarked graves

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 15:03
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Warning: This story discusses children missing at residential schools.  Dene Nation is proposing to search 15 residential school sites in

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