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Offender in Northern Canada wins appeal, overturns banishment from his community

10 October 2019 10 h 35 min Beth Brown, CBC News 0 Comments crime, Inuit, justice, legal, Nunavut, remote communities, sexual assault, women

A Nunavut, Northern Canada man convicted of sexual assault and breaking and entering is no longer going to be banished

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Norway to open new rescue base in Arctic to deal with rising ship traffic

7 October 2019 16 h 08 min — 11 October 2019 13 h 23 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, search and rescue, tromso

Search-and-rescue efforts in the European Arctic will with the new helicopter base be strengthened as industry, tourism and military all

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Inuit focus in violence inquiry important for Arctic Canada, conference hears

3 October 2019 17 h 09 min — 4 October 2019 12 h 04 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments courts, First Nations, Inuit, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Pauktuutit, policing

Canada’s landmark inquiry into violence against Indigenous women was a wake-up call for the nation and continues to have important

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Indigenous children who died in residential school commemorated in Quebec

2 October 2019 15 h 59 min Jamie Pashagumskum, CBC News 0 Comments Canadian Museum of History, First Nations, Gatineau, indigenous, Inuit, Metis, quebec, reconciliation, residential schools

A moving and sombre ceremony held Monday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., near Ottawa, included the

Countries Featured Featured • Zone 2 Finland General SOCIETY Society

Finland’s population could begin falling in 2031

30 September 2019 16 h 17 min — 30 September 2019 16 h 24 min Yle News 0 Comments children, demographics, depopulation

Statistics Finland’s projection, published on Monday, gives backing to often heard predictions that the country’s population will soon go into

Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 3 General SOCIETY Society

Organization representing Canadian Inuit adopts unified Inuktut orthography

27 September 2019 15 h 12 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments indigenous, indigenous languages, Inuinnaqtun, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuktitut, Inuktut, Inuvialuktun

Inuit in Canada are getting a unified orthography for the first time since Inuktut writing systems were introduced by Christian

Featured Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Highlights SOCIETY Society

Fewer babies baptised in Finland, but Christianity ‘still strong’ in the north, statistics show

17 September 2019 11 h 16 min — 17 September 2019 11 h 18 min Yle News 0 Comments Baptism, Birth, children, Christianity, church, Diocese, Finland, Lapland, religion

There has been a sharp decline in the number of babies baptised in Finland. According to statistics from the Population

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Inuvialuit knowledge helps mariners choose wildlife-friendly routes in Western Arctic

13 September 2019 16 h 15 min Kate Kyle, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous knowledge, Inuit, Inuvialuit, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, wildlife, WWF-Canada

Mariners travelling through waters in Canada’s Western Arctic have a new tool to help them mitigate impacts to wildlife and

Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 3 General SOCIETY Society

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation archives added to UNESCO world register

12 September 2019 13 h 50 min — 13 September 2019 10 h 12 min Lenard Monkman, CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, history, indigenous, Inuit, reconciliation, residential schools, UNESCO

The collection of archives, personal stories and photos of residential school survivors at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

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Yellowknife, Northern Canada hospital receives $2M anonymous donation

29 August 2019 14 h 04 min CBC News 0 Comments children, hospital, mental health, Northwest Territories, NWT, Yellowknife

An anonymous donor has given $2 million to the Stanton Territorial Hospital for a three-year mental health program for youth

Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 3 General SOCIETY Society

Man in Arctic Canada found guilty of killing polar bear without tag

28 August 2019 14 h 22 min — 28 August 2019 15 h 53 min Katie Toth, CBC News 0 Comments bears, crime, hunting, justice, Northwest Territories, NWT, polar bears, wildlife

A man who killed a polar bear on an isolated island in Canada’s Arctic cannot claim self-defence because he got

Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 2 General SOCIETY Society

Judge sends sex offender back to Arctic Canadian community despite lack of treatment

27 August 2019 10 h 49 min — 27 August 2019 11 h 02 min Richard Gleeson, CBC News 0 Comments crime, justice, mental health, Northwest Territories, NWT, Tuktoyaktuk, women

The Northwest Territories newest judge recently faced a challenge N.W.T. judges have been confronting for decades — what to do

Countries General Norway SOCIETY Society

Population declining in Arctic Norway

26 August 2019 14 h 55 min — 26 August 2019 14 h 57 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments demography, depopulation, Finnmark, Nordland, Troms

Shrinking population also in cities like Tromsø, Harstad and Mo i Rana during first half of 2019. Population is down

Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 2 General SOCIETY Society

Nunavut lags behind rest of Canada for child care use, stats show

26 August 2019 11 h 00 min Angela Hill, CBC News 0 Comments children, daycare, employment, Nunavut, work

Susie Kununak wants to work in an office and wants to support her community of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in Arctic

Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 3 General SOCIETY Society

Northern Canada: Nunavut, Nunavik face major teacher shortages as school year begins

21 August 2019 14 h 58 min Angela Hill, CBC News 0 Comments education, indigenous, Inuit, Nunavik, Nunavut

Teacher shortages are continuing across Nunavut and Nunavik for another year, with both regions continuing to hire even as schools

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