New food bank opens in Kugluktuk, Nunavut
By Mah Noor Mubarik Initiative is meant to help address food insecurity in the community A new emergency food bank
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North Kátł’odeeche First Nation bans 14 people from community amid ongoing drug crisis
‘It was to protect our youth, our elders, our community,’ says Chief Elaine Auger Leaders in Kátł’odeeche First Nation (KFN)
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Shipping industry leaders call for bolstered security, mapping of Arctic water
Shipping industry leaders are calling for the federal government to take action on what they say are security and environmental
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Reindeer stroll through downtown Rovaniemi, delighting tourists
Reindeer don’t usually venture into Rovaniemi’s busiest downtown area, though they are often encountered on the other side of the
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Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canada’s Catholic bishops on a ‘historic day’
By Megan Williams Pope Leo ‘desires that this gift represent a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity,’ Vatican says
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N.W.T. suicide rates stable since 2022 but men still most at risk, report says
By Devon Tredinnick Of the 10 suicides reported in 2024, seven of them were men WARNING: This story discusses suicide.
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Carney in B.C. to unveil next list of recommended nation-building projects, including Iqaluit hydro project
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in northern B.C. on Thursday to announce the latest slew of nation-building projects that’ll be
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Canadian Armed Forces can now wear Indigenous-crafted poppies
By Julia Parrish In a first for Canada’s Armed Forces, officials are allowing serving members to wear Indigenous-crafted poppies on
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Crews working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?
By Becky Bohrer, Gene Johnson, Mark Thiessen More than 1,600 were displaced, many of them now adapting to different way of life
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Multi-year funding ‘transformative’ for N.W.T. organizations focused on homelessness
By Tamara Merritt 2-year funding ‘turned what was once crisis management into a coordinated, effective housing system’ Multi-year funding to
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‘The need is still there,’ says Yukon family about loss of rural nutrition program
It’s what Jordan’s Principle funding is meant for, say Jesse and Amanda Johnston of Watson Lake A family in Watson
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Nunavimmiut have wound back their clocks for the last time
By Samuel Wat Next year the region will permanently move to daylight time, scrapping seasonal time changes Starting next year,
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From MMIWG in U.S. & Canada, to Greenland’s IUD scandal, Inuit women’s summit says ‘no more’
From Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, to this year’s Danish and Greenlandic government apologies
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Limited COVID-19 vaccines available for N.W.T. residents due to spoiled doses
Vaccines will be prioritized to those deemed high-risk Most N.W.T. residents won’t be getting a COVID-19 shot for the time
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Screening clinics for tuberculosis opening up in Inukjuak, Que., amid rising cases across Nunavik
Special screening clinics opening in Inukjuak next week – other villages to follow Mass screening for tuberculosis will take place
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