Sami in Sweden start work on structure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Swedish government announced 1.2 million Swedish kroner (approximately $170,00 CDN) this month for the Sami Paliament to begin laying
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Canada’s Northwest Territories: Former Métis leader says day school settlement forms ‘misleading’
A former N.W.T. Métis Council president alleges that day school settlement forms are “misleading” survivors away from the rightful money they deserve.
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Arctic Canada : Lawyer wants man in violent Kinngait arrest video to join his class action
A lawyer is trying to get in touch with the Kinngait man who, earlier this month, was captured on video
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Canadian coast guard crew await COVID-19 tests before Arctic season
The Canadian Coast Guard starts its Arctic season in about two weeks, and it’s still not sure where COVID-19 tests
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Violence by Canadian federal police against Inuit: few are stopping systemic racism, Indigenous leaders say
To address the systemic racism against Indigenous people shown by police forces such as the RCMP, Canadian leaders need to look
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Nunavut leaders call for systematic review of Canada’s federal police
A growing number of Nunavut leaders are calling for a territory-wide systemic review of the federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Inuit women in Canada’s Arctic suffer ‘unnecessary violence’ from police, legal aid board says
WARNING: Details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Inuit in Nunavut, especially women, suffer systemic police abuse,
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Man in violent Canadian Arctic arrest video wants officer charged, minister says he’s ‘outraged’
The federal Indigenous Services minister says he’s “outraged” and “pissed” by the continuing pattern of police violence against Indigenous people
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Sweden to lift domestic travel restrictions in mid-June
People without Covid-19 symptoms will be allowed to travel within Sweden from June 13th, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced on
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COVID-19 travel restrictions relaxed in Inuit region of Atlantic Canada
Travel between communities in the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is now permitted as
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Airline shutdown creates new challenges for rural Alaska
In April, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atqasuk’s tribal co-ordinator Millie Frankson received word that the grocery order
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Inuit orgs mark anniversary of landmark Canadian report on violence against Indigenous women
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the release of Canada’s landmark report on violence against Indigenous women, and Inuit organizations
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Sweden’s top epidemiologist admits he got COVID-19 strategy wrong
Sweden should have put more measures in place to fight the spread of the coronavirus from an early stage, state
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Iceland and Greenland implement COVID-19 testing for travellers
Iceland and neighbouring Greenland have slowly been reopening their economies for several weeks, and this month have implemented COVID-19 testing
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Swedish protest over George Floyd’s death to take place online due to pandemic
Demonstrations have spread across the globe following the death of a black man in the United States after a white
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