Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, residents petition to close beer and wine store
By Emma Tranter · CBC News Mayor, residents worried about effects of availability of alcohol Some residents in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, say
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Nunavut bars and restaurants can open with full hours next week, says top doctor
All licensed establishments — like bars, clubs and restaurants — in Nunavut will be allowed to open with regular hours
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5 lessons Nunavut can learn from the COVID-19 outbreak in Arctic Quebec
On Thursday, residents of Nunavut received the news they had been dreading: the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified,
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Investigating alcohol smuggling in Arctic Quebec Inuit communities
Alcool is seriously harming many Inuit of Nunavik. Exaggeration or reality? Bootleggers ship cases of alcohol to villages where their
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How one man has made a place for struggling ivory carvers in Anchorage, Alaska
In a cluttered downtown Anchorage, Alaska workshop, Leon Misak Kinneeveauk pondered what to do with small walrus skull on an
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New addictions centre in Northern Quebec to focus on treating whole family
The Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is breaking ground on a new addictions treatment centre in Nunavik this month. The official
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Alaska capital budget vetoes to hit homelessness, addiction treatment
The capital budget signed into law Thursday by Governor Mike Dunleavy puts well over $100 million to work around the
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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills
A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make
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Police to meet hamlet officials after eased liquor rules spawn protest in Arctic Canadian community
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nunavut, Arctic Canada say they are planning to meet with Kugluktuk’s mayor and senior
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City council in Yellowknife, Northern Canada rejects looking into restricting liquor sales and store hours
Yellowknife city councillors rejected an idea from the mayor to start a dialogue with the Northwest Territories government to potentially
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Finland’s six-year slump in alcohol sales ends
The overall sale of alcohol in Finland has been in decline since 2011, but last year that figure went up
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Youth workshop in Arctic Canadian community to focus on safe partying
A Yukon organization is headed to Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (central Arctic), on Tuesday to put on a workshop for young
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Study gives Canada’s northern territories failing grades on curbing alcohol harms
When marked on their efforts to bring down alcohol-related harms, the territories got dismal grades. Two studies released Wednesday from
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How a community in Northern Canada is adapting to the end of alcohol restrictions
Bob Appatok spends his days and nights on the roads of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, chasing down stray
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Mayor in Arctic Canada requests help as alcohol seeps into restricted community
The mayor of Arctic Bay, Nunavut has written a letter to politicians asking for mental health staff for the community
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