Canadian government apologizes to Ahiarmiut Inuit for forced relocations in Nunavut
Seventy years after the federal government forcibly relocated Ahiarmuit away from their homeland, it’s apologizing to 21 survivors and their
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Ottawa to apologize for forced relocation of Ahiarmiut Inuit in Nunavut
Between 1949 and 1959, officials with the Canadian government forced Ahiarmiut from their homes in southwestern Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic,
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Nurses in Arctic Canadian village ‘exhausted’ by flu season and staff shortage, patient says
Patients in Arviat, Nunavut (Canadian east-Arctic), say nurses in the community are overworked and overwhelmed as they deal with a
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Communities in Canada’s east-Arctic say Inuit lives need to be protected over polar bear population
In communities along the west coast of Hudson Bay, Nunavummiut are both scared and angered by the increasing number of
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Hunter in Nunavut, Canada calls for changes to polar bear rules after fatal summer attacks
A hunter from Arviat, Nunavut (Canadian east-Arctic), says more and more polar bears are taking over traditional Inuit hunting grounds,
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Man in Northern Canada killed protecting his children from polar bear
The community of Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), is grieving after a local man was killed by a polar bear Tuesday
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Booze restrictions to stay in three Nunavut hamlets
The residents of three hamlets in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut have voted to continue to restrict alcohol in
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