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Northwestern Canada: Ottawa, Yukon gov’t, First Nations lay groundwork for changes to child care

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:21
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A turning point in the process of giving Yukon First Nations more control over child welfare services has been reached.

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New program to tackle child sexual abuse in Canada’s Nunavut territory

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019 at 14:28
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A new program in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut aims to prevent the sexual abuse of children. Our Children,

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Root problems need to be addressed to fix child and family services in Canada’s Northwest Territories: MLA

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 16:20
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The effort to properly care for and protect the Northwest Territories’ most vulnerable citizens is going to fail until larger

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Ottawa announces compensation for students of Indian Day Schools, $200M legacy fund

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 14:51 — Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 15:15
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Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced today that eligible Indian Day School students will be entitled to thousands of

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Child advocates worry about funding for Canada’s ‘path-breaking’ Indigenous child welfare bill

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 10:27
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An Indigenous child welfare bill tabled Thursday by the federal Liberal government is potentially “path-breaking,” but falls short in guaranteeing

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Inuit, First Nations, Métis welcome Canadian gov’s Indigenous child protection legislation

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 13:34 — Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 09:37
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Canada’s Inuit, First Nations and Métis organizations say they welcome the Indigenous child protection legislation introduced by the federal government

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Not a ‘bad thing’ if Canada’s Nunavut territory sued over bilingual education, says lawyer

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 11:34 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 11:42
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A Nunavut lawyer says it wouldn’t be such a “bad thing” if the government of Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) was

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut legislature to see temporary law to suspend bilingual education deadline

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 10:06 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 09:21
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The right to bilingual education in Nunavut schools (east-Arctic Canada) will likely be temporarily suspended during the winter sitting of

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Arctic Inspiration Prize ceremony comes to Northern Canada for first time

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 14:47
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The 2018 Arctic Inspiration Prize will be handed out in Whitehorse, Yukon on Tuesday evening — marking the first time

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Arctic Canada: Wrongful death lawsuit settled in case of Nunavut’s Baby Makibi

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:37
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A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit against the government of Nunavut and a former nurse in

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First Nations groups want fixes to Canadian gov’s draft child welfare law

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 13:15 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 14:12
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A draft of the federal Liberal government’s proposed Indigenous child welfare bill recently received negative reviews from First Nations representatives

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Fewer than 50,000 births in Finland last year

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:06
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According to preliminary data from Statistics Finland, 47,307 births were recorded in the country last year, a good 3,000 fewer

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Climate change, birth rate should be Finnish gov’s top priorities: report

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 28, 2019 at 11:33
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Finland should pursue a more ambitious climate policy and take steps to counteract the unfavorable decline in population, both developments

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With utilities fixed, focus shifts to childcare needs in wake of Alaska earthquake

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 10:13
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Most city services are getting back to normal in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska after Friday’s major earthquake. Utilities like electricity, water,

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Health and Infrastructure ministers in Northwest Territories, northern Canada, survive non-confidence vote

Garrett Hinchey, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 14:06
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Two N.W.T. cabinet ministers have survived votes to remove them from cabinet, after an emotional and often heated debate of

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