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Class action lawsuit on behalf of Nunavik crime victims gets the go-ahead

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 15:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 15:10
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A class action lawsuit on behalf of crime victims in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, has got the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Labrador Inuit beneficiary among appointees to provincial Supreme Court in Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021 at 15:08
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David Lametti, Canada’s minister of justice and attorney general, filled the four vacancies on the Supreme Court in the Atlantic

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Man gets life sentence for murder of Nunavik teen Robert Adams in Arctic Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 20:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:51
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KUUJJUAQ, Quebec – A 34 year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday in the 2018 killing of Nunavik

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit focus in violence inquiry important for Arctic Canada, conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 17:09 — Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:04
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Canada’s landmark inquiry into violence against Indigenous women was a wake-up call for the nation and continues to have important

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Inadequate shelter services in Arctic Canada imprison Inuit women in cycle of violence: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 09:52
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The lack of women’s shelters, transition lodging and second-stage housing services is keeping Inuit women trapped in an ongoing cycle

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Report on violence against Indigenous women a ‘wake-up call’ for Canada, says Pauktuutit president

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 16:21 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:35
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The final report on violence against Indigenous woman in Canada should serve as a wake-up call for the country, but 

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

As provincial budget approaches, Quebec Bar sounds alarm on dire state of Nunavik justice system

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 11:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:38
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With the Quebec provincial budget scheduled for later this month, the Quebec Bar Association is demanding immediate, short-term investments to

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

New community justice centre opens in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 16:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:38
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A new community justice centre has been set up in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, and was officially

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Lack of staff forces legal aid closure in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:37
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The legal aide office in Kuujjuaq, the administrative capital of the Inuit region of Nunavik, Quebec, will be temporarily shut

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Lawyer hopes guilty verdict in death of Inuk mother helps restore faith in Canadian justice system

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 11:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 15:42
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A Canadian Crown prosecutor says he hopes the guilty verdict in the Montreal death of an Inuk mother, helps restore

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General Society Society (USA) USA 

After budget cuts and crime spikes, Alaska prosecutors struggle to keep up

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2018 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Friday, January 12, 2018 at 15:09
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The State of Alaska does not have enough criminal attorneys, and is struggling to prosecute violent crimes, according to officials

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Court ruling on Inuit consultation a ‘wake-up call’ for Canadian government says lawyer

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 19:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 19:35
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A ruling by Canada’s Supreme Court this week that Inuit must be sufficiently consulted before projects affecting their communities are approved, will

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Sea ice at dusk in Clyde River, Nunavut. Photo Eilís Quinn.
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Canada’s Supreme Court quashes seismic testing project in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 15:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 12:32
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Canada’s Supreme Court  has quashed a major energy exploration project in Canada’s eastern Arctic saying Inuit were insufficiently consulted. “The

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Recent attacks on domestic animals in northern Sweden has led to politicians authorizing a protective hunt through August 20, 2015. (iStock)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

More wolves can be culled after Supreme Court decision

Radio Sweden
Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 00:46 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 14:57
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A cull of 24 wolves will be allowed from 2nd January 2017, after a Swedish court decision this week, which

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Mining company LKAB won’t pay for earthquake damage to homes in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 15:19
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People living in the arctic towns of Kiruna and Malmberget say their homes have been damaged by earthquakes caused by

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