Residents anxious about drug-related crime in N.W.T.’s South Slave region
By Nadeer Hashmi ‘Quit hiding these people in our communities … let the police know,’ urges Fort Smith mayor Residents
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Finland, Sweden boost security in North with new police cooperation agreement
An agreement between Finland and Sweden to enhance police cooperation in their shared northern border areas officially came into effect
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Lapland court hands suspended prison sentence to juvenile rapist
At the time, the victim was 13 years old and the perpetrator was 16. Both attended the same school. Lapland
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Alaskan authorities intercept Canadians allegedly smuggling drugs, firearms into U.S.
Officials intercepted a boat they say was travelling from Old Crow, Yukon, to Fort Yukon, Alaska Alaskan officials say they
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Woman in custody after two people stabbed in Inuvik apartment building
Two people were hospitalized after they were stabbed in an Inuvik apartment building earlier this week, RCMP say. Police arrested
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Sentencing arguments continue for Whitehorse bar shooter
By Virginie Ann · CBC News Malakal Tuel was found guilty in February of several charges related to 2019 shooting outside bar
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of Nunavut murder case
By Emma Tranter Daniel Hodgson granted leave to appeal on Thursday The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the case
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U.S. commission hears from Alaskans on missing & murdered Indigenous people
Indigenous people in Alaska are murdered and go missing at higher rates than almost anywhere in the country. Vivian Korthuis,
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First Nation in Yukon petitions court to bar alleged drug dealer from community
Selkirk First Nation passed resolution in February to keep alleged dealer out, but say he’s returned The Selkirk First Nation
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Class action lawsuit on behalf of Nunavik crime victims gets the go-ahead
A class action lawsuit on behalf of crime victims in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, has got the
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Nunavut led country in violent crimes in 2021, says Statistics Canada report
The territories also ranked highest in crime severity, the new report shows Nunavut has the highest rate of police-reported violent
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Police respond to rising burglaries in Swedish Lapland
In north Lapland, people are most afraid of home burglaries so the police have set up an organization to react
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Mounties discuss committee findings on 7 sexual assault cases in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Reporting a sexual assault takes guts and few Northwest Territories victims ever come forward, making it all the more important
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Incident involving active shooter in Clyde River now resolved, police say
Canada’s naitonal police force in the Arctic territory of Nunavut say an incident involving an active shooter in the community
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Police investigate suspicious death in Arctic Quebec community
Quebec provincial police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman in Salluit, a community in Nunavik, the Inuit region
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