What Permanent Fund Dividend checks do for jobs, crime and health in Alaska
The checks qualified Alaskans receive each year give residents some extra cash. But the Permanent Fund Dividend, or PFD, could
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Indigenous women and girls: advocates demand federal plan before October election
A coalition of human rights advocates is imploring the federal government to act now on decades of recommendations to address
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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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Career criminal was snatching eggs from rare birds around the world – including in Northern Quebec
When U.K. border officials nabbed 56-year-old smuggler Jeffrey Lendrum at Heathrow Airport in June, he was sporting an unseasonably heavy
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Alaska: When stepping back into prison is a jump forward on the road to recovery
Alexandria Niksik has been in and out of prison for seven years. Her most recent return home only lasted 16
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Nowhere to run for bank robber in Arctic Svalbard
There were few ways to escape for the man who robbed the bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Friday. He threatened with
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Why Alaska’s US senators oppose a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill
With help from the Trump White House, a criminal justice reform bill is cruising through Congress. The First Step Act
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Indigenous man in Northern Canada who was denied interpreter in court granted mistrial
A man whose first language is Tlicho, but who was never given an interpreter in court, has been granted a
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Canada’s substance use costs per person highest in Northern territories, study shows
Canada’s northern territories are spending the most per capita on costs related to substance use, according to a report released
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Commission hears about strained relations between Quebec’s Inuit and northern police force
The fractured relationship between Inuit and police in Arctic Quebec is reflected in Johnny Anautak’s tears, anger and disappointment. His
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Canadian Arctic: two arrests in connection with grocery store fire in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Two youths have been arrested with arson charges pending in connection with a fire that destroyed the warehouse of Iqaluit,
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Judge rules three-year mandatory minimum ‘abhorrent and intolerable’ in Canada’s east-Arctic
A Nunavut judge has struck down a three-year mandatory minimum firearms sentence as cruel and unusual punishment. It’s yet another
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Kwasi Benjamin sentenced to life in prison for 2nd-degree murder of Inuk woman Nellie Angutiguluk in Montreal
A judge has sentenced 32-year-old Kwasi Benjamin to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years, for
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Archdiocese in Alaska orders independent review to address possible sexual abuse
The Catholic Archdiocese in Anchorage, southern Alaska announced Wednesday it will take a close look at possible sexual abuse within
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Violence against Indigenous women still a hot topic for Alaska Federation of Natives
The three-day-long Alaska Federation of Natives Convention wrapped up on Saturday. This year’s theme was Innovation in the past, present
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