Police in Northern Quebec seize vodka bottles, 94% alcohol
Police in Nunavik (Inuit region of Northern Quebec) say they seized a large quantity of booze — including 24 litres
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Inmates in Northern Canadian jail say conditions deteriorating since June riot
WARNING: This story contains some explicit language Some inmates at the Baffin Correctional Centre say conditions have gotten worse for
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Northern Canadian community adjusting to end of liquor ban
The chief of Behchoko (Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories) says there have been more public disturbances related to alcohol
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Director of decrepit jail in eastern Canadian Arctic expects more riots
When the supervisor at the Baffin Correctional Centre (BCC) started their shift on last Wednesday night, their staff told them
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Canada’s federal police faces $1.1B lawsuit over bullying and harassment claims
Canada’s national police force is facing a mammoth $1.1-billion lawsuit — believed to be the biggest in the force’s history
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Finland suspends twenty councillors in Lapland town before trial
Twenty Kittilä councillors have been suspended by central government until the conclusion of their trial on charges of abuse of
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Police officers in Alaska villages hired despite criminal record: report
Recent reporting in the Anchorage Daily News has exposed a long-standing problem in Alaska of rural communities hiring village police
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Appeal challenges Alaska’s exclusion of village residents from juries
The Alaska Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a case that could have huge implications for how Alaska village
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Lawyer hopes guilty verdict in death of Inuk mother helps restore faith in Canadian justice system
A Canadian Crown prosecutor says he hopes the guilty verdict in the Montreal death of an Inuk mother, helps restore
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Inquiry on violence against Indigenous woman heads to Arctic Canada
A national inquiry into crimes against Indigenous woman will hold it’s first hearing in the Canadian Arctic next week. The
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Officials in Finnish Lapland decry police department closings
Due to budgetary shortfalls, the Lapland Police Department has announced plans to move the police force from the small town
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More than 150 Alaskan villages excluded from jury duty, can residents get fair trial?
BETHEL — In remote villages all over Alaska, no one ever gets called for state jury duty. To save money,
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Cross-border Nordic policing would better serve Arctic: politician
Swedish police units could be dispatched to neighbouring countries in the Nordic region if they happen to be closer to
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SAD, Sami & sanitation: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Canadian homicide rates highest in North: report
Aboriginal residents made up nearly a quarter of Canada’s homicide victims in 2014 even though they make up only about
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