Indigenous communities consider banishment for drug crime, a lawyer explains
Lawyer Marc Gibson explains how a community could banish someone and what they should consider As many N.W.T. communities grapple
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Drugs and handgun seized after luxury vehicle stopped on Sahtu winter road, say RCMP
Bust described by RCMP superintendent as a ‘significant disruption’ to the drug trade Two men from Alberta are facing a
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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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Drug-related charges have nearly doubled in N.W.T. since 2020, RCMP say
By Jocelyn Shepel Cocaine the most commonly-seized illicit drug in the territory, according to police Drug-related charges in the N.W.T. have
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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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Drug smugglers exploiting snow and ice in northern Sweden
Criminal gangs are exploiting winter conditions in northern Sweden’s large unguarded border routes to smuggle narcotics into Finland and Norway,
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8 people died from substance use in Yukon last month, coroner says
‘This substance use crisis continues to be horribly difficult,’ says chief coroner Yukon’s coroner provided another grim reminder on Friday
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Alleged drug dealer temporarily barred from Selkirk First Nation land
By Ethan Lang As Yukon court considers longer injunction, Brent Nibecker must leave Pelly Crossing by May 5 An alleged
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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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‘A little hope’: Residents of Mayo, Yukon, hope to forge path forward through drug crisis
People in Mayo, Yukon, say they came out of a town hall meeting Monday night with some hope and faith
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Town hall meeting called in Mayo, Yukon, to talk about drug crisis
The mayor of Mayo, Yukon, has called a town hall meeting for Monday evening to talk about drugs and violence in
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How one man has made a place for struggling ivory carvers in Anchorage, Alaska
In a cluttered downtown Anchorage, Alaska workshop, Leon Misak Kinneeveauk pondered what to do with small walrus skull on an
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Online cannabis sales won’t ‘dent’ illegal market, says minister in Northern Canadian territory
The Nunavut government, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, says it can’t undercut black market cannabis sales without a physical retail store.
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Operation uncovers flood of painkillers reaching rural Alaska by mail
An operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies has turned up a previously undocumented drug problem spread
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New addictions centre in Northern Quebec to focus on treating whole family
The Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is breaking ground on a new addictions treatment centre in Nunavik this month. The official
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