MLAs in Canada’s Yukon territory debate electoral reform process as former clerk rebukes gov
In northwestern Canada, Yukon MLAs have begun to debate a motion establishing an all-party committee on electoral reform, following a
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Caroline Cochrane elected premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Caroline Cochrane, MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake district, has been elected premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada. Cochrane
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Canadian FedElxn 2019: Liberals hang on to western Arctic, centre-left NDP takes east
The Liberal Party was able to hang on to Canada’s western Arctic in the federal elections on Monday, while the
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Labrador MP slams Innu leadership in legal spat over NunatuKavut Inuit self-determination
Moments after her election win sent Yvonne Jones back to Ottawa for a third term, the Labrador MP broke her
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Inuk MP Yvonne Jones hangs on to Labrador riding in Atlantic Canada
Yvonne Jones, the Liberal Party MP in the Labrador riding of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, held
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Residents in Arctic Canadian territory call for Inuktitut on federal election ballots
Some Nunavummiut (residents of Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic) are disappointed that there aren’t Inuktitut ballots for voters in the
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Canadian federal elections: Catch up on Nunavut candidates forum
Three of the four candidates running to become Nunavut’s next member of Parliament participated in an election forum in Iqaluit
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Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: What Canada’s parties are promising
Little time has been spent on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls so far in Canada’s
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Canadian elections: The unique challenges of running in a northern riding
Dennis Bevington still wonders if he might have lost an election because Canada dropped a bomb on its own soil.
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North a low priority in Canada’s federal elections
Lawrence Ruben sighs as he wraps his hands around his coffee mug. He takes his time to think about what
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Housing in Canada’s Nunavut territory: a federal election explainer
Housing is high on the platform lists of all of Nunavut’s federal election candidates, but officials say they have yet
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Climate kicks off Canada’s French-language leaders’ debate, but no mention of Inuit or Arctic
Canada’s federal leaders came out swinging on climate during Thursday’s French-language debate, as global warming increasingly emerges as a dominant
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Canadian Liberal leader makes climate pitch to northerners on Arctic campaign stop
Video: Canadian Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau addresses reporters in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut on Tuesday. The day after
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Leaders take on climate, Indigenous issues, but Arctic absent from Canadian election debate
The leaders of Canada’s six federal parties took to the debate stage in Gatineau, Quebec Monday night, facing off over
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Incoming MLAs in Northern Canada have long list of asks for new federal gov
A territorial election campaign in the Northwest Territories produced dozens of grand visions for the North — but it’s a
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