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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Inuk MP Yvonne Jones hangs on to Labrador riding in Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 07:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 14:04
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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

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 10:32
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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

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 09:56
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: What Canada’s parties are promising

Rhiannon Johnson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 16:09
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian elections: The unique challenges of running in a northern riding

Herb Mathisen, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:05
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Dennis Bevington still wonders if he might have lost an election because Canada dropped a bomb on its own soil.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

North a low priority in Canada’s federal elections

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 10:25
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Lawrence Ruben sighs as he wraps his hands around his coffee mug. He takes his time to think about what

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Housing in Canada’s Nunavut territory: a federal election explainer

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:25
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Climate kicks off Canada’s French-language leaders’ debate, but no mention of Inuit or Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 23:55 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:56
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian Liberal leader makes climate pitch to northerners on Arctic campaign stop

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:24
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Leaders take on climate, Indigenous issues, but Arctic absent from Canadian election debate

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 23:54 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:24
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Incoming MLAs in Northern Canada have long list of asks for new federal gov

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 10:18 — Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 14:47
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A territorial election campaign in the Northwest Territories produced dozens of grand visions for the North — but it’s a

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories, Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 10:37 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 15:43
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A record number of women have been elected to the Northwest Territories 19th Legislative Assembly — making it the jurisdiction

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern Canada: Northwest Territories elections see many incumbents unseated

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 10:36 — Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:03
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In the Northwest Territories communities outside of the capital, only one incumbent fighting for their seat managed re-election in the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern Canada: Election Day in Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 11:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 16:32
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It’s election day across the Northwest Territories, and 58 candidates are seeking to represent voters in the territory’s next legislative

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Sámi Parliament of Finland torn on local rights, urban influence

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 10:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:03
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The nearly-monthlong Sámi Parliament elections entered their final week on Monday, and on Tuesday Finland’s national broadcaster Yle published the

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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