Investments in Inuit housing not enough to address human rights violations: watchdog
By Emily Blake · The Canadian Press Underfunding for Inuit housing has ‘taken its toll,’ says Marie-Josée Houle From a family living
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Quebec coroner links infant deaths in Nunavik to overcrowded housing
A coroner’s report looking into the death of a three-month-old infant in Quebec’s northern Nunavik region in 2021 says overcrowding
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Nunavut Legislative Assembly’s fall sitting kicks off this week
There are seven bills to be introduced. Among them is the capital budget he Nunavut Legislative Assembly will be back
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Ambitious plan to create 3,000 homes announced in Nunavut
News release does not say how housing project will be funded An ambitious housing plan for Nunavut was laid out on
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‘No one is really taking care of us’: Little progress made on improving Inuit housing
By Emily Blake · The Canadian Press Meeka Atagootak says the house in Pond Inlet on Nunavut’s Baffin Island that she shares
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Nunavut MP presses minister on ‘desperately needed’ housing in the North
Nunavut’s housing crisis reached Ottawa for the second time this week as NDP MP Lori Idlout pressed Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen
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Wind power to be expanded to all of Sweden
Electricity from wind power needs to quadruple compared to today, if the climate targets are to be met, according the Energy
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Elders, internet and COVID-19 dominate most recent meeting of regional gov in Arctic Quebec
Elders, internet and COVID-19 were the main topics discussed at the most recent Kativik Regional Government council meeting in Nunavik,
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Long-time Inuk social worker says abuse is normalized in Nunavut, Canada households
This is part three of a three-part CBC North series, The Small Abused. The series looks into reporting, prevention and
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Gov’t survey highlights hidden homelessness in Nunavut, Canada
Data from 4 Nunavut communities underscores long-standing housing crisis A survey of more than 320 homes across four Nunavut communities paints
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Inuit in Nunavut, Canada suffer significant infrastructure inequality, report finds
The infrastructure gap puts Inuit in Nunavut at a serious disadvantage, says Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Inuit in Nunavut have far less
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What northern Canadians want from the upcoming throne speech
Next week, Governor General Julie Payette will take to the throne in Canada’s Senate chamber to deliver the Liberal government’s
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After decade of lobbying, Canadian First Nation in Northwest Territories getting $16.8M for infrastructure
After a decade of lobbying, the Salt River First Nation was finally granted $16.8 million worth of funding toward a
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Archeologists create digital blueprints of historic sites on Canadian Arctic island
The impacts of climate change can be hard to notice on an incremental basis, but when archeologist Peter Dawson stepped off
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ANALYSIS: Finances in Canada’s Northwest Territories leave little wiggle room ahead of budget
Caroline Wawzonek has promised to be creative as numbers paint a grim picture Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek has a challenge
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