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Baffinland promotes proposed production increase at Nunavut regulator meeting

Jane George, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 15:06
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Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. says it will stop production at its Mary River iron mine, end shipping and cut jobs

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One week after rabies warning, fox attacks person in Arctic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 15:17
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Nunavut’s health department is again warning people in Igloolik to be on the lookout for foxes, this time after someone

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs in Canada’s Nunavut territory delay approving housing corp’s draft budget

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:56
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In the legislature Monday, MLAs chose to delay approval of the Nunavut government’s proposed 2020-2021 capital estimates for its housing

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Pizza with a northern twist: Inuktitut cookbook offers new spin on Inuit cooking

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 10:41 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 13:32
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Its pages feature a smorgasbord of delectable dishes, including ramen, tartare, pizza and stroganoff, but the recipes feature Arctic char,

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic speak out about skin grafts done without consent in 1970s

Kieran Oudshoorn, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 10:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 15:56
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After years of keeping silent, Inuit from Igloolik, Nunavut, say they want answers about medical tests performed on them in

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Canada: Nunavut artist’s work unveiled on Parliament Hill

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 15:10 — Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:38
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A new sculpture by Nunavut (eastern Arctic) artist Bart Hanna will soon be on display in the House of Commons

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Body found at Ottawa landfill ID’d as Susan Kublu-Iqqittuq, missing woman from Arctic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 16:32
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An autopsy has confirmed the body recovered more than a week ago at Ottawa’s Trail Road landfill is that of Susan Kublu-Iqqittuq.

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

No charges against elder in Arctic Canada for killing polar bear and cub

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 13:18 — Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 13:25
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Nunavut’s Department of Environment won’t be charging an elder from Igloolik after he shot and killed a mother polar bear

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Inuit-produced, Haida-language Indigenous film gets recognized by Toronto International Film Festival

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 10, 2018 at 12:04 — Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2018 at 15:48
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An internationally acclaimed producer from Igloolik, Nunavut, can add another accolade to his ​resumé — a Haida film that he

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Ex-priest Eric Dejaeger loses conviction appeal in sex offences case in Canada’s Arctic

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 14:31
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Dejaeger’s appeal related to the amount of jail time awaits written decision The Nunavut Court of Appeal will not grant

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Lack of teachers causes school year delays in Northern Canadian territory

Michelle Pucci, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 10:24
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A teacher shortage has meant classes in at least one community in Nunavut (east-Canadian Arctic) have seen the start of

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Family that fell through ice rescued by passersby in Canadian Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 14:16
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It was a terrifyingly close call for a family with a three-month-old baby last weekend, when they plunged through the

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Lukasi Forrest, Travis Kunnuk and Marie-Helene Cousineau during filming of Uvanga. Cousineau says the group is now working on a feature film about suicide, prompted by the death of a friend a year and a half ago. (Uvanga Facebook page)
Canada Culture Culture (Canada) 

Nunavut filmmakers turn the lens on suicide

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 09:13 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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The co-founder of Arnait Video Productions in Igloolik, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, says the group

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