New Corrections Act brings big changes to jails in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories’ overhaul of its corrections law could be a new model for reconciliation and offer inmates “a light
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Final agreement signed to protect Peel watershed in northwestern Canada
It has taken more than 15 years of consultations, protests, court battles and more consultations — and now a final
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Dene, Métis end self-government talks in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Three land claim organizations in Tulita, N.W.T., have “unanimously” decided to end self-government negotiations with the federal government, according to
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Major land use agreement to be signed in Yukon, northwestern Canada
It has taken more than 15 years of consultations, protests, court battles and more consultations — and now a final
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New Indigenous protected area created in Northern Canada
A remote Indigenous community in Canada’s Northwest Territories is celebrating today the creation of a new Indigenous protected area that
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Northern Canada: Nunavut, Nunavik face major teacher shortages as school year begins
Teacher shortages are continuing across Nunavut and Nunavik for another year, with both regions continuing to hire even as schools
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Young Nunavik leaders bring stories of hope, loss to youth forum in southern Quebec
Victoria Tarqiapik went to Sherbrooke, southeastern Quebec, with a message: something needs to be done to fix the suicide crisis
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Canadian, Icelandic universities team up for migration conference
Canada’s University of Manitoba and the University of Iceland’s Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages at will team up later
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Canada’s federal police launches recruitment program aimed at Nunavut Inuit
RCMP’s V Division wants Nunavut Inuit to join the police force. The Mounties, Canada’s federal police, have partnered with Makigiaqta
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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations
Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern
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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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Reservoir impoundment puts Atlantic Inuit culture at the “point of no return,” says Indigenous leader
The president of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, says the beginning of
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Hear Indigenous language speakers from around the globe through Google Earth
Users of Google Earth are now able to hear over 50 Indigenous language speakers from across the globe saying words
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Twenty-five Indigenous Sami remains returned by museum are reburied in northern Sweden
Twenty-five skulls from indigenous Sami people were laid to rest Friday at a graveyard in northern Sweden, more than 70
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Northern Canada remembers René Fumoleau’s love and dedication to the Dene
Antoine Mountain can still remember René Fumoleau peering over his shoulder while he typed up the rough draft of one
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