Canadian eastern Arctic: Iqaluit mayor won’t seek re-election
Iqaluit, Nunavut Mayor Madeleine Redfern will not run in the upcoming municipal election. Redfern made the announcement at a city
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Violence against Indigenous women: Northwest Territories gov not yet committing to recommendations
The N.W.T. government is not yet committing to act on all the recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered
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Northerners welcome changes to Canada’s Nutrition North program, but wish for more
People across the North are pleased to see changes to Nutrition North, the federal program that aims to make food
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U.S. ratifies moratorium on fishing in High Arctic seas
The United States has become the fourth jurisdiction after Canada, the European Union and Russia to ratify a landmark international
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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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Nunavut signs devolution agreement-in-principle with Canada, Inuit organization
Nunavut has reached an agreement-in-principle on devolution with the government of Canada and the territorial Inuit organization. Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations
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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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Judge ignored Indigenous sentencing report while giving Inuk man open-ended sentence, appeals court rules
A trial judge unfairly ignored an Inuk man’s abusive and violent upbringing when slapping him with an indeterminate prison sentence
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Canadian elections: Muskrat Falls inuk protester Beatrice Hunter to seek centre-left NDP nomination for Labrador
Beatrice Hunter, who was jailed for 10 days for refusing to promise to stay away from the Muskrat Falls construction
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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills
A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make
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Justin Trudeau rehashes old federal funding in housing announcement for Nunavut territory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rehashed the existing federal funding streams for housing in Nunavut in an announcement Friday morning in
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Marine protected area in Canada’s eastern Arctic comes with $55M for Inuit communities, PM announces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic on Thursday to announce $54.8 million for Inuit
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