Ottawa pledges $1.16-million for justice programs by Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada
Ottawa has pledged $1.16-million through its Indigenous Justice Program to help support programs set up by the Inuit government in
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‘Indian boarding home’ survivors in the North eligible to receive thousands of dollars in compensation
Indigenous northerners who were housed in private boarding homes to attend public schools in the latter half of the 20th
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Russia summons Norwegian ambassador over drone pilots
Robert Kvile, Oslo’s new ambassador to Moscow, was told Monday by Russia’s foreign ministry that charges against Russian citizens for
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Election Spotlight: Justice in Nunavik
The dysfunction of the justice system in northern Quebec is increasingly making headlines, with everyone from Nunavik residents, to Inuit
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Finnish Sámi activists win fishing rights case
The Supreme Administrative Court has acquitted Sámi activists of breaking fishing rules on the Tenojoki river, in a ruling that
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Canadian Inuit and Métis leaders met cardinals, Vatican officials to pursue justice
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Métis and Inuit leaders, who met the Pope at the Vatican last week, return
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Violence Against Women bill would expand power of up to 30 Alaska tribal courts
To help tackle the high rates of violence in Alaska Native villages, a bill in Congress would expand tribal court
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Nunavut mine expansion won’t harm narwhals or seals, company says
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation says its proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine on north Baffin Island won’t cause any lasting
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Nunavik justice issues “extremely important” to tackle, says Quebec government
Tackling longstanding issues in the Nunavik justice system are “extremely important” and are being actively worked on by the government,
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Quebec Inuit org. calls lack of police, justice reform “ticking catastrophe in modern times”
Makivik Corporation, the organization that represents Inuit in the Canadian province of Quebec, is calling for an overhaul to the
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Civil liberties in Arctic Canada need to be monitored amidst pandemic, experts say
Civil liberties experts say governments across Canada, including in the North, need to be extra cautious when putting legally binding public health
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Russian mother who lost son in army wins case at European Court of Justice
The Human Rights Court in Strasbourg concludes that the Russian Military failed to investigate properly the death of Konstantin Luzyanin
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Canadian mining company Baffinland faces millions in liens over stalled expansion project in Arctic
Construction companies are taking steps to make sure they’ll get paid for work they did for Baffinland’s Mary River Mine.
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Swedish Sami and hunters react to historic win over state in land use case
The Supreme Court, in Stockholm, was packed with people, most in traditional Sami dress, waiting for the result of a
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Sami indigenous village wins historic land use case over Swedish state
The Supreme Court has granted a Sami association in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on
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