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Ottawa pledges $1.16-million for justice programs by Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 15:44
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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

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:17
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 11:39
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:19 — Last Updated: Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 13:22
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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

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 10:39
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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

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2022 at 12:19
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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

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 11:06
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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

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 1, 2021 at 18:11
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:54
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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”

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 17:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:51
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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

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2020 at 10:03
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 11:04
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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

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 12:31
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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

Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:32 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:09
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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

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:08
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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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