Ex-priest Eric Dejaeger loses conviction appeal in sex offences case in Canada’s Arctic
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: no help available for children in northern Quebec scarred by mother’s murder, court hears
Nellie Angutiguluk’s three children are in dire need of counselling in the wake of their mother’s murder — something which
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Finland’s foreign minister’s presence at anti-abortion event in Canada criticized by Chancellor of Justice
The Chancellor of Justice (which ensures that government bodies and their representatives comply with the law) has condemned Foreign Minister
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Canada: lack of detention facilities in Quebec’s North violates charter rights, says Superior Court
The Public Security Ministry has failed to offer equal services for Inuit people serving minor sentences, a Quebec Superior Court
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Offender who stabbed man in heart in Northern Canada to be released from prison
A man from Kimmirut, Nunavut (Northeast Canada), will be released from prison in a couple of weeks, about four years
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Southern nurse won’t return to Northern Canada after alleged break and enter
A nurse from Nova Scotia (southeastern Canada) says she won’t return to the North after an alleged attempted break and
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Inmates in Northern Canadian jail say conditions deteriorating since June riot
WARNING: This story contains some explicit language Some inmates at the Baffin Correctional Centre say conditions have gotten worse for
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Director of decrepit jail in eastern Canadian Arctic expects more riots
When the supervisor at the Baffin Correctional Centre (BCC) started their shift on last Wednesday night, their staff told them
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Finland suspends twenty councillors in Lapland town before trial
Twenty Kittilä councillors have been suspended by central government until the conclusion of their trial on charges of abuse of
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Police officers in Alaska villages hired despite criminal record: report
Recent reporting in the Anchorage Daily News has exposed a long-standing problem in Alaska of rural communities hiring village police
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Appeal challenges Alaska’s exclusion of village residents from juries
The Alaska Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a case that could have huge implications for how Alaska village
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Major corruption case clouds Russian base projects in Arctic
Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in
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Ex-CEO charged with fraud in Alaska broadband project
The former chief executive of an Alaska company working on a massive fiber optic project in the Arctic is charged
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Ex-Talvivaara mine CEO to appeal environmental crimes conviction
On Thursday an appeals court in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, toughened the conviction of Talvivaara Mining CEO Pekka Perä on environmental
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Swedish mining company found not responsible for poisoning Chileans
The Skellefteå district court dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday against Swedish mining company Boliden that claimed it was responsible for
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