Indigenous issues among focuses of Canadian English federal leaders’ debate
By Peter Zimonjic, John Rieti, CBC News The debate saw heated exchanges on climate, secularism in Quebec, feminism and Indigenous
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Trudeau pledges support for housing and mental health in Canada’s Nunavut territory
Liberal Party leader campaigned in territory with local candidate Pat Angnakak Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau made a campaign stop
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Canada promises ‘transformative change’ to address violence towards Indigenous women and girls
Federal government will give Indigenous communities more control over social services Two years after the National Inquiry into Missing and
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Biden, Trudeau agree to ‘safeguard’ caribou calving grounds in Alaska refuge
Leaders issue joint statement recognizing ‘ecological importance of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’ U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed to
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Inuit gov in Arctic Quebec welcomes federal internet announcement
The Kativik Regional Government (KRG) in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, is welcoming this week’s promise from the
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Canadian PM promises to connect 98% of Canadians, including in North, to high-speed internet by 2026
The Liberal government is promising to spend more than a billion dollars to connect most Canadians to high-speed internet by
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Canada’s PM OKs use of local reserve forces in Arctic Quebec during COVID-19 pandemic
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accepted Quebec’s request on Friday to use the Canadian Rangers, local reserve forces, to assist
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New faces in key northern positions selected for Justin Trudeau’s cabinet
In a ceremony Wednesday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Primer Minister Justin Trudeau named his new cabinet. Northwest Territories Liberal
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North a low priority in Canada’s federal elections
Lawrence Ruben sighs as he wraps his hands around his coffee mug. He takes his time to think about what
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Justin Trudeau, Mike Pompeo discussed Arctic cooperation during Thursday meeting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Canada-U.S. cooperation in the Arctic during Thursday’s
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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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Canadian PM says deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls amount to ‘genocide’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government accepts that the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls across
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Canada’s PM apologizes to Inuit for ‘colonial’ mistreatment of tuberculosis patients
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the federal policy on tuberculosis in the mid-20th century,
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Why are the tuberculosis rates in the Canadian Arctic 290 times those in the rest of the country?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the way the Canadian government treated Inuit patients with tuberculosis
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Trudeau’s offer of Indigenous Services Canada to Wilson-Raybould like ‘asking Nelson Mandela to administer apartheid’
The Canadian prime minister’s attempt to move Jody Wilson-Raybould to the Indigenous Services portfolio was a “deeply humiliating” proposal and
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