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‘Fighting a losing battle’: Ungava voter turnout is again lowest in Quebec

Susan Bell, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 09:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 09:09
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Election results in the northern riding of Ungava in Monday’s Quebec provincial election have led to renewed calls for more

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Former Kuujjuaq mayor named Liberal candidate for Ungava in Quebec election

Jane George, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 11:36
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Tunu Napartuk faces two challengers in the Oct. 3 provincial election Tunu Napartuk, a former mayor of Kuujjuaq, Que., will

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Vet clinic under construction in Kuujjuaq will be game changer, says project leader

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 16:06
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The recent funding announcement allowing for a permanent veterinary clinic in Nunavik has been a long time coming, and those

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Nunavik artist says working on giant qulliq carving for recovery centre in Arctic Quebec “an honour”

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 4, 2022 at 10:26
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The artist responsible for the giant stone qulliq carving for the new Nunavik recovery centre in northern Quebec says participating

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Nunavik’s courts are struggling to deliver justice to Inuit population

Daniel Leblanc, Radio-Canada @danlebla
Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 15:46
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1 in 6 adults in Nunavik is brought in front of the justice system each year, prompting calls for reform

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Active COVID-19 cases in Nunavik, Quebec rise to 212

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 10:56
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The regional health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, reported 23 new active COVID-19 cases on Tuesday,

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Vaccination coverage in Nunavik, Quebec increases to 45 per cent of population, active COVID-19 cases at 114

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 15:41
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Vaccination numbers in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, went up slightly between September 19 and October 19, but

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71 total active COVID-19 cases in Nunavik in northern Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 25, 2021 at 08:59
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As of Sunday night, Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, was reporting 71 active COVID-19 cases.  Five communities remain

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COVID-19 cases in Nunavik associated with Kangiqsualujjuaq infection, community put on red alert; 54 cases in region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 16:01 — Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 16:04
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Health investigators in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, have traced a slew of recent COVID-19 cases to an

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Nunavik crime victims systematically shut out of Quebec compensation program

Daniel Leblanc, Radio-Canada @danlebla
Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 14:31
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Court documents allege victims of violence in Nunavik are largely neglected by compensation regime In 2020, Quebec awarded $152 million

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Man gets life sentence for murder of Nunavik teen Robert Adams in Arctic Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 20:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:51
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KUUJJUAQ, Quebec – A 34 year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday in the 2018 killing of Nunavik

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Career criminal was snatching eggs from rare birds around the world – including in Northern Quebec

CBC Radio
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 09:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 09:51
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When U.K. border officials nabbed 56-year-old smuggler Jeffrey Lendrum at Heathrow Airport in June, he was sporting an unseasonably heavy

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Petition to get suicide crisis declared in Arctic Quebec breaks 50,000 signatures

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 09:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:36
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Long-time Inuit advocate Mary Simon has started a campaign to get the number of deaths by suicide in Nunavik recognized

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[SPECIAL REPORT] Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 at 12:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:34
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When Bernie Adams’ 19-year-old son Robert was stabbed to death in the Inuit village of Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec in March 2018,

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Young Inuit leaders in northern Quebec optimistic about future, despite bleak suicide stats

Elias Abboud, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 09:32
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Lucasi Iyaituk wants to be mayor of his home community Puvirnituq one day. The 18-year-old says it with a smile.

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