71 total active COVID-19 cases in Nunavik in northern Quebec
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Quebec’s northern Inuit region looks for solution to suicide crisis
As people in Kuujjuaq prepared to bury two young people Tuesday — the latest victims of apparent suicides — the
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Emergency meetings begin as Quebec’s Inuit region grapples with string of suicides
As winter approaches in Quebec’s Arctic region, the sun doesn’t rise very high in the crisp, blue sky. It hangs
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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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