Alleged drug dealer temporarily barred from Selkirk First Nation land
By Ethan Lang As Yukon court considers longer injunction, Brent Nibecker must leave Pelly Crossing by May 5 An alleged
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Labrador Inuit beneficiary among appointees to provincial Supreme Court in Atlantic Canada
David Lametti, Canada’s minister of justice and attorney general, filled the four vacancies on the Supreme Court in the Atlantic
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Greenland, Denmark ministers receive 16 recommendations for improving child welfare in Arctic
The social affairs ministers of Greenland and Denmark have received recommendations for improving child welfare in the Arctic and pledged
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COVID-19 delays delivery of apology to Inuit residential school survivors in Atlantic Canada
The long-planned provincial apology to Inuit residential school survivors in Atlantic Canada has been called off due to continued delays
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Arctic Canada: Cape Dorset council endorses vote to change community name to Kinngait
Cape Dorset is one step closer to its name being officially recognized as Kinngait — one of its traditional names. Kinngait
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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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Sweden to make all laws follow its climate targets
The government has presented Sweden’s first ever ‘climate policy action plan’ which describes how they will work over the next
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut education minister says all parties fairly consulted on controversial education bill
Nunavut’s education minister says his department properly consulted partners on Bill 25, the Act to Amend the Education Act and
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Lack of village police leads to hiring cops with criminal records in Alaska: Anchorage Daily News
In some parts of Alaska, local governments are so desperate for law enforcement they’ve had to hire people with criminal
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As provincial budget approaches, Quebec Bar sounds alarm on dire state of Nunavik justice system
With the Quebec provincial budget scheduled for later this month, the Quebec Bar Association is demanding immediate, short-term investments to
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Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory reflects on Gladue Indigenous sentencing principle
It’s been one year since the Gladue Report Writing Program was launched in Yukon, which formalized the process for creating
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Nunavik gun-owners will have support to comply with registration legislation, says provincial rep for Arctic Quebec
Gun owners in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Quebec, will receive the support necessary to comply with the province’s gun
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Inuit org wants working group with Quebec gov on firearms legislation
Makivik Corporation, the land claims organization that represents the political interests of Quebec Inuit, wants to revisit Quebec’s firearms legislation
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New community justice centre opens in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec
A new community justice centre has been set up in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, and was officially
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Lack of staff forces legal aid closure in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec
The legal aide office in Kuujjuaq, the administrative capital of the Inuit region of Nunavik, Quebec, will be temporarily shut
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