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Group seeking Alaska governor recall sues over rejected application

Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau
Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 10:47 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 10:48
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The group seeking to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has sued over the rejection of its recall application. Recall Dunleavy filed

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Alaska gov disputes public defender caseloads, but recommends reforms

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 11:44
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration unveiled a new report that looks at the status of public defenders across Alaska. It

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Offender in Northern Canada wins appeal, overturns banishment from his community

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 10:35
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A Nunavut, Northern Canada man convicted of sexual assault and breaking and entering is no longer going to be banished

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Judge ignored Indigenous sentencing report while giving Inuk man open-ended sentence, appeals court rules

Elias Abboud, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 11:30
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A trial judge unfairly ignored an Inuk man’s abusive and violent upbringing when slapping him with an indeterminate prison sentence

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Nursing shortage at obstetrics unit in Northern Canadian city leads to workplace complaint, appeal

Alyssa Mosher, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 09:34
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The manager of approximately 90 nurses at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories is appealing a conduct committee’s decision

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Canadian gov directs $1.8M to legal support for Nunavut’s women and children

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 11:32
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The federal government gave three projects in Nunavut $1.8 million to educate residents on the legal protections that exist for

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Lawyers in Yellowknife, Northern Canada push back at courthouse bail hearing ban

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 15:43
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Criminal defence lawyers have gone to court to fight an “unwritten policy” recently enacted by Justices of the Peace in

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U.S. Attorney General hears from Indigenous leaders about justice problems in rural Alaska

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 10:39
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U.S. Attorney General William Barr met with Alaska Native leaders from around the state Wednesday in Anchorage to discuss law

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A Canadian first: Federal court issues decision in Indigenous Cree and Dene languages

David Thurton, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 09:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 14:42
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In a bid to make the justice system more accessible, Canada’s Federal Court has issued its first ruling in Cree

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Russia canceled polar cruise ship leases, Canadian company says

Tom Ayers, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 13:52 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 14:57
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There will be two fewer cruise ships stopping in Sydney, N.S. (Atlantic Canada), this summer. One Ocean Expeditions said in

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Canada: Opponents to proposed Indian day school settlement make voices heard

Lenard Monkman, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 12:01
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First Nations lawyers who object to the proposed federal Indian day school settlement held a rally Wednesday outside the Winnipeg,

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Alaska: Mining opponents ask for investigation into Pebble’s parent company

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 13:37 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 13:45
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Two groups hoping to stop the Pebble Mine, in southcentral Alaska, are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate

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‘It’s the worst way to lose a daughter,’ says father of 14-year-old murder victim in Arctic Quebec

Catou MacKinnon, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 10:58
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Jobie Epoo’s voice cracks when he talks about his daughter, Bethany Nastapoka Epoo. “When she was a little baby, before

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Canada: First Nations, lawyers fight day school agreement, say process is being rushed

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 15:16
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One of Canada’s largest Indigenous organizations and a group of law firms from across the country are all fighting to

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Finnish nuclear safety investigator suspected of conflict of interest

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 10:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 10:22
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The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has suspended a detective suspected of official misconduct. He was detained on Monday and

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