Nunavimmiut have wound back their clocks for the last time
By Samuel Wat Next year the region will permanently move to daylight time, scrapping seasonal time changes Starting next year,
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Screening clinics for tuberculosis opening up in Inukjuak, Que., amid rising cases across Nunavik
Special screening clinics opening in Inukjuak next week – other villages to follow Mass screening for tuberculosis will take place
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Nunavik eyes post-secondary education rooted in Inuit culture and offering Western credentials
Education rooted in Inuit culture — but offering recognized Western credentials and based in the North — are among the
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Lack of hotel rooms affects essential services in Nunavik
By Félix Lebel, Francis Tessier-Burns Education, health among services affected by hotel shortage The Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (FCNQ) wants
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Program pairing police and social workers expands to Kuujjuaq, Que.
By Samuel Wat Saqijuq says the aim of the partnership is to avoid calls turning into arrests Kuujjuaq now has
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Nunavik TB action plan to be finalized in coming weeks, says health ministry
By Samuel Wat Earlier this year, Nunavik’s mayors tried to get tuberculosis outbreaks declared a public health emergency Quebec’s Ministry
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18-year-old charged in fatal hit and run in Salluit, Nunavik
18-year-old charged in fatal hit and run in Salluit, Nunavik An 18-year-old woman faces several charges after a fatal hit
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Medevac delays put Nunavik patients at risk, say doctors
By Félix Lebel, Francis Tessier-Burns Health centre in Puvirnituq, Que., had to deal with 3 medevac delays last week A lack
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Police in Nunavik involved in 73 times more fatal shootings than provincial average
By Samuel Wat Recent deaths have sparked calls for reform, and some policing experts say officer training should be examined
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Family of men killed by Nunavik police calling on Quebec for reforms
By Samuel Wat David Annanack acknowledged that his son Mark R Annanack had broken some laws in the past, but
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Nunavik health board proposes hiring private staff to help curb tuberculosis outbreak
By Félix Lebel Facing an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services in northern Quebec
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Scientists say they’ve proven these Canadian rocks are the oldest on Earth
Rocks from northern Quebec formed more than 4 billion years ago, in the Hadean eon In 2008, Canadian researchers led
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Q+A | Nunavik’s tuberculosis outbreaks result of colonial neglect: professor
By Samuel Wat Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn’t treating TB in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the
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Quebec ‘closely monitoring’ TB in Nunavik: minister, doctors call for resources
Region is on track for a 3rd year of record-high cases, says infectious disease lead Quebec’s health minister says the
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Nunavik’s 14 mayors call for public health emergency over tuberculosis cases
Region of northern Quebec facing the highest case count in recent history The mayors of 14 Inuit communities in northern
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