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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Nunavik’s first in-region university program aims to recruit more teachers
By Samuel Wat New course would reduce time for Nunavik teachers to train up Nunavik will soon have its first
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Teachers vote to approve deal with Nunavik school board
By Félix Lebel, Francis Tessier-Burns Recently, 90 per cent of teachers and 95 per cent of support staff voted in favour
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Leaders across Nunavik want utilidors for water. Experts say it’s not easy.
Money and permafrost are the main barriers, experts say As Puvirnituq, Que., continues to grapple with its water shortage, officials
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Nunavik school board working to bring post-secondary education to the region
By Samuel Wat There is currently no college or university campus in Nunavik Nunavik’s school board, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (KI), has
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UPDATED: Rebecca Chartrand appointed minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs
Rebecca Alty named minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Rebecca Chartrand new minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs New members of Parliament
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