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Day after nurse sit-in in western Nunavik, union denounces employer actions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2023 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 08:54
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The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer

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Featured • Zone 2 Science Science (Canada) 

Weasel ‘discovery’ in Nunavik highlights gap between local knowledge and research

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 10:28
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Residents of Salluit, Que., regularly see weasels.  But you wouldn’t know it from the science journals. A researcher has, for

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For Nunavik Inuit, care closer to home could cut down on stressful medical travel

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 11:36
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By Leah Hendry, Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Plans for new hospital could reduce the number of patients forced to travel south If

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Inuit come to Montreal for medical care. Patients say lodge riddled with problems

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 19, 2022 at 09:50
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By Benjamin Shingler, Leah Hendry · CBC News · Ullivik’s newly named director, its 5th since 2020, says she’s committed to creating a welcoming

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Class action lawsuit on behalf of Nunavik crime victims gets the go-ahead

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 15:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 15:10
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A class action lawsuit on behalf of crime victims in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, has got the

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Head of Montreal hospital should assist Nunavik health board, province suggests

Julie Marceau, Radio-Canada @julie_marceau
Posted: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 15:38
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To establish confidence in the Nunavik health-care system, Quebec’s Health Ministry has proposed that the region’s health board hire the

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Ottawa exhibition spotlights the art and artists of Nunavik

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 2, 2022 at 17:20 — Last Updated: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 08:34
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A exhibition spotlighting the art and artists of Nunavik opened this Friday in Ottawa with a view to showcasing the

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Former candidates call to improve elections for Indigenous voters in Quebec

Susan Bell, CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 2, 2022 at 09:16
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Missing names and missing voter cards, candidates say too many northern voters turned away Two Indigenous candidates who ran — and

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Nunavik: Demands for health network to be put under trusteeship

Julie Marceau, Radio-Canada @julie_marceau
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 18:23 — Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2022 at 08:24
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“We’re not sinking: we’re sunk.” A worker shortage, coupled with poor management of the Nunavik health care system, is creating

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Armed threat alert in Salluit, Que., cancelled Monday after suspect arrested

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10:14
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An investigation is ongoing by Nunavik Police Service Police have made an arrest after an alert was issued Monday for

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Youth protection officials in Nunavik say they can no longer ensure children’s well-being

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 09:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 09:28
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By Rachel Watts · CBC News Social workers babysitting children in their offices because of foster family shortage Youth protection workers in

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Quebec police warn Salluit residents to stay inside as armed suspect sought

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 14, 2022 at 14:30
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Quebec provincial police are warning residents of the northern village of Salluit to stay inside as they search for an

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Quebec coroner links infant deaths in Nunavik to overcrowded housing

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 4, 2022 at 08:53
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A coroner’s report looking into the death of a three-month-old infant in Quebec’s northern Nunavik region in 2021 says overcrowding

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Culture Culture (Canada) Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Puvirnituq students turn slimy, smelly fish skins into strong, supple leather

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 13:57
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It’s a material many people never encounter outside of museums or cultural gatherings — a strong, supple leather decorated with

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

Kathy Kettler becomes 1st Inuk appointed to chief of staff position

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2022 at 11:32
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An Inuk woman has been promoted to chief of staff of Minister Dan Vandal’s office at Northern Affairs Canada —

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