Inuit housing strategy in Canada calls for local training to help solve crisis
The Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee has released its strategy for addressing a chronic shortage of housing for Inuit, saying that consistent
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Quebec Inuit pass self-determination resolution
Delegates at the annual general meeting of Makivik Corporation passed a resolution last week supporting negotiations towards self-government in Nunavik,
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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 northern territories among world’s most attractive mining regions for investors, survey says
Canada’s northern territories are among the most attractive jurisdictions in the world to mining companies, according to the latest annual
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Report saying airline merger would jack up prices in Arctic Canada ‘ignorant’ of northern realities, say Inuit orgs
The Inuit organizations behind two of the major airline companies serving the Canadian Arctic lambasted a report from Canada’s Competition
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Canada’s Competition Bureau says Arctic airline merger could bring higher prices, fewer flights
The Competition Bureau says if two Arctic airlines — Canadian North and First Air — merge, it’s likely that prices
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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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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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Canada Goose unveils parkas created by Inuit designers
Inuit designers across Canada will have their traditional parkas displayed around the world. The designers come from nine communities in
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Petition to get suicide crisis declared in Arctic Quebec breaks 50,000 signatures
Long-time Inuit advocate Mary Simon has started a campaign to get the number of deaths by suicide in Nunavik recognized
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Homeless northerners in Montreal stay connected with outreach worker’s photography
Ten years ago, Ammisee Papialuk travelled to Montreal from Kuujjuarapik, a village at the mouth of the Great Whale River
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[SPECIAL REPORT] Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change
When Bernie Adams’ 19-year-old son Robert was stabbed to death in the Inuit village of Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec in March 2018,
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Canada to boost subsidies on flour, frozen fruit in major Nutrition North update
Diapers, macaroni, spaghetti, dried beans and frozen french fries are among the new items now going to be subsidized under
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Language barrier in northern Quebec can make court baffling for Inuit, justice workers say
For Inuit in Quebec accused of breaking the law, the first of many barriers to equal treatment in the justice
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Arctic Quebec: Inuk woman’s botulism symptoms not taken seriously by nurse, widower says
A man from Inukjuak said the failure of a nurse stationed in the Arctic Quebec community to recognize the signs
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