Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet
Nunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin
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Inuit land claims org mulls law suit against Nunavut over change to tax law for Inuit-owned land
‘The GN has refused to address Inuit concerns,’ Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. alleges Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) is considering legal action
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What northern Canadians want from the upcoming throne speech
Next week, Governor General Julie Payette will take to the throne in Canada’s Senate chamber to deliver the Liberal government’s
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Inuit leaders applaud UN move to designate International Decade of Indigenous Languages
International Inuit leaders applauded the UN move on Wednesday to proclaim 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. “We,
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Canadian FedElxn 2019: Liberals hang on to western Arctic, centre-left NDP takes east
The Liberal Party was able to hang on to Canada’s western Arctic in the federal elections on Monday, while the
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Nunavut signs devolution agreement-in-principle with Canada, Inuit organization
Nunavut has reached an agreement-in-principle on devolution with the government of Canada and the territorial Inuit organization. Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations
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No big shake-up in Nunavut budget, territorial Inuit org says
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. feels the second budget from this government is just more of the same. Aluki Kotierk, president of
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Canada’s Inuit leaders hope progress is not lost in Trudeau’s latest cabinet shuffle
Inuit leaders are reacting to a recent cabinet shuffle by the federal government, with the leader of an organization representing
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Canada to apologize for treatment of Inuit with tuberculosis in mid-20th century
The federal government is poised to apologize for how it treated Inuit who were plucked from their communities across the
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Out-dated attitudes, deficient infrastructure, block Inuit from Arctic science, G7 summit hears
Inuit are ready to work with southern scientists on the big climate and scientific questions facing the planet, but need
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