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Nunavut signs devolution agreement-in-principle with Canada, Inuit organization

16 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments devolution, Inuit, legislation, Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik

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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Canada’s federal police launches recruitment program aimed at Nunavut Inuit

15 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Inuit, Nunavut, police, RCMP

RCMP’s V Division wants Nunavut Inuit to join the police force. The Mounties, Canada’s federal police, have partnered with Makigiaqta

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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations

14 August 201916 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments Baffin Island, Carolyn Bennett, colonialism, history, indigenous, Inuit, Iqaluit, Nunavut, reconciliation

Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern

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Communities in Nunavut, Arctic Canada on track for warmer than normal summer

14 August 2019 Angela Hill, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, heat, Nunavut, summer, weather

The summer isn’t over and so far people in many Nunavut communities have been feeling the heat. “June, July and

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All-season road project linking Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Northern Canada gets first major funding

14 August 201914 August 2019 CBC News 1 Comment mining, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, roads, transport

The Canadian and N.W.T. governments announced $40 million in funding Wednesday toward pre-construction work on an all-season road that would

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Design contract awarded for long-term care facilities in Nunavut, Northern Canada

8 August 20198 August 2019 Angela Hill, CBC News 1 Comment elderly, health care, healthcare, Infrastructure, Nunavut

Nunavut is moving closer to getting 156 new long-term care beds in the territory. The government of Nunavut awarded the

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Canadian gov grants $1M to promote women in northern politics

8 August 20198 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, women, Yellowknife

The governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, in Northern Canada, will receive more than $1 million from the federal

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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills

5 August 20195 August 2019 Kate Kyle, CBC News 0 Comments alcohol, Cambridge Bay, drugs, indigenous, Inuit, Nunavut, youth

A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make

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Megan Pizzo-Lyall announced as Liberal candidate for Nunavut in upcoming Canadian election

2 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Conservative Party, elections, Leona Aglukkaq, Liberal Party, Megan Pizzo-Lyall, Nunavut

Megan Pizzo-Lyall will run in the 2019 federal election under the Liberal party banner, she announced Thursday night in Iqaluit

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Justin Trudeau rehashes old federal funding in housing announcement for Nunavut territory

2 August 20192 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments housing, Inuit, Iqaluit, Joe Savikataaq, Justin Trudeau, Nunavut

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rehashed the existing federal funding streams for housing in Nunavut in an announcement Friday morning in

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Marine protected area in Canada’s eastern Arctic comes with $55M for Inuit communities, PM announces

2 August 20192 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Clyde River, conservation, indigenous, Infrastructure, Inuit, Lancaster Sound, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Tallurutiup Imanga

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic on Thursday to announce $54.8 million for Inuit

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Canada’s PM announces new marine conservation area in eastern Arctic

1 August 20195 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Lancaster Sound, marine conservation area, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, oceans, Tallurutiup Imanga

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to create a new protected area off of Nunavut coast, in the Canadian

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Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo won’t seek re-election in Canadian election

31 July 2019 Sidney Cohen, CBC News 0 Comments elections, Hunter Tootoo, indigenous, Inuit, Nunavut

Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo will not seek re-election in the upcoming Canadian federal election. “I appreciate very much the encouragement

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Research project seeks to understand climate change impacts in North American Arctic

31 July 201931 July 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Alaska, Cambridge Bay, climate change, ecosystems, NASA, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, Yukon

A group of Canadian and U.S. scientists backed by a NASA aircraft packed with sophisticated remote sensing equipment have converged

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Canadian gov directs $1.8M to legal support for Nunavut’s women and children

30 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments children, indigenous, Inuit, justice, legal, Nunavut, women

The federal government gave three projects in Nunavut $1.8 million to educate residents on the legal protections that exist for