Traveller stuck between Finland and Russia, can’t cross either border
A traveller has been stuck between Finland and Russia since Wednesday, after the two countries introduced border restrictions a day
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Swedish Public Health Agency says border closures ‘won’t work’ against coronavirus spread
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist at the public health agency, and who is leading the work against the corona virus says closing
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Police response times up to an hour slower in Arctic Finland
A report on police response times from last year published by the National Police Board of Finland shows major regional
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Nunavut’s chief coroner working to recruit a coroner for every community
Charlie Tautuaqjuk has been a coroner in Baker Lake for two years. He says it’s a valuable job that helps
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Northern Canada: New health centre in Cape Dorset could hold those on suicide watch, inquest hears
Cape Dorset’s new health centre will be the first in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut to have a room
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Quebec should apologize for systemic discrimination in treatment of Indigenous people, Viens report says
The Quebec government should apologize to First Nations and Inuit for the harm they have endured as a result of
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Class action alleging discrimination by RCMP in Canada’s North growing, says lawyer
There is steady interest in joining a $600 million class action lawsuit claiming RCMP discrimination against Indigenous people in Canada’s
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Former officers call on leaders of Canada’s federal police to do more to recruit Inuit
Former Inuit RCMP members are calling on top brass of the national police force to invest time and resources into
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Canada’s federal police launches recruitment program aimed at Nunavut Inuit
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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Lack of village police leads to hiring cops with criminal records in Alaska: Anchorage Daily News
In some parts of Alaska, local governments are so desperate for law enforcement they’ve had to hire people with criminal
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Police force in Northern Quebec faces officer shortage
The Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF) is facing a staff shortage after losing more than a dozen officers over the
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Inuit values, inmate care, focus of new Nunavut Corrections Act
Nunavut’s new Corrections Act focuses on Inuit participation, mental health for inmates, and creates an independent oversight position for the
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Violence against Indigenous women: paving the way forward for Canada’s Northwest Territories
Jane Weyallon is unequivocal in her assessment of the Canadian government’s colonial relationship with Indigenous women. The president of the
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Will a new policing strategy help fight crime in Alaska’s largest city?
Police in Anchorage, Alaska are trying something new: having officers patrol beats built around community boundaries, rather than covering the
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Inuit family in Arctic Canada suing federal police for killing their son
The family of a man killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say the Mounties’ failure to invest in
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