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No charges in police-related death in Arctic Canada, Ottawa police say

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 11:38
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After completing an investigation into the RCMP-related death of a man in Kinngait, Nunavut, the Ottawa Police Service says the officer

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Denmark/Greenland General RCI Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland, Denmark ministers receive 16 recommendations for improving child welfare in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020 at 11:47
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The social affairs ministers of Greenland and Denmark have received recommendations for improving child welfare in the Arctic and pledged

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Norwegian police arrests citizen suspected of selling state secrets to Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 09:44
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The arrest happened at a restaurant in Oslo. « We have detained a man his 50s, suspected of sharing information

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Police in Northwestern Canada’s border territory can now ticket people who violate travel restrictions

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11:59
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Yukon RCMP can now ticket visitors who violate the territory’s coronavirus-related travel restrictions. In a news release on Thursday, police say

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Police-related death rate in Northern Quebec 30 times higher than Ontario’s

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 15:53 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 16:11
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Nunavik has seen more police-related deaths in the last two decades than any of Canada’s three territories, despite having a

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Former officers from Canadian police reflect on how to fix policing in the North

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 11:29
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Since the RCMP’s earliest days, it has relied on Indigenous people for survival. In the North, Canada’s project of extending

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canada : Lawyer wants man in violent Kinngait arrest video to join his class action

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 10:56
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A lawyer is trying to get in touch with the Kinngait man who, earlier this month, was captured on video

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Violence by Canadian federal police against Inuit: few are stopping systemic racism, Indigenous leaders say

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 14:10
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To address the systemic racism against Indigenous people shown by police forces such as the RCMP, Canadian leaders need to look

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Burnout amongst Canada’s federal police may contribute to Nunavut policing problems, says top cop

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 15:33
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The head of the RCMP in Nunavut says she’s trying to find ways to bring police and Inuit together. But

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut leaders call for systematic review of Canada’s federal police

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 12:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 18:08
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A growing number of Nunavut leaders are calling for a territory-wide systemic review of the federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit women in Canada’s Arctic suffer ‘unnecessary violence’ from police, legal aid board says

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 8, 2020 at 13:41
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WARNING: Details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Inuit in Nunavut, especially women, suffer systemic police abuse,

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Man in violent Canadian Arctic arrest video wants officer charged, minister says he’s ‘outraged’

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 14:12
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The federal Indigenous Services minister says he’s “outraged” and “pissed” by the continuing pattern of police violence against Indigenous people

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Man in violent arrest video in Canadian Arctic later ‘viciously attacked’ while in police cells

John Van Dusen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 13:28
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UPDATED – Nunavut RCMP say they will conduct a review of an attack against an Inuk man from Kinngait, Nunavut,

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Migrants arrested in Barents Sea as they try to reach Norway, Russian security services video

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 14:31
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The small rubber boat was supposed to bring them to Norway’s northern shores, but their dream of Europe ended dramatically

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Traveller stuck between Finland and Russia, can’t cross either border

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 at 12:20
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A traveller has been stuck between Finland and Russia since Wednesday, after the two countries introduced border restrictions a day

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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