Beluga whales could carry a molecule preventing mercury poisoning
Could the belugas of Northern Quebec hold the key to preventing mercury intoxication in local Inuit communities? This is what
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Indigenous children who died in residential school commemorated in Quebec
A moving and sombre ceremony held Monday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., near Ottawa, included the
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Premier François Legault apologizes for Quebec’s treatment of Indigenous peoples
Quebec Premier François Legault apologized to the Canadian province’s Indigenous and Inuit inhabitants Wednesday, saying successive provincial governments have failed
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Quebec’s Inuit organisations welcome Viens commission’s report and call for immediate action
Makivik Corporation, the Inuit land claims organization that represents Quebec Inuit, welcomes the conclusions of a report into the treatment
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Inuit of northern Quebec are victims of systemic discrimination, concludes public inquiry report
New housing in northern Quebec, support for homeless Inuit in urban areas and improvement of their detention conditions are among
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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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Canadian Indigenous broadcaster launches French-language national news program
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has launched a weekly national newscast in French, with a host hailing from the
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Young Nunavik leaders bring stories of hope, loss to youth forum in southern Quebec
Victoria Tarqiapik went to Sherbrooke, southeastern Quebec, with a message: something needs to be done to fix the suicide crisis
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New addictions centre in Northern Quebec to focus on treating whole family
The Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is breaking ground on a new addictions treatment centre in Nunavik this month. The official
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Judge ignored Indigenous sentencing report while giving Inuk man open-ended sentence, appeals court rules
A trial judge unfairly ignored an Inuk man’s abusive and violent upbringing when slapping him with an indeterminate prison sentence
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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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Canada: Violence against Indigenous women, girls in Quebec often neglected, national inquiry says
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has released a separate report about violence in Quebec,
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Canada: Indigenous, LGBTQ people disproportionately homeless, Quebec survey finds
Immigrants, Indigenous people and members of the LGBTQ community are disproportionately represented among Quebec’s homeless population, according to the first-ever
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Career criminal was snatching eggs from rare birds around the world – including in Northern Quebec
When U.K. border officials nabbed 56-year-old smuggler Jeffrey Lendrum at Heathrow Airport in June, he was sporting an unseasonably heavy
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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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