Quebec shipyard sets up an Arctic icebreaking research centre in Eastern Canada
Describing itself as Canada’s polar partner, the Chantier Davie Shipyard in Quebec plans to announce the creation of a national
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Inuit region of Arctic Quebec receives $100,000 for activities to commemorate victims of gender violence
Canada’s federal government announced $100,000 this month to facilitate activities in the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec to commemorate victims
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Meet 3 Indigenous health-care workers helping keep Canadian Northern communities safe
Through the month of June CBC Indigenous has been sharing stories from Indigenous health-care workers across the country about their
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Inuit in Canada’s federal penitentiaries overrepresented when it comes to COVID-19
The most recent COVID-19 update for federal corrections facilities in Canada has found that there is an over-representation of Inuit
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5 lessons Nunavut can learn from the COVID-19 outbreak in Arctic Quebec
On Thursday, residents of Nunavut received the news they had been dreading: the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified,
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Investigating alcohol smuggling in Arctic Quebec Inuit communities
Alcool is seriously harming many Inuit of Nunavik. Exaggeration or reality? Bootleggers ship cases of alcohol to villages where their
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Canada’s PM OKs use of local reserve forces in Arctic Quebec during COVID-19 pandemic
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accepted Quebec’s request on Friday to use the Canadian Rangers, local reserve forces, to assist
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Region-wide curfew in Arctic Quebec after first confirmed case of COVID-19
A region-wide curfew was put in place across the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec Sunday night after the first case
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Here’s a list of what’s cancelled or postponed across the Canadian North
On the advice of health officials, numerous events planned for the coming weeks in all three territories are being cancelled or
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Inuit government renews call to respect ban on George River caribou harvest in Atlantic Canada
The Nunatsiavut Government of the Inuit region of Atlantic Canada is renewing their call for their land claims beneficiaries to
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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada
The Quebec government department responsible for authorizing place names, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, has launched a new online audio guide to
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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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