Inuit women in Canada’s Arctic suffer ‘unnecessary violence’ from police, legal aid board says
WARNING: Details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Inuit in Nunavut, especially women, suffer systemic police abuse,
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Man in violent Canadian Arctic arrest video wants officer charged, minister says he’s ‘outraged’
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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Man in violent arrest video in Canadian Arctic later ‘viciously attacked’ while in police cells
UPDATED – Nunavut RCMP say they will conduct a review of an attack against an Inuk man from Kinngait, Nunavut,
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Damp shelter in Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit expected to reopen in mid-January
Iqaluit’s damp shelter will reopen later on this month, thanks to a new agreement with the Uquutaq Society. The non-profit
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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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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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Police to meet hamlet officials after eased liquor rules spawn protest in Arctic Canadian community
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nunavut, Arctic Canada say they are planning to meet with Kugluktuk’s mayor and senior
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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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Inuk elder in Arctic Canada recalls family’s forced relocation nearly 70 years ago
Twenty one survivors of a brutal forced resettlement by the Canadian government recently gathered in Arviat, Nunavut, for a formal
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Amanda Jones takes over as head of federal police in Canada’s eastern Arctic
For the first time, a woman is in charge of the RCMP, Canada’s federal police, in Nunavut. Chief Superintendent Amanda
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Indigenous man launches $600M class-action lawsuit, claiming police mistreatment in Canada’s northern territories
A teen in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), has launched a $600-million, class-action lawsuit against Canada’s federal police, the RCMP, in
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Canadian government to spend 90 million on police stations in Indigenous communities
The Canadian government will spend nearly $90 million to build and repair police stations in First Nation and Inuit communities.
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MLA to ask for review of police oversight in Nunavut, Arctic Canada
Nunavut MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone said he will be asking the territory’s Department of Justice to review how police oversight
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