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RCMP body camera pilot project wraps up in Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit

Meral Jamal, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 08:12
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Last fall, the RCMP launched a trial run increasing the number of Iqaluit officers wearing cameras A pilot project in

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To stop violence against Inuit women in Canada, ‘we need to heal generations,’ says survivor

CBC Radio
Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 08:58
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A Labrador woman who lost both of her parents in a murder-suicide when she was a child says more must

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Incident involving active shooter in Clyde River now resolved, police say

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 11:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 15:41
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Canada’s naitonal police force in the Arctic territory of Nunavut say an incident involving an active shooter in the community

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Top Nunavut cop gives more details into how man was killed by officer in Arctic Canada

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 16:12
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In the face of mounting pressure for transparency and rising tensions in Kinngait, Nunavut, the territory’s top Mountie made the

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Arctic province wants to stop relying on Ottawa police force to investigate police shootings

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 11:06 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 16:13
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The government of Nunavut is affirming its intention to create a civilian police oversight body after a recent review of a shooting

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RCI Society Society (Canada) 

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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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) 

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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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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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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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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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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