Lapland court hands suspended prison sentence to juvenile rapist
At the time, the victim was 13 years old and the perpetrator was 16. Both attended the same school. Lapland
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Judge denies bail for former RCMP officer in sexual assault appeal
By Samuel Wat Justice Jack Watson said he’s ‘not persuaded there is a viable appeal for conviction.’ A former Iqaluit
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Offender in Northern Canada wins appeal, overturns banishment from his community
A Nunavut, Northern Canada man convicted of sexual assault and breaking and entering is no longer going to be banished
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U.S. Justice Department to send millions to rural Alaska law enforcement
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday how it plans to spend millions of dollars of federal money promised by Attorney
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Could Alaska’s rural Indigenous communities fight violence with broader law enforcement powers?
U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is coming to Alaska this week. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he will focus on rural
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U.S. bill would give 5 Indigenous villages in Alaska jurisdiction to prosecute certain crimes
Alaska tribal courts could get a power boost if Congress passes a bill the House is debating to renew the
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‘That is so sick’: Sex charges in Canada against fugitive French priest stayed
The arrest warrant for an Oblate priest accused of abusing children in Nunavut (east-Arctic Canada) has been stayed by the
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Archdiocese in Alaska orders independent review to address possible sexual abuse
The Catholic Archdiocese in Anchorage, southern Alaska announced Wednesday it will take a close look at possible sexual abuse within
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Violence against Indigenous women still a hot topic for Alaska Federation of Natives
The three-day-long Alaska Federation of Natives Convention wrapped up on Saturday. This year’s theme was Innovation in the past, present
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Canadian Inuit women’s organization weighs in on sexual harassment controversy in Arctic
Canada’s national Inuit women’s organization weighed in on a sexual harassment controversy in the eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut on
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Mayor in Arctic Canada faces backlash after calling out some male Inuit leaders as sexual predators
Sexual harassment in the workplace remains a challenge for women in the territory of Nunavut, according to Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine
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Ex-priest Eric Dejaeger loses conviction appeal in sex offences case in Canada’s Arctic
Dejaeger’s appeal related to the amount of jail time awaits written decision The Nunavut Court of Appeal will not grant
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Alaska’s women speak up about violence, abuse
The numbers Andre Rosay and his team of researchers crunch, analyze and make sense of are predictably consistent: In Alaska,
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