$100K cut from N.W.T. family violence shelters restored in territorial budget
Money for public housing also added to budget that will be voted on Thursday The Government of the Northwest Territories
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Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, opens men’s, women’s shelters for people in need
By Heidi Atter The Kitikmeot Friendship Society will operate the shelters and train Inuit to help Inuit People without a
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N.W.T. government creates on-the-land camp as shelters hit capacity
Camp located on the Ingraham Trail, can accommodate 20-30 people With Yellowknife’s shelters operating beyond capacity, the N.W.T. government has
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50-plus people sleeping outside in Yellowknife as winter approaches, advocates say
Meetings between NGOs, gov’ts have yielded no solutions so far, says Salvation Army director A tent encampment set up last
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Whitehorse shelter operator needs review, Yukon MLAs decide in unanimous vote
Motion in legislature follows last month’s coroner’s inquest into 4 deaths at emergency shelter Yukon MLAs are questioning whether the Connective
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Nunavik, Nunavut and Ottawa to get shelters for Inuit women
Four projects set up to support vulnerable Inuit women have been approved for funding, Pauktuutit, the organization representing Inuit women
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To stop violence against Inuit women in Canada, ‘we need to heal generations,’ says survivor
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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