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Humans are destroying the only home they have. Canada can help save it by shutting down the tar sands
Michael Byers
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One man recovering, 16 containers retrieved in Iqaluit port following fall
Children get free Halloween candy from a local businessman, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. Locals seek a return to normalcy after a shooting that claimed 18 lives in their community on Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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RCMP charge three women for allegedly using Inuit status to defraud organizations
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Nunavut RCMP have charged three women over a complaint they had used Inuit beneficiary status to defraud two organizations.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Nunavut officials barred from sending Iqaluit woman away for long-term care
From left, Elisapee Ishulutak and Ina Ishulutak at the Iqaluit airport before Elisapee took Ina to a respite care bed in Arviat, another Nunavut community. The stay is supposed to be temporary and they hope she’ll be back in Iqaluit soon.
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University of Alberta professor dies working in Grise Fiord
Grise Fiord, Nunavut in an undated photo by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
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Nunavut’s historic land-use plan submitted after 16 years
A Canadian flag flies beside an Nunavut flag in Iqaluit, Nunavut on July 31, 2019. A national policing program aimed at serving Indigenous communities in Canada is expanding to Nunavut. Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, new RCMP officers will be hired across the territory over the next three years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Provinces with existing dental coverage got smaller share of federal kids’ benefit, data show
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Nunavut judge rules mandatory minimum for sexual crime violates Charter
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Graham Steele: Simple changes can fix Nunavut’s neglected access system
Nunavut's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Tuesday June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Defrocked Nunavut priest arrested on historical sexual assault charges
Eric Dejaeger leaves an Iqaluit courtroom Jan. 20, 2011, after his first appearance for six child sexual abuse charges in Igloolik dating back to the 1970s. The defrocked Oblate priest and convicted sex offender is facing eight new criminal charges for historical sexual assaults he allegedly committed while living in Nunavut. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Windeyer
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Auditor general calls for immediate action to protect children and youth in Nunavut
Canada's auditor general Karen Hogan says early findings in an audit of child and family services in Nunavut were so alarming, her office immediately raised concerns with the territorial government. Hogan participates in a news conference, in Ottawa, on Monday, March 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
Inuit women are cautiously optimistic on the latest federal action plan for reconciliation
Gerri Sharpe
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Nunavut declares state of emergency to help restore water services in Kinngait
Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Tuesday June 30, 2020. The Nunavut government has declared a state of emergency in Kinngait to help restore water services in the hamlet.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
technology
Several projects under way to improve internet access in Nunavut
Internet cables connect to a switch on a home network in Chelsea, Que., Monday July 11, 2011. Several projects are underway to improve internet access in Nunavut, which has long been slow, unreliable and costly for many residents.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Nunavut community of Pangnirtung to be screened for tuberculosis this fall
Homes in Pangnirtung, Nunavut on October 17, 2021.
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The Globe and Mail leads National Newspaper Awards
Photojournalist Anton Skyb is nominated for a National Newspaper Award in the category 'Breaking News Photo' shot for The Globe and Mail in Kyiv, Ukraine of a young girl standing on the edge of the crater made by Russian cruise missile shot in Kyiv, Ukraine 25 Feb 2022 Anton Skyba for The Globe and Mail
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Leaders express disappointment with changes to Canadian North airline
A First Air plane is shown on the runway before takeoff Wednesday June 26, 2019, in Ottawa. The Canadian government announced late last month it had approved new terms and conditions for Canadian North's merger with First Air. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in hamlet of Pond Inlet
Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Tuesday June 30, 2020. The Nunavut Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
sports
Jake Higgs guides team to Nunavut’s first-ever win at Brier
Nunavut skip Jake Higgs releases his shot during the 10th end of their win over Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ont., Saturday, March 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
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Nunavut’s government must do more to reclaim Inuktut for Inuit
Aluki Kotierk
canada
Spread of tuberculosis in Baffin Island hamlet the largest reported in Nunavut since 2018
Markus Wilcke outside of his home in Pangnirtung, Nunavut on October 18, 201.
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Companies facing charges related to worker’s death in Nunavut
Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on Tuesday June 30, 2020. Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Nunavut energy corporation targeted in cybersecurity attack
A Canadian flag flies beside an Nunavut flag in Iqaluit, Nunavut on July 31, 2019. A national policing program aimed at serving Indigenous communities in Canada is expanding to Nunavut. Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, new RCMP officers will be hired across the territory over the next three years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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How a dearth of dental services in Nunavut is leaving many children to suffer in pain
Dr. Hamza Jafri, a dentist in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, takes care of five year old Piujulia Taylor’s teeth on Oct 20, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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‘Stunning lack of judgment’: Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt
View from the Judges seat in a courtroom at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton on Friday, June 28, 2019. A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man set to stand trial outside his courtroom were a “direct and public insult to the integrity of the Nunavut Court of Justice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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How Nunavut women are suffering due to lack of birthing services, local care for mothers
Children playing outside the Levi Angmak ElementarySchool in Arviat, Nunavut, are photographed on Oct 24, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Nunavut’s health system falls short in caring for mothers and babies
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How Inuit dialysis patients and a Winnipeg doctor made a breakthrough for renal care in Nunavut
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Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut
The Qikiqtani General Hospital is shown in Iqaluit on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dustin Patar
politics
Territorial premiers raise concerns about Ottawa’s gun-control bill, joining backlash to amendments
Premier of the Northwest Territories Caroline Cochrane participates in an availability after speaking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, not shown, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Investments in Inuit housing inadequate to address human rights violations: watchdog
Houses are seen Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Canada's housing advocate says investments in Inuit housing are "not adequate to remedy the human rights violations caused by the housing shortage." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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How an Inuit factory producing modular homes aims to ease Nunavut’s housing shortage
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Nunavut reaches $10-a-day average for child care, years ahead of Canada-wide goal
Children's backpacks and shoes are seen at a CEFA (Core Education and Fine Arts) Early Learning daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on May 29, 2018. Families in Nunavut are now paying an average of $10 a day for child care, the first jurisdiction to achieve the goal under a Canada-wide plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Front-loaded, cold and snowy winter ahead, Weather Network forecast suggests
A man rides his bike down the street in Fort Erie, Ont., during an early winter storm that delivered high winds and large amounts of snow across southern Ontario and western New York, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Canadians enjoying a brief relief from the onset of winter-like conditions may want to enjoy the temperatures while they can because The Weather Network is forecasting a colder than normal start to winter across most of the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Executive director of Inuit counselling program in Nunavut charged with sexual assault
An aerial view of Clyde River, Nunavut on May 15, 2022.
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Tuberculosis cases more than doubled in Nunavut in 2021
Joe Savikataaq Jr., the mayor of Arviat, Nunavut, is photographed in the hamlet offices on Oct 25, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.