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Only grocery store in Whale Cove, Nunavut, burns

North Residents posted on Facebook early Friday morning showing photos of the community’s Co-op grocery store on fire.  Co-op store caught…

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Canada

Former priest charged with sexually abusing children in Nunavut granted bail

A former Catholic priest who worked in Nunavut and has previously been convicted of dozens of charges of sexual abuse…

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Canada

Johannes Rivoire, priest accused of sexually abusing children in Nunavut, dies

A priest accused of sexually abusing children while working in Nunavut has died, according to the Canadian Oblates.  Johannes Rivoire died on…

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Health

Nunavut family speaks out after 8-year-old given tuberculosis medication meant for another child

When Jaffar Gebara found out that his eight-year-old daughter was being given medication for sleeping tuberculosis at her school, he…

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Canada

Growing up alongside a territory: Youth reflect on 25 years of Nunavut

Nunavut redesigned Canada’s map when it officially became a territory on April 1, 1999.  Covering 2 million square kilometres and a fifth…

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Sports

The Games are on! Yukon, N.W.T. and Nunavut athletes in Alaska for Arctic Winter Games 2024

Athletes from across Canada’s North are in Mat-Su Valley, Alaska, this week to compete in the Arctic Winter Games. The…

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Canada

Priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut will not be dismissed from Oblates

A French priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut will be allowed to remain a member of the…

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Canada

Deaths of 2 Nunavut care home residents, aged 12 and 19, trigger multiple investigations

Multiple investigations, including one by the RCMP, are underway at the Naja Isabelle group home in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, after…

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Canada

Whiteout conditions, lack of regulations contributed to fatal 2021 helicopter crash in Nunavut, TSB says

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says insufficient regulatory requirements for flying in low visibility contributed to a fatal helicopter crash in…

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Politics

Nunavut just signed a devolution deal. Here’s how it worked in the Yukon and N.W.T.

A final devolution agreement, transferring responsibilities for Crown land and natural resources from the federal government to the Nunavut government,…

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