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Eskasoni lobster fisherman 'saddened' after boat vandalized
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Aly Thomson
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Shared Lines: Why one Inuvialuk woman decided to get facial tattoos
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Reneltta Arluk
Canada -North |
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Nobel laureate Donna Strickland, James Cameron, Inuk actor Johnny Issaluk among Order of Canada appointees
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
Next decade could see key decisions in Robinson-Huron Treaty case
Ontario First Nations under the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850 are awaiting the next phase of a major court case that could have a big impact on the economies of dozens of First Nations and neighbouring communities into the next decade.
Canada -Sudbury |
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150 km from anywhere, N.W.T. homesteader has front seat to climate change
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John Last
Canada -North |
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Take a look at this Tuktoyaktuk artist's powerful work
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Katie Toth
Canada -North |
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Out of the dark and into the boxing ring
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Rhiannon Johnson
Indigenous |
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'These young people want to heal': Music helps northern Quebec youth
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Susan Bell
Canada -North |
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Why this 'language geek' provides hundreds of Indigenous language tools for free
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Katherine Barton
Canada -North |
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Trio of college stars turning Pimicikamak into a hockey hotbed
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Ian Froese
Canada -Manitoba |
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Cousins use Kanien'kéha to share what they've learned about medicines and Mohawk culture
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Jessica Deer
Indigenous |
Arctic Bay elder remembers Inuktitut weather words rarely used today
Canada -North |
NDP wants RCMP investigated following report of plan to send snipers to Wet'suwet'en blockade
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Ryan Patrick Jones
Politics |
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Trump signs measure to preserve Native languages
Canada -North |
Hear 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' sung in Hän
Canada -North |
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Have time? Here are some fireside long-reads from the North
Canada -North ||
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Opaskwayak Cree Nation volunteer returns from cross-cultural internship in Peru with new perspective
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Lenard Monkman
Indigenous |
The only female premier left in office is N.W.T.'s Caroline Cochrane
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
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Elders sing Christmas carols in Secwepemctsin to help language learners
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Chantelle Bellrichard
Indigenous |
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'We're not alone anymore': Christmas cards lining hallways at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation School
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Heidi Atter
Canada -Saskatchewan |
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Sudbury pastry chef unites her Finnish and Indigenous families with food
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Kate Rutherford
Canada -Sudbury |
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'Justice for my brother': Family wants answers about August death near Russell, Man.
Dana Hatherly
Canada -Manitoba |
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Up to 21,000 Atlantic salmon escape after B.C. fish-farm fire damages net pen
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Kelly Fraser on why singing in Inuktitut is important to her
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Rosanna Deerchild
Indigenous |
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Closure of bus depots on Vancouver Island part of industry wide struggle: CEO
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Amy Smart
Canada -British Columbia ||
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'These young people want to heal': Music helps northern Quebec youth
Several youth from the most northern of the Quebec Cree communities have contributed to the Whapmagoostui Youth Album, which was just released on iTunes and Spotify. The songwriting and production project came together over the last year, funded by the Cree Nation Youth Council, as well as the local band.Susan BellNews -Canada -North |How the kindness of northerners helped a small, stuffed cat get home to Chisasibi
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News -Canada -North ||'He still has a smile': Man walks through northern Quebec for grandson with cancer
News -Canada -North |Logging road near where Quebec nurse's body found is closed, but questions remain
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