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Centre for the North @CFN_Team

We collaborate with Indigenous and remote communities to deliver cutting-edge research and initiate discussion on public policy issues. Part of @ConfBoardofCda

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New regulations, proposed changes to Quebec's Mining Act target exploration sector | CBC News

Since May, new requirements have come into effect in Quebec that oblige exploration companies to engage with local Indigenous communities or municipalities, respond to their concerns, and also apply...

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CRTC announces $272M conditional funding for fibre link to 4 Nunavut communities cbc.ca/news/canada/north/crt…

CRTC announces $272M conditional funding for fibre link to 4 Nunavut communities | CBC News

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says it's putting $271.9 million toward a 1,300-kilometre-long undersea fibre internet link for Iqaluit, Kinngait, Coral Harbour and...

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'Very good at everything': Nunavut residents remember pilot Natalie Gillis cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nat…

'Very good at everything': Nunavut residents remember pilot Natalie Gillis | CBC News

34-year-old pilot Natalie Gillis died on June 17 when her plane, a twin-engine Piper PA-31, crashed approximately three kilometres southwest of the Albany International Airport in New York. 

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Wyloo Metals to build battery materials processing plant in Ontario

The facility will fill a critical gap in Canada’s electric vehicle battery supply chain.

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What's behind a historic, unusual U.S. military cash transfer to Canadian mines | CBC News

For the first time in generations, the U.S. military has spent public money — Americans' money — to fund private-sector mining projects in Canada. It's reminiscent of a pre-Second World War program....

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Poverty in Nunavut focus of newly released report aptnnews.ca/national-news/fi…

Poverty in Nunavut focus of newly released report

Poverty in Nunavut is the subject of a report called Unveiling Poverty: Beyond numbers, beneath lives comes with a number of recommendations.

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Baffinland, German firm explore low-carbon steel production

The territory’s largest private-sector employer and a German steelmaker are working together to develop and produce low-carbon “green” steel using iron ore mined in Nunavut. Baffinland Iron Mines...

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Mother in Inuit identity fraud case pleads guilty, charges against daughters withdrawn | CBC News

Lawyer John Scott Cowan said Karima Manji, the mother of Amira and Nadya Gill, entered the plea Friday morning and took “full responsibility for the matters at hand.” 

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Nunavut just signed a devolution deal. Here's how it worked in the Yukon and N.W.T. | CBC News

Nunavut is the last of the three territories to take responsibility from the federal government for land and natural resources with a devolution agreement. Here's a look at how the process unfolded...

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Ontario concerned about 'off-grid communities in unincorporated areas' as new villages pop up in...

Provincial inspectors have visited some of the controversial off-grid communities being built in the northern Ontario wilderness, and at least one of them welcomes the government oversight.

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Bitcoin producer has inside track on acquiring North Bay power plant

Validus Power generating stations in Iroquois Falls, Kapukasing, Kingston and North Bay on CCAA selling block

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Indigenous groups argue at the Supreme Court of Canada they are owed billions in historical redress

Broken-promise case brought by 21 First Nations over compensation for lands ceded in 1850 treaty is among the most important reconciliation matters heard by the court in recent years

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Case delayed for sisters, mother charged with fraud for claiming Inuit status | CBC News

A court appearance in Iqaluit Monday morning was adjourned until January after a lawyer explained that a pair of twins charged with fraud had not secured a lawyer who's licensed to practise in...

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First Nations on Vancouver Island enter partnership with major B.C. forest company | CBC News

A limited partnership between four First Nations and one of British Columbia's major forest companies is being hailed as a path forward for the industry in the province.

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Feds ask court to dismiss Nunavut Inuit lawsuit on fishing licences | CBC News

Lawyers representing the Government of Canada are asking a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association.

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Nunavut Inuit seek fair access to Baffin turbot, shrimp quotas as federal court hearing opens in...

A lawsuit launched by Nunavut Inuit over a federal government decision to allocate fishing licences off the territory's coast to companies outside the territory is being heard in Iqaluit this week.

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How the first novel written in Inuktitut continues to influence later generations

In the early 1950s, 22-year-old Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk began compiling Inuktitut phrases as a language guide for missionaries. She then created fictional characters and began imagining their lives...

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How the first novel written in Inuktitut continues to influence later generations

In the early 1950s, 22-year-old Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk began compiling Inuktitut phrases as a language guide for missionaries. She then created fictional characters and began imagining their lives...

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