Northern Communities
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‘A bleak outlook’: Impacts of climate change on full display in Canada’s northChurchill, Man., is on thin ice, as is humanity, according to a report released by the UN earlier this week.EnvironmentMar 24, 2023
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Moon Time Sisters’ menstrual product donation drive returns to Saskatchewan"If you're a family living under the poverty line, it is frequently taken off the list," founder Nicole White said in response to menstrual product insecurities in remote areas.CanadaOct 14, 2022
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Portable X-rays to expand health care access for northern Sask. Indigenous communitiesNew portable X-rays are expanding access to health care for Indigenous members of remote northern Saskatchewan communities.HealthOct 5, 2022
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Inflation crisis: Soaring food prices in Canada’s North prompting hunters to find new food sourcesOn a recent visit to an Iqaluit food market, Global News found items being sold for up to three times the national average. Locals are working to find new food sources to cope.CanadaAug 4, 2022
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Remote community leaders from across Canada meet for first time in SaskatoonFor the first time, leaders in remote community have come together for a three-day symposium at TCU place in Saskatoon, the first event of its kind in Canada.PerspectivesJun 1, 2022
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Death of First Nation’s young man inspires calls for support with mental health and drugsA young man from Sayisi Dene First Nation lost his life from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the evening of Jan 28 in Tadoule Lake, Man.CrimeJan 31, 2022
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Manitoba spends more than $600,000 in skilled trades training for Indigenous womenThe Manitoba government is spending more than $600,000 in a skilled trades training initiative for Indigenous women in four northern and remote communities.EconomyAug 18, 2021
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Buildings, northern cities, coastlines at risk of climate change-related flooding: reportNew research for the federal Treasury Board has concluded that buildings, coastlines and northern communities face the biggest risks from climate change in Canada.CanadaJul 4, 2019
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Ontario SPCA Barrie Animal Centre welcomes five new dogs from Northern Dog programThe Ontario SPCA Barrie Animal Centre received five of the dogs Thursday evening.CanadaOct 5, 2018
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Kingston ‘criminal network’ trafficked opiates to northern communities, says RCMPRCMP have arrested three people from Kingston who allegedly provided opiates to northern communities in Ontario.CrimeSep 19, 2018
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