Pond Inlet mayor: Prices “haven’t changed” with Nutrition North
APTN National News The mayor of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, is accusing the Northern Store chain…
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Keeping an ancient culture alive
How do you save an ancient culture in today’s modern world?
A shelter from the storms
Nunavut’s violent crime rate is six times the national average.
Western premiers conference wraps up in Yellowknife
APTN National News Premiers from Canada’s Western provinces wrapped up a three-day conference with leaders…
Conservatives unveil belt-tightening federal budget with few changes
The Conservative government unveiled a carbon-copy federal budget Monday containing modest investments to First Nations policing, reserve infrastructure and for a highway in the Northwest Territories.
Allegations surface federal northern food subsidy program product of backroom deals
Nunavut’s legislative assembly just wrapped up two days of hearings about Nutrition North, which is the food subsidy for northern communities.
Ottawa’s Nutrition North program facing mounting criticism
Nutrition North replaced the Food Mail subsidy this year.
Greenpeace in standoff over Greenland Arctic drilling
Greenpeace says two of its ships tracking an oil rig on the Greenland side of Baffin Bay are being warned off by the Danish Navy.
‘Aboriginal affairs’ name change ‘disrespectful,’ says Anishinabek Nation
-The Stephen Harper government’s decision to erase the word “Indian” and replace it with “Aboriginal” in the title for the minister and department responsible for dealing with Indigenous peoples is being called “disrespectful” by one of the oldest First Nations political organizations in Ontario.