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Courtesy: NUNATSIQ The life story of Nunavut’s new premier reads like a modern history of the Inuit. But Paul Quassa says he wants to look forward, not back.”We want Nunavut to shine,” says Quassa, who was sworn in last week as the territory’s fourth premier. “We want to see a truly brilliant territory.”Quassa, 65, was born near Igloolik on the …

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Courtesy: News 1 Hope to the Children. OTTAWA—By September 2018, all Grade 4 to Grade 10 students at Ontario public schools will learn about Inuit history and culture through a program that’s just one of many to gain a big boost from a five-year agreement that Tungasuvvingat Inuit signed Monday, Nov. 27, in Toronto with …

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Courtesy: NUNANTSIAQ ONLINE There was only one drum kit in Igloolik in the 1980s, and it was kept at the church hall.  “When we couldn’t get in we just played anywhere,” said guitarist James Ungalaq. “We played drums on the table, stuff like that. ”It was a challenge to start a band in the North, …

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Courtesy: News6 Bishop met to discuss a crucial moral subject. A group of bishops, including two from the Diocese of the Arctic, are “publicly dissenting” from the results of a vote to allow members of the Anglican Church of Canada to perform same-sex marriages.  Last week, initial results showed the resolution failed by a single …

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Courtesy: Northern Service News Online Increase in Crime. The July policing report for the Fort Simpson RCMP detachment shows an increase in assaults, Liquor Act violations and other complaints compared to July 2015.Assaults doubled this July when compared to last year, while in total calls for service jumped to 184 compared to 133 last year. …

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Courtesy: The Christian Missionary Bradley Williams is lead pastor at Arviat Alliance Church, in Arviat, Nunavut.  Since moving to Arviat, Nunavut to pastor at the Arviat Alliance Church, my wife and I have had a shift in how we view time.  We moved from Saskatoon five years ago and have come to enjoy the slower …

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Courtesy: CBC Many mosques and Islamic schools in Canada are placing young people at risk by espousing or at least not condemning extremist teachings, a new study says. Co-authors Thomas Quiggin, a former intelligence analyst with the Privy Council Office and the RCMP, and Saied Shoaib, a journalist originally from Egypt, base their findings on …

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Courtesy: Local News Matthew Cotchilly stokes the fire in the wood stove in his living room, keeping the fire burning hot. The heat keeps the house comfortable while snow blows outside against the windows. The stove was just installed two weeks ago. For 10 years before that, he didn’t have anything to keep the house …

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Courtesy: CBC News Reconciliation Commission calls to action. The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories says the church has already started to lay the groundwork for implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action. The Church’s response calls on all its members to make eight commitments to …

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Courtesy: The Catholic Register After a long and arduous journey, Sacred Heart Church in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., is rising again. The old church, nearly 90 years old and beyond repair, was demolished five years ago. A new $1.3-million church will open its doors next month — thanks to support from the Archdiocese of Edmonton and …

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