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- Tiff Macklem defends Bank of Canada's two per cent inflation target
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
- Posthaste: Capital gains tax hike will hit more Canadians than we thought
- Loblaw hikes dividend as profit rises almost 10%
- Toronto area condo market rents drop the most in 15 years
- 'Shot themselves in the foot:' How Loblaw became target for grocery anger over food inflation
- Canada's economy is losing momentum — quickly
- Pressure building on Bank of Canada: What economists say about slowing GDP
- Posthaste: Canadians put off plans to buy a home until the Bank of Canada cuts rates
- Posthaste: This missed CPP opportunity is costing Canadians thousands, says report
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- The Guardian
- British-based Cindy Ngamba tipped for Olympic success with refugee team
- Swinney in line to become Scottish first minister after Forbes steps aside
- Keeping it clean: Hollywood sex scenes decline by 40%
- Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds
- Post Office investigators saw Horizon victims as ‘enemies’, inquiry told
- Prison release of Golden Dawn founder angers Greek anti-fascists
- ‘We can live again’: Belgian nursing home residents hit the nightclubs
- David Cameron backed Israel arms sales two days after death of UK aid workers
- Angry fans seek compensation from Co-op Live after third opening show axed
- Goldman Sachs to scrap cap on bonuses for hundreds of UK staff
- BBC Main
- Man in court over sword attack that killed boy
- Swinney looks set to be first minister as Forbes backs him
- Police clear out UCLA's pro-Palestinian encampment
- Protesters held as asylum seekers' transfer thwarted
- Co-op Live act moves to rival venue after chaos
- Cricket club 'devastated' over bowler's death aged 20
- Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine
- Trump lawyer tells witness he's not here to 'play games'
- Farmer held over burglary shooting death
- Voting takes place for local elections in England and Wales
- BBC Science
- Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine
- Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed
- Scientists work to make healthier white bread
- Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct
- Sports ask government to address water pollution
- Tensions grow as China ramps up mining for green tech
- Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’
- Conservation is saving species, global study says
- First ever climate change victory in Europe court
- Handbag designer jailed for wildlife smuggling
- Havana Times
- A Young Couple who Have Chosen to Stay in Cuba
- Gaza Reporter Describes 33 Harrowing Days in Israeli Custody
- Catholic Church in Cuba Offers to be a Space for Dialogue
- Havana Weather for May 2 to 8
- Dave Valentin – Song of the Day
- Maykel Osorbo: “They’ll Have to Kill Me Looking Straight at Me”
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Category Archives: Nunavik
The Globe got it right; but will Nunavut?
This time, the Globe and Mail got it right: The young are neglected in Nunavut. Nunavut belongs to the young, and the young are neglected. The most neglected of all are the most vulnerable, those children who have been sexually … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, Iqaluit, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Nunavut, Politics, social issues
Tagged Arctic, Canada, Iqaluit, Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Nunavut, Politics
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Two degrees of escalation
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy predicts how two degrees of global warming might affect Canada, including the Far North. Many links, graphics and the report itself available here: Climate Prosperity – National Round Table on … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, climate change, Environment, News, Northwest Territories, Nunavik, Nunavut, Science
Tagged Arctic, Canada, climate change, Environment, global warming, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, News, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Politics, Science
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The virtuous enjoy their day
Your humble content provider — still on holiday in Montreal — had this stuff ready to post this past Saturday night but decided to let his employer get the first crack at publishing it. I’m sharing this with you now … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, Inuit, News, Nunavik, Politics
Tagged Arctic, Canada, Communist Party of Canada, Health Care, International Socialists, Inuit, Montreal, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Politics, Villeray
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Foxes have holes, birds have their nests
As promised here, I headed downtown again to look for Thomas and Jimmy. After much searching, yesterday I found Thomas, this time at a different corner. There’s much I learned, or rather, re-learned, yesterday, and I’m still digesting it. As … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, circumpolar world, homelessness, Inuit, News, Nunavik, social issues
Tagged Arctic, homelessness, Inuit, Kuujuarapik, Montreal, News, Nunavik, social issues
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A defeat for decency
This past May, it started with this: Ce projet créera inévitablement une augmentation majeure de la criminalité dans votre voisinage, prostitution, trafic de drogues tel que le crack et les méthamphetamines, présence de seringues, de condoms, de tessons de bouteilles … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, circumpolar world, Inuit, Journalism, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik
Tagged Arctic, Health Care, Inuit, Journalism, La Presse, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Politics
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Accidental tourists
Meet Thomas Weetaluktuk Weetaltuk of Kuujjuarapik and Jimmy Aupaluk of Kuujjuaq. Right now they live on the street, each for his own reason. I met them this morning at the corner of St. Catherine and Rue Chomedy in downtown Montreal, … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, circumpolar world, Inuit, News, Nunavik, Nunavut, social issues
Tagged Arctic, homelessness, Inuit, Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Montreal, Nunavik, Nunavut, social issues
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Food mail revisited, again
I’ve noticed that any posts on this blog that contain the words “food mail” receive far more page views than any other, and that the search term “food mail” is the most common method people have used to land on … Continue reading
Requiescat in pace: Keith “Tulugaq” Crowe
Just found out about this: Keith Crowe: Jan. 30, 1927 — May 16, 2010 I first encountered Keith Crowe’s name through his wonderful little book: A History of the Orginal Peoples of Northern Canada. First published in 1974 to serve … Continue reading
Just in: Canada Post to lose food mail program
On The National late yesterday evening: The government is expected to make an announcement this week that North West Company, Arctic Co-operatives Limited and La Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec will be provided with the multi-million dollar subsidy instead of … Continue reading
The best kind of sordid boondoggle: an instructive one
It seems that a once-viable sports hunt company in Nunavik, Tuttulik Outfitters, now lies frozen in a state of suspended animation, while some 280 pissed-off caribou hunters feel like some grifter’s just run a game on them. Not too surprising, … Continue reading
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