There are many ways to handle losing an election, but hopping aboard a plane to attend a large, international forum on climate change is probably one of the less likely coping mechanisms.
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In the news this week is the large number of small communities in Northern Canada that have no resources to support women vulnerable to abuse from their mates; no “women’s shelters” where they can seek refuge with their children, or victim’s counsellor services to advise them of their rights or attend to them after they are beat on.
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The Lubicon Lake Cree Nation of Little Buffalo in northern Alberta won an early victory in its anti-fracking case against Penn West Petroleum this month.
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As Canada prepares to present its emissions targets at the next international climate convention in Paris this winter, Northern premiers are looking to ensure those goals don’t make life more challenging for residents above the 60th parallel.
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*Warning: article contains graphic content* Northerners added their voice to the national movement calling for justice for Cindy Gladue last Thursday, coming together in Yellowknife to pray, drum and march in memory of the indigenous woman whose death and the resulting court decision sent shockwaves across the country last month.
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Yellowknife resident Charlotte Overvold grew up playing with her family at Whitebeach Point on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, where her uncle taught her an important lesson at the age of six.
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