The Canadian government "likely" owes Indigenous people some $76 billion for their currently filed land claims and lawsuits, official financial reporting says a sum that is nearly seven times greater today than when Justin Trudeau became prime minister.
Nunavut member of Parliament Lori Idlout says she felt an "overwhelming sense of relief" when she learned federal ministers had rejected a proposal to expand an iron ore mine on the tip of Baffin Island.
Nunavut member of Parliament Lori Idlout says she felt an "overwhelming sense of relief" when she learned federal ministers had rejected a proposal to expand an iron ore mine on the tip of Baffin Island. "It was great to see this decision.
Kim Pilgrim, who is originally from Nunatsiavut and now in her first year of studies in Ottawa, said the ongoing trucker convoy protest has her questioning her safety out in public. "I've been staying home because it is pretty scary," she said.
Calls are mounting in Nunavut for the territorial government to call a public inquiry into the Iqaluit water crisis that left a city of nearly 8,000 without clean tap water for almost two months.