News Topic - Nunavut
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Top court upholds conviction of Mountie-killer
The country's top court has refused to review the case of a Nunavut man convicted of the first-degree murder of an RCMP officer.
CTV.ca – Nov 20, 2008 11:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
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The country's top court has refused to review the case of a Nunavut man convicted of the first-degree murder of an RCMP officer.
CTV.ca – Nov 20, 2008 11:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Supreme Court upholds conviction of Cape Dorset Mountie's killer
Canada's highest court has refused to review a last-ditch appeal by a Nunavut man convicted of killing an RCMP officer in Cape Dorset seven years ago.
CBC.ca – Nov 20, 2008 11:09 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Canada's highest court has refused to review a last-ditch appeal by a Nunavut man convicted of killing an RCMP officer in Cape Dorset seven years ago.
CBC.ca – Nov 20, 2008 11:09 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Nunavut swears in Premier Aariak, new cabinet ministers
Members of Nunavut's third legislative assembly were sworn in on Wednesday in Iqaluit, and new Premier Eva Aariak wasted no time in assigning portfolios to her cabinet ministers.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 10:41 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
Members of Nunavut's third legislative assembly were sworn in on Wednesday in Iqaluit, and new Premier Eva Aariak wasted no time in assigning portfolios to her cabinet ministers.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 10:41 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
Arviat teens chased by polar bear
An 18-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister are safe after a polar bear chased them down the streets of Arviat, Nunavut, this week.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 4:34 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Manitoba
An 18-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister are safe after a polar bear chased them down the streets of Arviat, Nunavut, this week.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 4:34 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Manitoba
Move Cambridge Bay triple-slaying trial to Iqaluit: accused's lawyer
The lawyer for a man accused of killing three people in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, last year says he wants his client's trial moved away from the community where the incident took place.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 4:04 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
The lawyer for a man accused of killing three people in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, last year says he wants his client's trial moved away from the community where the incident took place.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 4:04 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
Banner year for Inuit women in politics
With Eva Aariak set to be sworn in as Nunavut's second premier Wednesday, some in the territory are applauding a year that has seen two Inuit women assume prominent leadership roles at the territorial and federal level.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 12:10 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
With Eva Aariak set to be sworn in as Nunavut's second premier Wednesday, some in the territory are applauding a year that has seen two Inuit women assume prominent leadership roles at the territorial and federal level.
CBC.ca – Nov 19, 2008 12:10 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
Arviat residents demand action on scavenging polar bears
People in Arviat, Nunavut, say they want the territorial government to step in with a better solution to the high number of polar bears roaming the community and scavenging in backyards.
CBC.ca – Nov 18, 2008 6:49 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Manitoba
People in Arviat, Nunavut, say they want the territorial government to step in with a better solution to the high number of polar bears roaming the community and scavenging in backyards.
CBC.ca – Nov 18, 2008 6:49 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Manitoba
Former Iqaluit politician Simonie Michael passes away
Flags are flying at half-mast this week at Nunavut's legislature building in Iqaluit, in memory of local elder and former politician Simonie Michael, who died Friday. He was 75.
CBC.ca – Nov 18, 2008 01:35 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
Flags are flying at half-mast this week at Nunavut's legislature building in Iqaluit, in memory of local elder and former politician Simonie Michael, who died Friday. He was 75.
CBC.ca – Nov 18, 2008 01:35 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
'We just have to roll up our sleeves,' says Nunavut premier-elect Aariak
Nunavut's new premier-elect said she plans to get to work right away with her fellow MLAs to move the northern territory ahead over the next four years.
CBC.ca – Nov 17, 2008 11:01 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
Nunavut's new premier-elect said she plans to get to work right away with her fellow MLAs to move the northern territory ahead over the next four years.
CBC.ca – Nov 17, 2008 11:01 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Northwest Territories
New premier in Nunavut
Nunavut's former languages commissioner Eva Aariak was namedpremier yesterday, beating two-term premier Paul Okalik. She was theonly woman elected to the legislative assembly. Nunavut has no partysystem. Instead, elected MLAs choose the premier and cabinet fromwithin their ranks.
Canada.com – Nov 15, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
Nunavut's former languages commissioner Eva Aariak was namedpremier yesterday, beating two-term premier Paul Okalik. She was theonly woman elected to the legislative assembly. Nunavut has no partysystem. Instead, elected MLAs choose the premier and cabinet fromwithin their ranks.
Canada.com – Nov 15, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada: Quebec