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ALAN ROSENBERG
University of Saskatchewan
HASSAN VATANPARAST
University of Saskatchewan
SARAH FINCH
University of Saskatchewan
In an analysis of global research, we recently found that children with the most frequent type of arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), have abnormally low......
SENATOR DENNIS PATTERSON
As a senator representing a territory with 25 fly-in-only communities, I and many Nunavummiut take great interest in changes to aviation regulations and policies.
The carbon tax, for instance, set to come into effect on Jan. 1, 2019, poses a major threat to further...
Feiyue Wang
University of Manitoba
In the Canadian Arctic, a mystery has troubled scientists and local communities for decades: Why do marine animals in the western Arctic have higher mercury levels than those in the east?
The trend is seen throughout the food web, from the tiny zooplankton that...
MARGARET HOLLIS
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about sexual harassment in the workplace.
The premier of Nunavut has promised a review of the Government of Nunavut’s sexual harassment policy, a good first step.The federal government has a sexual harassment policy too.
But what...
TRACEY GALLOWAY
As Makivik Corp. and the Inuvialuit Corporate Group finalize the merger of northern Canada’s two largest commercial air carriers, First Air and Canadian North, let’s pause for a moment and think about the impact of the proposed merger on people who live in the North.
Obviously,...
LEONIE SANDERCOCK
University of British Columbia
Sgaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife), which premiered at at the Toronto International Film Festival last week, is the first feature film about the Haida people in the Haida language.
The mystery-thriller, directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen......
...EDWARD STRUZIK
Queen’s University, Ontario
I was aboard the 364-foot Russian research cruise ship Akademik Ioffe when it came to a violent stop after grounding on a shoal in a remote region of the Gulf of Boothia in Canada’s Arctic.
Fortunately, none of the 102 passengers and 24 crew members...
The law does not deal with everything. And that’s a good thing—one definition of a totalitarian state is a place where everything is prescribed, from what you say, to what you think, to where you live and what you do in your spare time.
In Canada, most things are not governed in a prescriptive way...
The concept of criminal assault is a fairly simple one: it is a criminal offence to hit other people.
Unfortunately, as with many legal concepts, the simplicity of a basic assault gets complicated because life is complicated.
First, as a technical matter, an assault takes place whenever you touch...
If you trust news outlets to hold government and corporations accountable, who holds the media accountable? The short answer is people like you, readers of Nunatsiaq News.
But that’s not always an easy task. Even with Nunavut’s slow internet speeds and low internet access, Nunavummiut are...
After a criminal trial where there is a conviction, or following a guilty plea, the judge has the difficult job of sentencing the accused.
In Canada, the sentencing process is very discretionary, and judges, in most cases, can legally impose sentences ranging from (in effect) telling the accused...
Life doesn’t always work the way it should. Sometimes you order something and when it arrives it’s defective, or it performs badly.
In theory you can sue in court, but even if you go to small claims court, a lawsuit is expensive and time-consuming.
Trying to avoid court is a good idea. That said,...
ALEX BUCHAN
Nunavut Vice President
Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines
Exploration companies and mineral producers in Nunavut spend a great deal of time, effort and money dealing with fossil fuels.
This is for good reason. It is our biggest cost factor in operating in this remote,...
When you have a lawyer, that lawyer has a duty to protect your interests as best they can.
But your lawyer is your agent, and if you do not feel satisfied with what your lawyer is doing, you can always fire your lawyer.
Similarly, in some but not all circumstances, your lawyer can...
As I write this column, I am waiting to be heard by a judge on a motion to extend the time to bring an appeal.
What that means is the person who lost at trial did not bring an appeal within the allotted time, and so, unless an extension is granted, the appeal will be dead.
One of the elements to...
Sometimes it’s hard having neighbours.
It’s true that a neighbour can be a genuine lifesaver if, say, your house catches fire, or there is a medical emergency and you need someone to help right away.
But sometimes neighbours can be loud and obnoxious and cause all kinds of grief.
The law is...
About a year ago I wrote a column on the right to a speedy criminal trial.
A speedy trial in criminal cases ensures that justice is done promptly and that witnesses who testify do so when their memories remain reasonably fresh.
A speedy trial is good for the accused, the complainant and the...
Legal language in statutes, or laws passed by legislative bodies, is sometimes hard to figure out.
That’s because a statute has to write down a general rule that applies to all cases, and that is more difficult than you might expect.
Consider, for example, a criminal law against cutting people...
Almost any time you go into any sports or recreational activity you have to sign a waiver.
It’s the sort of thing written in fancy language that’s hard to follow in detail, but which amounts to a statement that no matter what happens, you can’t sue anyone for anything.
The idea is to protect the...
Plea deals are a central part of criminal law.
For better or worse—and there are reasonable arguments saying plea deals are not a good idea—our criminal justice system is based on the fact that the vast majority of cases are resolved without a trial.
If that were not the case, the number of...
SARAH GILES
University of Ottawa
Canada’s simmering tuberculosis outbreak in northern communities is likely much worse than suspected.
A report newly obtained through an access-to-information request (embedded below) reveals that the incidence rate of TB among Nunavut’s infants—under one year of...
ALEX BUCHAN
Nunavut Vice President
Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines
A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts with readers from a presentation I gave at the Northern Lights Conference in Ottawa. I reminded the largely southern audience that it was 25 years ago this year that we...
There is no more responsible or important job than being a police officer.
Society, rightly, gives special powers to police officers to enforce the law and make sure the community is protected and safe.
And the work of the RCMP is not limited to law enforcement—the RCMP is a part of the larger...
When a couple splits up, they divide up their stuff.
Entire legal careers are based on the division of assets, and there is an extensive legislative and case law history about who gets what when couples split.
Obviously, it is better to divide up your stuff on the basis of mutual agreement.
But...
RUSSELL POTTER
In the history of the modern revival of interest in the fate of the Franklin expedition, there’s really only one man whose presence links it all together: Louie Kamookak.
He played a central role for more than three decades in one of Canada’s most enduringly fascinating mysteries:...
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