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The problem is often blamed on poverty and overcrowded homes in Arctic communities. But sociologists have unearthed another factor.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit, an area previously under her watch at Health Canada.

If parts of the planet are becoming like a furnace because of global warming, then the Arctic is best described as the world's air-conditioning unit.

Three Labrador protesters jailed after refusing to obey a court injunction ordering them to stay away from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project site are to be released.

A statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marking Canada Day and the country's 150th anniversary:

The federal government plans to spend $8 million over five years to establish a mentorship network for First Nations, Métis and Inuit health researchers.

NDP leadership candidate Charlie Angus is promising to find better ways to protect the interests of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, including by dismantling the Indigenous Affairs Department.

Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Pope Francis for a formal apology for the role of the Catholic Church in the residential school system when the two meet during a private audience later this month.

Health Minister Jane Philpott says Ottawa will now pay for someone to travel with indigenous women who need to leave their communities to give birth.

To the Nunavut government, it's an update to old legislation that needs to acknowledge reality. To others, it's a dagger to the territory's heart.

Giving indigenous people a greater say in the operation of national parks and the creation of new protected areas is on the agenda at a major conference in Alberta this week.

Overland’s report, the result of three years of work, looks at 92 resource extraction companies operating above the Arctic Circle.

"There's no activity taking place in the Canadian Arctic right now, so saying 'No' doesn't require anyone to stop."

Indigenous groups are challenging the government to fulfill its duty to consult them on energy projects in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada.

A delegation of Arctic aboriginals that includes Canadian Inuit will use its first appearance before the group that regulates global shipping to argue that it shouldn't be its last.