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Nearly four years after a police-involved shooting that led to the death of Attachie Ashoona in Kinngait, Nunavut, the territory's chief coroner is set to begin an inquest next month.

Former N.W.T. teacher Moses Suzuki filed a complaint against the Beaufort Delta Divisional Education Council alleging harassment and discrimination based on gender identity. That complaint was dismissed Monday when Suzuki failed to show up for the hearing.

The inquest into the 2018 death of Jessie Peterloosie in Pond Inlet ended Friday with the jury making 11 recommendations to help prevent deaths under

On Monday, Elaine Keenan Bengts passed away in her Yellowknife home, after fighting a battle with cancer.

Jennifer Maniyogena was working as a janitor at the Kugluktuk health centre on Sept. 19, 2018, when she saw police officers carry an unconscious man on a

Witnesses testifying in front of a coroner’s inquest in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, say they saw Austin Maniyogena jump from a moving bylaw vehicle the day he died of a head injury while in the custody of the community’s RCMP.

Austin Maniyogena died from a head injury after he was arrested for allegedly driving an ATV while intoxicated. His mother said she’s had little information since on what exactly happened to the "young man with an old soul."

SANIRAJAK, NVT. - The six-person jury at a coroner's inquest has determined a police shooting of a Nunavut man almost five years ago was a homicide.

The man who called police the night RCMP shot Jeremy Nuvviaq in Sanirajak, Nunavut, in 2017 says he was trying to save Nuvviaq's life. "I knew pointing a toy [gun] at a police officer, it might kill you," Jason Dawson said Monday.

Before the shooting in 2017, Jeremy Nuvviaq livestreamed on social media that he wanted to 'die by police.' A coroner's inquest will examine his death and consider how future deaths can be prevented.