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Funding and investment for Yukon RCMP in Budget 2025–26
March 4, 2025 The Government of Yukon is committed to building safer communities by strengthening RCMP capacity and ensuring RCMP officers have the resources they need to respond effectively across the territory. In Budget 2025–26, the Yukon government is increasing RCMP funding by $5.2 million – subject to legislative approval – bringing the total investment […]
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New agreement enhances policing for Kluane First Nation through collaborative tripartite partnership
February 26, 2025 This is a joint news release between the Government of Canada, Kluane First Nation and the Government of Yukon. The Government of Canada, the Government of Yukon and the Kluane First Nation have entered into a First Nations and Inuit Policing Program Community Tripartite Agreement, marking a significant milestone in community safety […]
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Investigation finds no criminal cause in deaths at Naja Isabelle Home
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut In February 2024, the Government of Nunavut asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to assist with an open investigation into reported critical incidents at the Naja Isabelle Home in Chesterfield Inlet. A service review was conducted for the Department of Family Services, and the Nunavut RCMP’s Major Crime Unit conducted a […]
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Become a Community Justice of the Peace with the Nunavut Court of Justice
February 21, 2025 The Justice of the Peace Appointment and Remuneration Committee (JPARC) is now accepting written expressions of interest from eligible Nunavummiut for appointment as Community Justices of the Peace (JP) with the Nunavut Court of Justice (NCJ). JPs make important decisions about individual rights and freedoms and are key to an effective, timely […]
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Iqaluit’s Mark Mossey named Nunavut judge – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 19, 2025 Lawyer most recently served as court’s chief legal officer A member of Iqaluit’s legal community is Nunavut’s newest judge. Mark Mossey has been appointed as a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani announced Tuesday. Mossey’s appointment fills a vacancy created last year when Chief Justice Susan […]
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces a judicial appointment in Nunavut
From: Department of Justice Canada February 18, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Justice Canada The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue […]
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Premier R.J. Simpson commends RCMP’s historic drug seizure, reaffirms GNWT’s commitment to tackling addiction and crime
February 18, 2025 Premier and Minister of Justice R.J. Simpson issued the following statement today regarding the recent RCMP drug seizure in Yellowknife: Earlier this month, the RCMP carried out the largest drug and cash seizure in the history of the Northwest Territories—removing nearly five kilograms of cocaine, over $360,000 in cash, and a dangerous […]
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First Inuk RCMP cadet out of Nunavut in decades on being more than a uniform – CBC
Feb 12, 2025 Const. Inuuki Burke says he’s admired the RCMP’s Red Serge for years — now he gets to wear one RCMP Const. Inuuki Burke fondly remembers the time he beat a team of RCMP officers in a game of hockey in Iqaluit as a teenager. It wasn’t the glory of victory that made it […]
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Teslin Tlingit Council one step closer to independent administration of justice – CBC
Feb 11, 2025 Agreement signed for funding of land-based healing camp for restorative justice measures The Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) has taken another step toward administering its own justice system, with the signing of a funding agreement with the federal government. Ottawa will provide the Yukon-based First Nation with $5 million this fiscal year plus another $2 million […]
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NTI Releases the 2022-23 State of Inuit Culture and Society Annual Report on Policing in Nunavut
(February 6, 2025 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) President Jeremy Tunraluk released the 2022-23 Annual Report on the State of Inuit Culture and Society (SICS): Policing in Nunavut: Past, Present, and Future. The SICS report is a requirement under Article 32 of the Nunavut Agreement that must be tabled in the Nunavut Legislature […]
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