This is a nice story that resulted from a horrible tragedy. Iqaluit musicians are doing their part to raise awareness and cash for earthquake victims in Haiti. It shows that we can all do our part to lend a hand, even in the remote reaches of the Canadian north.

A new study conducted by Montreal’s McGill University shows that nearly 70 percent of Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are living in homes where there isn’t enough food. The student suggests that perhaps the largest contributing factor is the fact that the average Nunavut family with young children is paying close to $430 a week for groceries, double the price for a family of the same size in southern parts of Canada.

Indigenous Australians have the worst life expectancy gap of any Indigenous population in the world, a United Nations report has revealed. Of the 90 countries examined by the report, Indigenous people in Australia and Nepal fared the worst, dying 20 years earlier than their non-Indigenous counterparts.