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Journalist specialized in community-driven, ground-up stories in Canada's Arctic

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Coast to Coast Network •

Tennis Canada versus the people of Montreal - Fighting for public spaces

Tennis Canada announced on June 22nd that it would modernize its installations in Montreal by taking down the current stadium and building a new one.

The stadium is built on the Parc Jarry, one of Montreal's most prominent large parks.

People decided to unite and fight back.

Reporter: Cedric Gallant
Videographer: Cedric Gallant
Video Editor: Cedric Gallant
Script Editors: Maria Cholakova & Geneviève Sylvestre

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Coast to Coast Network is a brand new media outlet that focuses on grassroots journalism that bring to the forefront solidarity initiatives in Montreal, Québec, Canada.
CTV News •

Power on their terms: how Inukjuak built its own energy system against the odds

In 2024, Inukjuak did something few thought possible. In a fly-in Inuit village nearly 1,500 kilometres north of Montreal, where construction seasons are short, and every shipment must cross sea or sky, the community began producing its own electricity.

The hydroelectric facility it now operates was not imposed from outside — it was imagined, built and ultimately owned by the community itself. In a region where infrastructure often stalls under the weight of distance and cost, many describe its completion as a miracle.
The Rover •

Nunavik Police Get a Pay Raise Amid Community Concerns – The Rover

Every police officer in Nunavik, from rookie to veteran, is getting an approximately $30,000 pay raise this year.

That means officers in the Nunavik Police Service (NPS) will go from being among the lowest-paid regional police in Quebec to among the highest.

With officers who patrol Quebec’s 14 Inuit villages about to see a massive increase in compensation, activists in Nunavik point to the waning trust between the communities and police. Four Inuit have been killed during police interventions since Nov. 2024, and people in the territory say more efforts should be made to mend that relationship.
The Rover •

Becoming Ballers: How Nunavik’s Youth Built a Community Around Basketball – The Rover

Over 90 boys from Nunavik line up in front of the backboard at the Great Whale River Triple Gymnasium.

They’re in the middle of a free-throw competition. They have two attempts to make the throw; if not, they’re eliminated.

Seventeen-year-old Salluit athlete Nicolas Cameron steps up to the line. He is sporting his Ray-Ban glasses indoors, his white T-shirt draped over his shoulders like a cape, headphones in his ears, wired in, eyes focused on the rim. The gymnasium is loud with screams of encouragement, but also with those trying to psych out Cameron.
Nunatsiaq News •

Nunavik’s ‘political dissidents’ remain opposed to JBNQA

Puvirnituq is Nunavik’s only community that has not signed the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement that some consider Canada’s first modern treaty. And the political group behind the dissidence lives on, remaining at the forefront of the village’s mindset, 50 years after the treaty.

Puvirnituq elder Harry Tulugak has been a consistent voice, advocating for the ideals promoted by Inuit Tungavingat Nunamini, the political group that refused to sign the JBNQA.

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