Juanita Taylor
Juanita Taylor is Senior Reporter for The National in the North. Juanita joined CBC North in 2008 and comes from Arviat in Nunavut.
Latest from Juanita Taylor
Bringing history back home: Why some think Nunavut urgently needs its own heritage centre
It's been talked about for decades — and yet Nunavut is still the only jurisdiction in Canada without its own heritage centre to house the territory's vast collection of cultural artifacts. To some, there's a growing sense of urgency.
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CBC Investigates
She lied to get her twin daughters Inuit status and is about to be sentenced for fraud. Again.
Karima Manji is about to be sentenced for defrauding Inuit organizations by falsely claiming Inuit status for her twin daughters. But this isn’t her first fraud conviction, and legal documents obtained by CBC News reveal she’s also embroiled in a contentious divorce involving several Toronto rental properties worth millions.
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Fire-proofing an entire city: How Yukon is working to protect its capital
Work began in 2020 on a massive fuel break south of Whitehorse, intended to help protect the city from any encroaching wildfire from the south. Some residents wonder if it's enough.
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Nunavut athletes get pumped up for Arctic Winter Games, Rankin Inlet-style
Athletes in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, are getting help from their community to get pumped up for the upcoming Arctic Winter Games (AWG) in Alaska. On Thursday, a pep rally was held in the community.
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In Arviat, Nunavut, residents start recovering from fierce blizzard
After a blizzard tore through Nunavut's western Kivalliq region earlier this week, some residents in the 2,800-person community of Arviat were left without power for four days.
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Review into how Oblates handled historical sexual assault claims being met with skepticism, hope
The announcement of an independent commission, headed by a former Quebec judge, to examine how allegations against retired Oblate priest Johannes Rivoire were addressed has led to mixed feelings by Inuit in Nunavut and those who have been observing his case.
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First Nations in Yukon hope search for unmarked graves of missing children can 'bring peace'
Members of the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children Project met with people from across the Yukon to find out if a search for unmarked graves was worth pursuing. Last week, technicians began a ground-penetrating radar survey on the site of the former Chooutla Indian Residential School.
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Family of Nunavut woman says she was used to get Ontario twins Inuit status
Nunavut RCMP have confirmed they are investigating claims of Inuit identity by twin sisters, Nadya and Amira Gill, and their mother, Kamira Manji. It comes after Inuit organizations and the family of Kitty Noah called for a fraud investigation.
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An 11-year-old from Nunavut made its U20 Arctic Winter Games hockey team. It wasn't easy
It’s not easy being a hockey player in Pangnirtung, a community of fewer than 1,500 on Baffin Island, but Jordyn Machmer is showing what family, and community, support can do for young athletes with goals.
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Chipewyan girl, age 8, still waiting for proper name to appear on legal documents
A Yellowknife mom has been trying to get the Northwest Territories government to change its system to allow for Indigenous symbols on official documents for her daughter who was born in 2014.
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