17-10-2017 22:29 via montrealgazette.com

Inuit, First Nations sign 'historic' pact to protect Quebec caribou

Quebec’s northern Indigenous communities are facing a crisis that threatens their traditional way of life.
The population of the province’s two largest caribou herds has dwindled by over 90 per cent in the past 20 years.
In an attempt to preserve the caribou — a food source that’s sustained life in the north for millennia — seven Inuit and First Nations groups met in Montreal Tuesday to sign an conservation agreement.
“We’re using the words ‘histor
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