Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, announced that several more precautions against COVID-19 are allowed to be lifted. Travel without isolation is allowed between Nunavut and Churchill, Manitoba, and drinking establishments in the territory are allowed to be open for their full hours. Nunavut continues to remain free of any confirmed cases of the disease. (File photo)
As well, country food to be provided in southern isolation hubs, and territory’s bars can be open full hours
People traveling between Nunavut and Churchill, Manitoba, no longer have to isolate for two weeks. Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, announced on Monday, July 13, the latest easing of restrictions in place to keep COVID-19 out of the territory. “It’s safe at the moment,” Patterson said. Nunavut remains free of any confirmed…
The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services confirmed a new case of COVID-19 in the region on Sunday, July 12. The infected individual was tested before boarding a flight to Salluit, but the result was only confirmed after departure. Health officials said the individual was intercepted upon arrival in the Hudson coast community and put into strict isolation, along with the other passengers on their flight. Because the case originated outside the region, it does not add to Nunavik’s 17 other cases, all of which have now recovered. Read more later at Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo courtesy of E. Herault/Interact)
The Nunavut flag and balloons hang inside the isolation hub in Ottawa where residents await their return to the territory. To celebrate Nunavut Day, occupants were treated to a physically distanced barbecue complete with an ice cream truck and a prize draw. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Maggie Kuniliusie took this photo of tents set up in Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park outside Iqaluit a bit after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8. “Our mother always encouraged us to calm down and to quiet our minds before she sent us to bed. Last night’s weather was a mood changer. I slept well and long. #Nunavutcation,” she writes. The staff at Nunatsiaq News hope our readers have a restful Nunavut Day on Thursday, July 9. Our Iqaluit office will be closed that day, and we’ll resume publishing on Friday, July 10. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)
“Racial injustices, fears and concerns are not new for Inuit or people of African descent living their lives resisting a Eurocentric institutionalized racist and oppressive system of government”
Come January, the U.K. will likely be left without access to a precise sat-nav system. That could be good news for a plan to provide internet access across the Arctic.
An ATV driver crosses the land near Taloyoak on June 16 under a fogbow, caused by the interaction between sunlight and small water droplets in the atmosphere. (Photo by Jonathan Nuss)
Volunteers and staff with the Ungava Wellness Program in Kuujjuaq help deliver food to low-income families with children on June 26. Here staffer Attasie Saunders is seen in the background, with staffer Laz Iserhoff in the centre and volunteer Daniel Cooper to the left. (Photo courtesy of Anita Gordon)
