Pangnirtung MLA was elected by her colleagues today
Nunavut’s newest cabinet minister was voted in today during a leadership forum held at the legislative assembly. Margaret Nakashuk, MLA for Pangnirtung, is overwhelmed and happy to have been voted into the position. “I’m thankful for my colleagues for electing me to cabinet,” she said after the vote. “For trusting me to be minister. I’m...
“Our picture was once on a banknote”—Inuit on the two-dollar bill
“Mandatory masks and hygiene protocols were followed by employees prior to boarding the flight, during the flight, as well as for the bus transfer to the mine site"
"It definitely gives us a sense of the impact on that part of the population"
The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new Inuit Art Centre is going to be lit. The gallery announced a new Inuktut name for the centre on Wednesday, Oct. 28: Qaumajuq, which translates as “it is bright” or “it is lit,” a nod to the light that flows into the new building. The name Qaujamuq was suggested and…
Nunavut’s MLAs will choose a new cabinet minister on Friday at 3 p.m. during a leadership forum, the legislative assembly’s caucus announced today in a news release. Patterk Netser, MLA for Aivilik, was removed from cabinet by his colleagues on Friday, Oct. 23. This was after Joe Savikataaq, the premier of Nunavut, passed a motion…
Nunavut’s MLAs voted today to remove Patterk Netser from cabinet. “I didn’t take any pleasure from doing this,” said Premier Joe Savikataaq, who brought forward the motion to remove the MLA for Aivilik. “But it’s a decision that had to be made.” The move comes after Netser made a social media post earlier this month…
