New facility to be called Aaqqigiarvik, which means “a place for help to make progress in life”
Iqaluit’s new jail, which is set to replace the aging Baffin Correctional Centre, has a new name. Going forward, the new name will be the Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility, Justice Minister Jeannie Ehaloak announced in the legislature on Monday, Oct. 26. The new facility was previously referred to as the the Qikiqtani Correctional Healing Centre….
Housing corporation plans to spend $30.7 million on mould removal over the next six years
Bill 53 received its first reading in the legislative assembly last week
“None of the victims appear to be from Nunavik"
"This was not only a dream, but it was a necessity"
Kindergarten students at Pitakallak School in Kuujjuaq receive a lesson on the anatomy of a ptarmigan from Etua Snowball, Kativik Ilisarnilirinik’s director of education services, as he butchers several of the birds on Monday, Oct. 26. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Intake pipe was replaced at the end of September
New task force must present recommendations by winter’s end
Presumptive results announced last week confirmed by accredited lab in Quebec
27-year-old Arviat man charged with dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident
An Orionid meteor streaks across the night sky with the Milky Way in the background and the aurora borealis glowing on the horizon on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in this image by Arctic Bay photographer Clare Kines. (Photo by Clare Kines)
Arctic haulers race against time and COVID-19
CBC North’s first podcast builds on the corporation’s rich trove of Inuktitut audio recordings
Clare Kines took this photo a little after 9 a.m. on Oct. 9 from the shore of Arctic Bay, looking towards King George Mountain on the left and Adams Sound to the right. (Photo by Clare Kines)
“The doctor has suggested at least eight weeks off to heal”
Members will vote in new cabinet minister during leadership forum
“There was confusion and misunderstanding regarding CERB eligibility among Inuit,” says resolution passed at annual meeting
Figure skaters and board members of the Iqaluit Skating Club cheer on the season premiere of CBC’s Battle of the Blades as part of the show’s live audience during a gathering at the Frobisher Inn on Thursday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
A majority of Nunavut MLAs voted this morning in favour of Premier Joe Savikataaq’s motion to remove Aivilik MLA Patterk Netser from cabinet. Fourteen MLAs said yes to Savikataaq’s motion and only three, including Netser, voted no, while Tununiq MLA David Qamaniq abstained. Read more later on Nunatsiaq News. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)
Jenna Kilabuk is the 2020-21 recipient of the John Amagoalik and Laura Ulluriaq Gauthier scholarships
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“Support for Canada’s mining sector in the North has never been more important, given how hard the industry has been hit by COVID-19”
Teachers across the territory are being trained to use the software, called Edsby
Nunavik health board to open its own screening clinic in Montreal
Company says it’s taking extra steps to ensure safety of employees and contractors
Glencore Raglan and Canadian Royalties employees will be flown off site by air ambulance
“The gap is a barrier to our potential, and closing it is a necessary task of reconciliation”
Underfed boy, aged five, suffered bites, bruises, injuries to internal organs
Kindergarten students at Kuujjuaq’s Pitakallak elementary school try out the Makittagait iPad app, developed by Pinnguaq for the Kativik School Board, to help learn Inuktitut on Monday, Oct. 19. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Pilot project could be first step towards police using devices across territory, says Nunavut’s justice minister
