Editorials

37commentsEditorials  Apr 15, 2023

North needs a better way to handle public drunkenness

Tragic consequences will continue to unfold if police are left to babysit intoxicated people

5commentsCommentary  Mar 29, 2023

Nunavut’s tuberculosis fight tied to success of homebuilding strategy

Building those 3,000 new homes by 2030 could be key to target date to eradicate the illness

14commentsEditorials  Mar 18, 2023

Nunavut Employees Union should share its idea of ‘fair wages’

Unionized housing workers went on strike Friday over wages but haven’t publicly said how much they’re after

9commentsEditorials  Mar 8, 2023

Brier win another coming of age moment for Nunavut

Curlers prove territory can compete on a national stage

0commentsEditorials  Mar 3, 2023

Say hello to an old friend

Nunatsiaq News print edition returns after 3-year break

7commentsPolitics  Dec 9, 2022

Candidate indifference breeds voter apathy

Don’t expect high turnout for Inuit associations when candidates don’t engage with voters

20commentsEditorials  Nov 19, 2022

Nunavummiut deserve better than GN’s silent treatment

Kudos to 2 MLAs for calling out cabinet-level stonewalling, but the problem runs deeper

1commentsEditorials  Oct 19, 2022

Nunavik’s MP needs to visit more often

Region’s residents deserve more than 2-hour stopover and a ‘see you in April’ from Bérubé

33commentsEditorials  Oct 18, 2022

Bell’s ‘polarizing’ approach could only go so far

Iqaluit needs a unifier, after three years of the politics of division

5commentsEditorials  May 16, 2022

Where are we at in dealing with COVID19? Nunavut isn’t saying

Health Department should release more data on cases, hospitalization

13commentsEditorials  May 7, 2022

Nunatsiaq News builds back stronger

New Nunavut Editor role is one of the newsroom changes signalling a return to normal

21commentsEditorials  Apr 30, 2022

Ottawa mayoral contender shoring up support on backs of Nunavummiut

Canada’s capital city needs to be its brother’s keeper and welcome new Larga Baffin facility

6commentsEditorials  Apr 23, 2022

Less jargon, more details needed in Inuit Nunangat Policy

Trudeau and Obed redefine federal government’s relationship with Inuit, but the devil will be in the details

16commentsEditorials  Apr 15, 2022

Iqaluit should roll out the red carpet to Pope Francis

Pope’s Canadian apology needs to take place among the people hurt by residential school system

35commentsEditorials  Apr 8, 2022

Idlout shows NDP is at the grown-ups’ table

Liberal-NDP deal should be an uncomfortable arrangement for the sudden political bedfellows

7commentsEditorials  Feb 4, 2022

Patterson’s split with Tories might open the floodgates

Nunavut senator drives new wedge into deepening divide within Conservative party

10commentsEditorials  Nov 12, 2021

Government openness can’t wait for access to information law

Information and privacy commissioner prods municipalities, but councils can act immediately

58commentsEditorials  Oct 20, 2021

City took a gamble with Iqaluit’s water supply

As officials worked to find the source of a reported fuel odour, why wasn’t there a warning the water might be contaminated?

4commentsEditorials  Sep 21, 2021

Parties, leaders failed to excite Canadians

Results show voters weren’t buying what party leaders were selling

2commentsHighlight  Aug 25, 2021

Jim Bell was an irreplaceable voice at Nunatsiaq News

Publisher Michael Roberts pays tribute to journalist who was the paper’s ‘driving force’ for decades

0commentsHighlight  Aug 25, 2021

Jim Bell was a boots-on-the-ground, pen-in-hand chronicler of Nunavut

Longtime editor died Tuesday in Ottawa

19commentsEditorials  Aug 6, 2021

Nunavut doesn’t need a parade of federal cabinet ministers

On the cusp of an election, funding announcements fuel cynicism the government is trying to buy voters

8commentsEditorials  Jul 22, 2021

Inuit culture should be prominent at GG ceremony

Monday’s installation ceremony will set the tone for Canada’s first Indigenous viceregal representative

18commentsEditorials  Jul 10, 2021

Qaqqaq, NDP corner Liberals on mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples

Call for criminal investigation could lead to progress on reconciliation

14commentsEditorials  May 22, 2021

Nunavut voters suddenly wield a lot of clout

Qaqqaq’s departure creates new opportunity to push northern issues onto the federal agenda