Letters

Letters  8 November 2018

Kitikmeot Corp. responds to article

"KIA itself, is the ultimate guarantor of KC’s accountability to KIA’s Inuit membership"

Letters  29 October 2018

Stop using the term “suicide prevention”

"This term is a blatant lie, bandage and misnomer.”

Letters  26 October 2018

Nunavut education department responds to DEA underfunding accusations

"The Department of Education has not been able to substantiate the claims made by the Iqaluit District Education Authority"

Letters  18 October 2018

Thank you to Agnico Eagle for Baker Lake landfill cleanup

“Without the help of Agnico Eagle, these contaminants would continue to cause damage”

Letters  18 October 2018

Inuit student-parents with GN daycare funding still eligible for our money, Kakivak says

“Kakivak Association currently provides funding to ensure that the childcare spaces for Inuit students are 100-per-cent funded”

Letters  28 September 2018

MMIWG commission responds to story, letter

“I am responsible for legal proceedings at the hearings of the national inquiry”

Letters  26 September 2018

Does chamber of mines VP represent the culture of the mining industry?

“Our minds instantly think about the safety and security of ourselves and our families”

Letters  25 September 2018

Mining advocate is “dismissive” of Indigenous women, reader says

“He is only adding to the problem by ignoring the disadvantages of Indigenous people”

Letters  20 September 2018

Chamber of mines responds to allegations made at MMIWG hearings

“The fact remains: women are an order of magnitude safer at our mines than at home”

Letters  31 August 2018

Open letter to foreign observers on the Greenland independence debate

“An independent Greenland will make us stronger both as a society and as individuals”

Letters  21 August 2018

PM Trudeau must attend UN gathering on tuberculosis

“Nunavut has a staggering amount of deaths from tuberculosis”

Letters  9 August 2018

Black Iqaluit resident suffers public racial taunting, abuse

“What hurts one group hurts us all as a human family”

Letters  11 June 2018

Susan Aglukark’s CD travelled into space with Julie Payette

Renowned Nunavut performer and humanitarian receives unexpected honour

Letters  4 June 2018

Mad Mom’s mad about mental illness

GN Department of Health does no public education on mental diseases

Letters  22 May 2018

Nunavut premier responds to Nunatsiaq News editorial

“I can assure you that these processes are well underway”

Letters  5 May 2018

No answers, no info on “improved” Nunavut Harvester Support Program

“Why do we have workers and directors in our organizations earning over $100,000 a year and they do not serve us or provide answers?”

Letters  2 May 2018

TB commentary harmed the morale of GN health workers

“I do not think Giles’ commentary was intended to harm the morale of those who are working towards the eradication of TB … but it did.”

Letters  1 May 2018

Does the Ikaluktutiak Elks club enable drinking and driving?

How do they prevent people who have been drinking from driving home?

Letters  6 April 2018

Flying hockey pucks: unsafe at any speed

Puck smashes car window, hits woman in the head

Letters  4 April 2018

Inuit language service at the Frobisher Inn: do they comply?

Iqaluit hotel owner and landlord replies to complaint

Letters  14 February 2018

Iqaluit reader fed up with cold weather service stoppages

"Never did the city come to a screeching halt just because of temperature"

Letters  14 February 2018

Cambridge Bay doctor was passionate about people

Dr. Bruce McFarlane: Aug, 11, 1944—Feb. 2, 2018

Letters  6 February 2018

Treatment centre clients must admit they’re alcoholics

"Alcoholics and drug addicts are masters in making up excuses and lies"

Letters  6 February 2018

It’s time to talk about the sexual assault of teenagers in Nunavut

"Our schools need to engage all students in talking about this"

Letters  10 January 2018

Territorial unions campaign for $15-per-hour minimum wage

"These are bold acts that are good for low-wage workers and good for the economy"