Quebec’s new overnight curfew won’t apply to Nunavik
But Nunavimmiut travellers to the south must adhere to new restrictions
ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19-ᒧᑦ ᑲᐴᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐳᑦ
ᒪᑑᓇ ᑲᐲᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᖓ “ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19-ᒥᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ,” ᓯᕗᓕᐅᕐᑎ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ.
More vaccine doses expected in Nunavut next week
“Additional clinics will be scheduled once the date and the number of doses for the next shipment are confirmed”
Nunavut health minister says at least one senior employee travelled south over holidays
Lorne Kusugak says too soon to say how many travelled and whether it was essential
Nunavut-wide election campaign for NTI president resumes
Postponed election now scheduled for Feb. 8, with advance poll on Feb. 1
Born to run
A Kuujjuaq dog team is seen framed by a qamutik Dec. 31. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
RCMP looking for new recruits to Inuit training program
Program prepares trainees for police academy exams and basic training
Kuujjuaraapik reports new COVID-19 case
Nunavik health board says vaccination campaign should start in February
Pond Inlet pitches compromise deal on Mary River mine expansion
Hamlet wants iron ore production increase phased in over four years
Shooting star above Arctic Bay
An Orionid meteor streaks through the night sky above Arctic Bay around 1 a.m. on Dec. 14 in this image taken by Clare Kines. “It’s taken overlooking Marcil Lake and shows an Orionid meteor near the constellation Pleiades,” he writes. “Orion is visible in the photo as well as some aurora to the south of us.” (Photo by Clare Kines)
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Nunavut elder receives territory’s first COVID-19 vaccination
Josephee Adams, 70, is Nunavut’s first recipient of a COVID-19 vaccine. Adams, a resident of the Iqaluit Elders’ Centre, received the vaccine today from public health nurse Susie Pearce. (Image courtesy of the Government of Nunavut)
Nunavut begins COVID-19 vaccinations
“This is a major milestone along Nunavut’s path”
Nunavut government wrestles with how to report COVID-19 deaths
Five Nunavummiut have died of COVID-19, but territory’s death count sits at one
ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2020-ᒥᑦ
ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ
Some holiday fun
Kuujjuaq children gathered Dec. 30 to toboggan and play games like tug-of-war organized by the northern village’s education committee. “It was beautiful to witness many kids have fun and laugh,” said committee member Lavinia Flaherty. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Nunavut MP breaks silence in video statement
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she took leave due to “extreme burnout, depression and anxiety”
Agnico Eagle announces agreement to buy TMAC Resources for $286M
Feds rejected bid by Chinese state-owned company in late December
Qaqqaq to start gradual return to work
MP’s leave is ending after being extended into the new year
Nunavut woman dies in Winnipeg hospital more than a month after COVID-19 diagnosis
“It was hard not to be with her”
Restless River directors win Indigenous Screen Award
Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu shared the best director award at the first Indigenous Screen Awards held at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival Dec. 31 for their work on Restless River, seen here being filmed in April 2018 in Kuujjuaq. Restless River’s lead actress, Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, also received a nomination for best actress. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
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Nunavut celebrates as COVID-19 cases drop to zero
Premier cautions news “does not mean the outbreak is over”
A million-dollar view
Miali Aliqatuqtuq enjoys the afternoon sky from her living room window at home in Qikiqtarjuaq Dec. 28. (Photo by M. Aliqatuqtuq)
New COVID-19 case confirmed in Nunavik
Resident of Kuujjuaraapik tested positive on Dec. 31
The photos you liked in 2020
Northern lights dominate our top 10 photos online
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Iqaluit rings in 2021 with fireworks in memory of elder Inookie Adamie
Iqaluit rang in 2021 with two New Year’s Eve fireworks displays from the top of Hospital Hill. Organizers 123 Go! dedicated the shows to the memory of elder Inookie Adamie, who died in September at the age of 109. (Photo by Dustin Patar)