Health Minister Lorne Kusugak used Monday’s COVID-19 news conference to address rumors that two passengers on a Canadian North flight traveling from Iqaluit to Rankin Inlet on Friday were allowed to travel despite waiting for COVID test results. “The individuals who tested positive on Friday night in Rankin Inlet were not even identified as contacts until after their flight had departed,” said Kusugak. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
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Karaoke night at bar ‘fits the description of a super-spreader event,’ says Dr. Patterson
The COVID-19 outbreak in Iqaluit has now been linked to the U.K. variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Transportation Safety Board and Nunavut coroner both investigating
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‘We’re ready for them to come back. Hopefully it will stay COVID-free,’ says school principal
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‘Shifting of the ice’ broke valve, says Nunavut’s petroleum products director
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Elders and carvers collaborate to create kit of games for students to play
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Anyone at Iqaluit bar that day faces ‘higher risk’ of exposure to COVID-19
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Two people aboard Friday’s Canadian North flight 239 were ‘close contacts’ of patient in capital outbreak, Health Department says
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The database has been taken down, but ‘the damage has already been done,’ says Makivik Corp.
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Daniel Hodgson is on trial for second-degree murder in the 2017 death of Bradley Winsor
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‘They needed to be adjusted to reduce the chance of events like this happening again,’ says Dr. Patterson
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Justice Paul Rouleau ruled that Baffinland does not have to answer questions about financing, expansions or construction
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New Health Department advisory alerts bar patrons and recent travellers
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No increased risk in the community, says regional health board
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Daniel Hodgson is accused of second-degree murder in the 2017 death of Bradley Winsor