NOT FOR REUSE. PURCHASED UNDER SINGLE-USE RIGHTS CONTRACT. The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen is seen near Iqaluit as the sun sets and water vapour rises off the freezing ocean on Nov. 30. It was the ship’s final day in Frobisher Bay for the year before returning to more southerly waters. (Photo by Frank Reardon)
Travelling court circuits suspended until Jan. 11
Pandemic brings increasing dangers for homeless Inuit women
Calm Air cargo flight skidded off Naujaat’s runway Nov. 26
Active cases drop to 80; Arviat adds 11
Nunavut Coalition of District Education Authorities says government “dropped the ball” during COVID-19 lockdown
Randy Koneak is accused of the 2018 first-degree murder of Chloé Labrie
Iqaluit’s sky turns bright orange as the sun sets on Monday, Nov. 30, at 1:30 p.m., as seen from the dining room of Letia Obed. The ship in the bay is the fuel tanker Kitikmeot W. (Photo by Letia Obed)
Firefighters battle a house fire in Cambridge Bay during the evening of Monday, Dec. 1, in the dark and subzero temperatures. The residents of the home escaped without serious injury. “Tonight we faced adversity and challenge, however, we are happy that everyone is okay and together as a community are able to come together,” said Mayor Pamela Gross in a statement on social media. (Photo courtesy of Richard Webster)
Hunter support programs urged to switch to land mobile radio
In Chesterfield Inlet, Gloria Thompson’s household of 13 ready for eased restrictions
Federal government’s economic statement includes $30M for territory
Active cases fall below 100 as lockdown lifted
“This does not meet the threshold of a criminal offence of an assault or assault with a weapon under the Criminal Code of Canada as the applied force was unintentional”
Clyde River’s Ilisaqsivik Society has been working to deliver a full turkey dinner to everyone in the community during the Nunavut’s territory-wide COVID-19 lockdown, with support from Baffinland Iron Mines & Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. “We’re getting ready to send out the remaining turkeys and other dinner items, and hope to have them delivered to your homes as soon as possible,” the society wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, Nov. 30. (Photo courtesy of Ilisaqsivik/Facebook)
Iqaluit and Cambridge Bay restaurants can now seat at 50 per cent capacity
Fines amount to $2,875 each for three alleged violations
“Every year we see changes, disturbing changes, in front of our eyes”
Territory reports total of 73 recovered cases; four new cases in Arviat
ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓂᒍᐃᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᖅ ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᕙᒃᖢᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂᒋ “ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ”
“This was very much expected”
Nunavut to divvy up $1 million in federal funding among its communities
Charlie Arngak of Kangiqsujuaq will be awarded the Order of Military Merit for almost 50 years of active service in the Canadian Rangers. The award was announced by the Rangers Nov. 24 during Kativik Regional Government council meetings. Arngak, 67, is also an executive member of the KRG regional council. “His experience over the years in the self-sufficient mobile forces working in some of the most isolated and remote terrain in the country has made him a mentor and a highly respected member of his unit,” said Benoit Mainville, lieutenant-colonel with the 2nd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group. The Governor General will award the medal to Arngak in the new year. (Photo courtesy of KRG)
29-year-old man faces multiple charges under liquor laws
“This will definitely help during this holiday season while we are in the middle of a global pandemic”
