Ottawa serves up 30 helpings of Nunavut food money
“We understand that the pandemic has put people through some very difficult times”
The federal government played head waiter to Nunavut this month. Ottawa has ladled out $1.
Ottawa to gather input on how to implement Indigenous Languages Act
“Indigenous peoples know best how to lead the reclamation, revitalization, maintenance, and strengthening of their languages”
Clear view over Iqaluit
Félix Charron-Leclerc captured this clear view over Iqaluit out to Frobisher Bay on Monday, Oct. 19. (Photo by F. Charron-Leclerc)
New book delves deep into the Inuit language
“It brings to light our culture and worldview”
Nunavut Housing Corp. report underlines territory’s huge housing challenge
“The Government of Nunavut has a renewed way forward to tackle the housing crisis, but we can’t do it alone”
Wheels up
Ahuya Snowball participates in an ATV race organized by the Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee on Sept. 26. Snowball won the senior men’s (18 and over) category. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Crowberry jackpot
Isabelle Dubois of Kuujjuaq took this photo while berry-picking on Sept. 15. “They are crowberries, or what we like to call just black berries,” she writes. “They’re really easy to pick, especially with the homemade tool I was using, which is like a comb.” (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Joyce Echaquan’s death mirrors Inuit experience seeking health care: Makivik
“Our governments are not dealing with the poison that is still killing Indigenous citizens”
Changing colours outside Kuujjuaq
Isabelle Dubois took this photo of the autumn landscape near Kuujjuaq while out berry-picking on Sept. 15. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Tally of probable COVID-19 cases rises at Nunavut’s Hope Bay mine
“We’re responding to our first outbreak that at least started partly in Nunavut”
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Iqaluit police locate missing man
Adamie Nowdlak went missing from Qikiqtani General Hospital on Sept. 28
Essential workers entering Nunavut now required to wear masks outside dwellings
Government tightens COVID-19 rules in reaction to second wave in southern Canada
CBC North appoints Indigenous boss
Mervin Brass will oversee programming in Nunavut, N.W.T., Yukon
Kuujjuaq kids receive a lesson in muskrat anatomy
Kindergarten students at Pitakallak Elementary School in Kuujjuaq learn about the anatomy of a muskrat during a lesson by Ayaana Berthe, who also explains the importance of respecting the animal and how to prepare its fur. The animal was caught by Simon Berthe up the Kuujjuaq River. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓯᒪᓗᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ
ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐃᒡᓚᐅᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᔭᓈᕐᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ
Nunavut RCMP neither documenting, nor following guidelines around strip searches: report
Iqaluit members said that they did not consider the act of stripping a prisoner of their clothing for safety or self-harm reasons as being a strip search, and would not document the event
Government of Nunavut to forgive City of Iqaluit for $420K in electrical late fees
“I know that this is out of the ordinary, dealing with something that’s 17 years old”
Beautiful day for berry picking
Isabelle Dubois took this photo of her two huskies while out berry picking on Sept. 15. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Airlines receiving Nunavut’s cash aren’t allowed to pay bonuses
Airline financial records will get independent audits to ensure money isn’t misused
Nunavut moms younger and have more children than others in Canada: StatCan
Average age of mothers in Nunavut is 25.8
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Nunavut government to look at feasibility of a guaranteed basic income
“There is a need for a long term, simplified and sustainable solution to providing financial supports to those most in need”
Hello, snow
“Kuujjuamiut woke up to snow this morning!” writes Malaya Qaunirq Chapman today. “Before lunchtime, Annie Sequaluk’s excited Kindergarten class made a snowman to welcome the snow that seems to be staying for the rest of the year.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Agnico Eagle declares first positive case of COVID-19 at Nunavut mine
Infected worker sent back south on Sept. 29
Early warning system to protect Nunavut abuse victims hits a wall
Nunavut’s Justice Department won’t introduce a Clare’s Law
Worker at Nunavut patient residence in Ottawa tests positive for COVID-19
Larga Baffin is “working with Ottawa Public Health to assess the potential impact”