Police still seeking information that could potentially lead to Jason Kilabuk’s location
A man reported missing in Iqaluit on July 6 is presumed dead, Nunavut RCMP said in a news release issued today. Jason Kilabuk, 36, was last seen at the Iqaluit causeway boat launch area on July 5.
“We need to have materials other than annual reports or children’s books or the bible, so that we can easily get into the practice of using written Inuktut as a way to express creative thoughts”
Facility now available for booking online
From left: Whale Cove residents Yvette Itigaitok, Marina Itigaitok and Donna Saumik celebrate Nunavut Day on July 9 with some hand-crafted creations: atigi, or pullover jackets, made by Itigaitok and Saumik, and a hand-sewn Nunavut flag made by Saumik. (Photo courtesy of Maggie Saumik)
Four possible reopening scenarios outlined
“We want to minimize the anxiety in the community”
Inuit created broadcaster will air programming in Inuktut across the circumpolar North
As well, country food to be provided in southern isolation hubs, and territory’s bars can be open full hours
But more mental health services are needed to reduce the harms of alcohol, says Uquutaq Society executive director
The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services confirmed a new case of COVID-19 in Salluit on July 12, reportedly linked to a worker who didn’t quarantine before travelling to the region. (Photo courtesy of E. Herault/Interact)
“I think there’s a realization that these seven people have fallen through the cracks”
Inuit Certainty Agreement “ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂᒃ”
Quebec dioceses to make the final call when places of worship can start to welcome back parishioners
Government of Nunavut cautioned residents in May that the CERB is not “free money”
Bryan Lemire picks mussels at Dry Bay, just outside of Kuujjuaq, on July 6. (Photo by Kaatsia Annanack)
All workers at Baffinland’s Mary River mine now out of isolation
Video footage shows officers draw guns at Akulivik suspect who was later released
“We will need to see concrete action in the near future including a name change,” says team sponsor
Maggie Kuniliusie took this photo of tents set up in Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park outside Iqaluit a bit after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8. “Our mother always encouraged us to calm down and to quiet our minds before she sent us to bed. Last night’s weather was a mood changer. I slept well and long. #Nunavutcation,” she writes. The staff at Nunatsiaq News hope our readers have a restful Nunavut Day on Thursday, July 9. Our Iqaluit office will be closed that day, and we’ll resume publishing on Friday, July 10. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)
Come January, the U.K. will likely be left without access to a precise sat-nav system. That could be good news for a plan to provide internet access across the Arctic.
“Our goal with this agreement was also to provide opportunities for our communities”
“The proposed actions lack substance, commitment, collaboration and a sense of urgency”
“Baffinland cannot wait until the end of COVID to secure its phase two approval”
An ATV driver crosses the land near Taloyoak on June 16 under a fogbow, caused by the interaction between sunlight and small water droplets in the atmosphere. (Photo by Jonathan Nuss)
Park closed yesterday after reports of a polar bear across the river
