Park closed yesterday after reports of a polar bear across the river
Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park has reopened today having closed because of unconfirmed reports of a polar bear in the park yesterday afternoon, according to Nunavut’s Department of Environment.
“A lot of these decisions are always made behind closed doors”
Twenty-five-year-old to appear in court on July 27
“Please also remember the Arctic is bear country,” says Department of Environment
Jason Kilabuk, 36, last seen at causeway boat launch around 10 a.m.
“I don’t want to give a date because I wouldn’t have guessed we’d be in July and we’d still be having this conversation”
“We will ramp up our ongoing engagement with the Inuit communities”
Volunteers and staff with the Ungava Wellness Program in Kuujjuaq help deliver food to low-income families with children on June 26. Here staffer Attasie Saunders is seen in the background, with staffer Laz Iserhoff in the centre and volunteer Daniel Cooper to the left. (Photo courtesy of Anita Gordon)
Inuit Certainty Agreement “sets new benchmark for Inuit benefit agreements”
“ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᖕᒪᑕ, ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖃᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐃᓄᑑᓐᓇᖅᑐᒦᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ”
“It is too important an issue to be ignored”
All southern employees must be tested before boarding charter flights
Police had asked public’s help locating Joannie Joamie
Johnny Nappatuk accused of stabbing two people on June 27
City hall, aquatic centre and Makkuttukkuvik Youth Centre to resume some services
Gabriel Martinez, 29, faces second set of charges involving illegal possession liquor
This photo was taken just south of Kugluktuk overlooking the Coppermine River valley, near the mouth of the river, on June 18, in the 24-degree heat. (Photo by Olivier Forbes-Bouillon)
Infected patient is in Puvirnituq, in isolation at home
Two ATV occupants medevaced to Montreal with serious injuries
Lab results confirming case should arrive in Nunavut early next week
“Police immediately attended and made contact with the man who appeared to be in crisis”
Patient is asymptomatic and in isolation at the mine site
Rayelle Allen of Iqaluit was among the winners of Skills Canada Nunavut’s #museumathome challenge for her recreation of Ningeokuluk Teevee’s famous print “Sedna’s Wonder.” The challenge, a collaboration between Skills Canada Nunavut and Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, tasked Nunavummiut of all ages to recreate a piece of famous Inuit art using items from around the house. (Images courtesy of Skills Canada Nunavut and the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum)
“There has been no contact between Mary River workers and any of the surrounding communities,” says chief medical officer
With a ban on big gatherings in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuujjuaq’s recreation committee organized a decoration contest, asking residents to create an Indigenous-themed scene outside their home on Monday, June 22. The $1,000 first prize went to Mary Mosesiapik and Willie Sequaluk, seen here, who turned a dog house into a small cabin, complete with a small working wood stove on which they made tea. Beside it is a drying rack for nikkuk (dry meat) and pitsik (dry fish) and a small tupik, or tent, sewn from scratch. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
