A full complement of officers and the use of body-worn cameras in the pipeline
After months of low staffing levels, the Kativik Regional Police Force is seeing the fruits of its aggressive recruiting efforts. Police chief Jean-Pierre Larose updated councillors at the Kativik Regional Government meeting on Nov.
Move to regroup under Microsoft could be a cost saver, government says
“We are able to put the emergency boat in only when it’s very high tide”
Nunavut’s minister of community and government services, Lorne Kusugak, joins elders Jerome and Maryanne Tattuinee, deputy mayor Martha Hickes and Rankin Inlet Mayor Harry Towtongie to celebrate the opening of the community’s new arena with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 23. Referring to the heated viewing area, Kusugak joked that there’ll be “no more frostbite.” (Photo by Doug McLarty/ArcTech Design and Services)
Kuujjuaq receives runway improvements, but gravel is a problem for projects in two communities
Helped by the light of flashlights, a group walks down a dark Cambridge Bay street on Nov. 25 to mark the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women. The walk against violence included a vigil for the women who were killed on Dec. 6, 1989, in Montreal “because they were women, and for all the other violence victims who have passed,” said organizer Dasha Borovikova. (Photo courtesy of Dasha Borovikova/Facebook)
Nunavut groups pitch changes to student-educator ratio, student-support teachers
Future HMCS Harry DeWolf cruises into Bedford Basin
Moses Suzuki’s actions called “repugnant,” “disgraceful” and “dishonourable”
Bell replaces former Iqaluit mayor Madeleine Redfern as head of NAM
Taqqut Productions’ newest release has garnered three awards and been screened at more than 20 festivals worldwide
U.S. Consul General Mélanie Zimmerman signs the guest book in the foyer of the Kativik Regional Government in Kuujjuaq during her recent trip to Nunavik and Nunavut. Along with other members of a U.S. delegation, Zimmerman also stopped in Rankin Inlet where she spoke to the Nunavut Association of Municipalities. The delegation also visited Baker Lake where they toured the community and met with local officials. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Consul General)
“We haven’t been working together as effectively as I would like to have seen”
Initiative part of circumpolar push to find new markets for sealskin products
“The Resilience Day Shelter will enable the homeless in Cabot Square area to obtain essential services”
IT repair teams heading out of Iqaluit this week
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“There’s still so much that needs to be healed in this country”
Lori Idlout (second from left) poses with Justice of the Peace Nicole Sikma (left), Chief Justice Neil Sharkey (second right) and Justice Susan Charlesworth after her call to the bar ceremony at the Nunavut Court of Justice Friday, Nov. 22. Idlout’s friends and family packed the courtroom to watch her take the oath and to celebrate Nunavut’s newest lawyer. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
“The Department of Education has collaborated with our valued partners in good faith”
Sylvie Bérubé plans to visit in the New Year and is seeking an Inuktitut translator
New trial date for Daniel Hodgson to be set on Dec. 12
Seven Nunavik students were the lucky winners of a trip to Montreal and Quebec City from Nov. 8 to 15. The group met with Premier François Legault at the National Assembly and attended a Montreal Canadiens hockey game, among other activities. The trip is a part of the Nanuk workshop, taken by students from grades four to six across Nunavik. The workshop is run through the Pivallianiq program of the Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau. Nanuk leader Carine Bourget uses art to share the importance of adopting healthy habits to take care of your well-being and your home. (Image courtesy of Pivallianiq)
Two Nunavut-based projects up for $1-million prize
In Iqaluit, income support recipients will receive cheques again
