Oceans North says the company told investors it could triple production at the Mary River mine—a far bigger increase than what’s been publicly considered
(Updated Nov. 1, 4:30 p.m.
“We could be up to a month behind where we should be at this time of year”
“We expect the costs to maintain these lights to be less over time”
No arrest was made at an incident that Iqaluit RCMP responded to in the city’s Tundra Valley neighbourhood today. As of mid-afternoon, the situation had been resolved. An email from the RCMP V Division said, “RCMP had received information and believe that Iola Lucassie was inside a residence in the Tundra Valley (media release was sent out last week requesting public help locate him). Iqaluit RCMP responded to the area and closed off the road. A residence was cleared and the surrounding area. Lucassie was not located and still has an outstanding warrant for his arrest.” (Photo by Dustin Patar)
“The threats were being made about the type of food being served, the hours the food was being served and about not wanting to eat leftovers”
Ruby Haniliak of Cambridge Bay shows off the seal and fox fur mittens she made in sewing area of the Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society at the May Hakongak Community Library and Cultural Centre. (Photo by Jane George)
Nunavik Building offers a small housing solution
Centre’s cutting-edge research still largely off Cambridge Bay’s radar
York university law prof Jeffery Hewitt spoke in Iqaluit Oct. 23
Voting took place on Oct. 29, in Rankin Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet, Baker Lake and Whale Cove
Bell edges out Papatsie for mayor, council a mix of new and familiar faces
Newfoundland researcher working with Sanikiluaq on plan to harvest the squishy creatures
Young square dancers from the Nunavut Sivuniksavut college program help celebrate the Oct. 25 opening of the 10-bed Mamisarvik treatment centre at 25 Rosemount in Ottawa. Tungasuvvingat Inuit will start offering a day program at the centre this week and hopes to start a residential treatment program there early next year. Scores of Ottawa and Ontario Inuit flocked to the event, along with many friends and family members. (Photo by Jim Bell)
Scores of Ottawa Inuit danced, feasted and toured the new facility last Friday
“I want to be able to practise in Inuktitut in the courtroom”
“We have some key things to look forward to,” says Cambridge Bay’s Pamela Hakongak Gross
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, it was Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster, pictured here, who led the Iqaluit city council race with 955 votes. On Nov. 5, during the swearing-in ceremony at the Nunavut Court of Justice, she will be joined by three other new faces: Solomon Awa, Sheila Flaherty and Malaiya Lucassie. Veteran councillors Joanasie Akumalik, Romeyn Stevenson, Kyle Sheppard and Simon Nattaq, who were all re-elected, will also be in attendance, along with Kenneth Bell, who bested Noah Papatsie for mayor. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
“A greater effort needs to be made to provide specialized support”
“Effectively managing our responsibility to the land, animals and the environment is essential. This program and research will help us to do that.”
ᑳᓖᓐ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᒃᑑᐱᕆ 21-ᒥ
Kaajuk Kablalik, the president of Tungasuvvingat Inuit, speaks at the Oct. 25 opening ceremony for the Mamisarvik treatment centre at 25 Rosemount in Ottawa. “We’re very proud of where Mamisarvik has come from and where it’s gone,” Kablalik said. With him is Jason LeBlanc, TI’s executive director, Mamisarvik’s staff elder Jerry Komaksiutiksak, and elder Rebecca Anaviapik, who lit a qulliq to start the opening ceremony. (Photo by Jim Bell)
“We follow the laws of Mother Nature, so as soon she says we can vote, we’ll be in there”
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. buoyed as its two new operations hit commercial production
“Inuit will be much better about bringing Inuit knowledge and science together”
Nunavut’s mid-1990s info-privacy law now obsolete, Elaine Keenan Bengts says
