Gaps in knowledge and importance of marine environment cited in recommendations to federal minister
The Nunavut Impact Review Board is recommending the federal government extend its five-year moratorium on oil and gas development in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait.
ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃᒥᑦ, ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓯᐅᕐᕕᒃᒥᑦ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ
KRPF, SQ arrest suspect in Inukjuak July 31
Baker Lake man was last seen July 31 when his boat ran out of fuel
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares a laugh with Arctic Bay elder Qappik Attagutsiak, who is 99, during a community feast on Thursday, Aug. 1, celebrating the completion of the Inuit impact and benefit agreement for the Tallurutiup Imanga national marine conservation area and the start of a process aimed at creating the 320,000-square-kilometre Tuvajuittuq marine protected area off northern Ellesmere Island. Ottawa will also spend $190 million on small craft harbours and job opportunities, including an Inuit environmental stewardship program for the five communities affected by the creation of Tallurutiup Imanga. (Photo by Jim Bell)
In Nunavik, the program will focus on screening for FASD
“I am still waiting and hoping my son will come back”
Leanna Wilson, left, and Tooma Laisa laugh after demonstrating how to throat sing to a crowd of visitors at Sylvia Grinnell Park on Iqaluit Parks Day on Saturday, July 27. The day featured music, dancing, a free barbecue lunch, prizes and more. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
Megan Pizzo-Lyall, the Liberal Party of Canada’s candidate for the Oct. 21 federal election, helps Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greet supporters on the late evening of Aug. 1 at the Black Heart Café in Iqaluit. “Nunavut is my heart,” Pizzo-Lyall said. “I am most content when I am on the land with my family.” Pizzo-Lyall, a former Iqaluit city councillor, was born in Taloyoak, educated in Cambridge Bay and most recently lived in Rankin Inlet, where she has been working for Atuqtuarvik Corp. See story later on nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Jim Bell)
“Finally, Inuit have the tools to do the important work”
“ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᙶᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ”
Defence, Crown take similar positions on appeal
Temperature hits 18.3 C in Alert on July 30
Ipeelee went missing July 28 from an Ottawa halfway house
A polar bear walks along a chunk of sea ice in Frobisher Bay July 31. One Ocean expedition participants gathered on the starboard deck of the RCGS Resolute to watch the bear dip in and out of the water, occasionally climbing on the many pieces of sea ice that currently crowd the bay. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
The theme of this year’s Qilaut contest is family and friends
Performing arts group hopes to see qaggiq construction start next year
Department of Education and QIA partner on culturally relevant educational tools
Another six students venture onto path leading to government work
Sci-fi film production underway in Nunavut community
Conditions are similar to those in 2012, when Greenland’s ice cap saw record melting—and Arctic sea ice hit a record low.
The annual sealift resupply arrived in Pangnirtung on Monday, July 29. (Photo by Patricia Lightfoot)
Former Liberal MP says he’s leaving public life
“You don’t have to be a specialist anymore to get an answer”
Michael Irngaut of Igloolik shot a caribou in 2015 while a hunting ban was in effect
