Nunavik police seize $90K worth of pot, hash
KRPF, SQ arrest suspect in Inukjuak July 31
Nunavik police say they’ve seized more than $90,000 worth of cannabis and hash from a home in Inukjuak.
Search and recovery underway for missing Nunavut boater
Baker Lake man was last seen July 31 when his boat ran out of fuel
All smiles
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)
Quebec to launch new developmental screening program for young children
In Nunavik, the program will focus on screening for FASD
Despite unsuccessful searches, missing Iqaluit teen’s mom keeps hope
“I am still waiting and hoping my son will come back”
Visitors learn to throat sing, drum dance and more on Iqaluit Parks Day
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)
Meet the new Liberal candidate for Nunavut
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)
Trudeau announces protection for Nunavut’s last-ice area
“Finally, Inuit have the tools to do the important work”
ᐅᑎᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᑏᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᑦ
“ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᙶᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ”
Nunavut appeal court quashes judge’s rejection of agreed sentence
Defence, Crown take similar positions on appeal
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July brings big heat to Nunavut’s High Arctic
Temperature hits 18.3 C in Alert on July 30
Ontario police seek repeat offender Manasie Ipeelee
Ipeelee went missing July 28 from an Ottawa halfway house
A polar bear sighting in Frobisher Bay
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)
Nunavut government kicks off Inuktut songwriting contest
The theme of this year’s Qilaut contest is family and friends
Qaggiavuut kick-starts feasibility study for new arts centre
Performing arts group hopes to see qaggiq construction start next year
Nunavut-made learning resources en route to childcare centres
Department of Education and QIA partner on culturally relevant educational tools
Nunavut Sivuniksavut launches second round of university track program
Another six students venture onto path leading to government work
The day aliens invaded Pangnirtung
Sci-fi film production underway in Nunavut community
Europe’s heatwave threatens to push Greenland toward record melting
Conditions are similar to those in 2012, when Greenland’s ice cap saw record melting—and Arctic sea ice hit a record low.
Sealift arrives at Pangnirtung
The annual sealift resupply arrived in Pangnirtung on Monday, July 29. (Photo by Patricia Lightfoot)
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Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo to call it quits this fall
Former Liberal MP says he’s leaving public life
New effort to catalogue Arctic biodiversity depends on ‘DNA barcodes’
“You don’t have to be a specialist anymore to get an answer”
Nunavut government appeals decision to halt case against Igloolik hunter
Michael Irngaut of Igloolik shot a caribou in 2015 while a hunting ban was in effect
As carbon tax kicks in this month, Nunavut fuel prices rise
Territory softens impact of carbon pricing with carbon rebate, income tax package
Canada announces $1.8 million to help abused women, children in Nunavut
Projects aimed at increasing access to justice, combat sexual harassment, helping kids