“An action like this struck me as something you’d see in a place like Venezuela or Russia not here in Canada.”
The Government of Nunavut is behaving like an authoritarian regime by banning a journalist from the territory’s jails, says Iqaluit-Niaqunngu MLA Pat Angnakak.
Citing the high number of students in Nunavut who don’t regularly attend school, Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone is calling for a territory-wide vote on whether to introduce a truancy law. Such a law could result in families being fined if their children are consistently absent. Education Minister David Joanasie said he would bring up Lightstone’s suggestion with staff. The discussion came after several MLAs raised questions about attendance figures contained in the Education Department’s latest annual report, reported on last week by Nunatsiaq News. (Photo by Jane George)
Disease can spread quickly to others after a sick person coughs or sneezes
Residents would be able to hunt more female bears and not be penalized for defence kills
Willie Jr. Thomassie to appear in court tomorrow
Retired NHL player Jordin Tootoo, at left, returns home to play as a special guest in this year’s Terence Tootoo Memorial Tournament in Rankin Inlet, held annually in memory of his late brother. Here, Tootoo’s parents Barney and Rose drop the puck at the tournament’s first game on March 8, where he faces off against Stephan Nukapiak. The Rankin Inlet Miners and Team Todd ended the weekend as the tournament’s A and B Division champs. (Photo by Noel Kaludjak)
No one was injured in March 8 shooting in Pangnirtung
Territory negotiated new $74-million contract with the sole bidder from its original request for bids
Daylight saving time starts Sunday, March 10
Clara Evalik helped lead a four-day workshop in Cambridge Bay on how to make sunburst-shaped parka hoods, or puhitaq, from Feb. 27 to March 2, funded through the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, and here are the results. (Photo courtesy of C. Evalik)
Poasie Anilniliak, 34, faces four charges, will appear before JP on March 9
“Today I am here to say sorry”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs elder Alacie Joamie of Iqaluit after delivering his government’s apology in Iqaluit today for the mismanagement of the tuberculosis epidemic among Inuit between the 1940s and 1960s. At the event, Joamie recounted her husband’s departure to a TB sanatorium in 1967. He never returned, leaving her and her children to a life of hardship. Read more from the ceremony later today at Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Beth Brown)
“The rate of tuberculosis is outrageous, but it’s eminently solvable”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets those gathered at Iqaluit’s Frobisher Inn this morning, following his apology for the suffering many Inuit endured during treatment for tuberculosis between the 1940s and 1960s. See our story later today at Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Jane George)
“ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᖁᔭᕗᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥᑦ”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Iqaluit this morning to apologize to Inuit for the suffering many endured during treatment for tuberculosis. Watch for our coverage of today’s event at Nunatsiaq.com (Photo by Bill Williams)
Overall attendance rate for Nunavut’s schools sat at 68.2 per cent last year
Trudeau speech in Iqaluit re-scheduled to Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.
Lizzie Putulik of Kangirsuk holds a copy of Makivik News with an article about her aunt Maggie, who was taken from northern Quebec as an eight-year-old for tuberculosis treatment in the south. She never returned. Putulik was among many Inuit who were in Iqaluit today to witness a long-awaited apology from the federal government about the suffering of Inuit TB patients taken south between the 1940s and 1960s. However, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s aircraft was unable to land in Iqaluit today due to near-blizzard conditions. The flight has been diverted to Goose Bay in Labrador, with the hope that the weather may still improve and allow the prime minister to arrive this evening. Read more later on nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Beth Brown)
“A higher capacity network will lessen the digital divide between the North and South”
Organizers now accepting proposals until March 15
Ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to Iqaluit today to apologize for the suffering Inuit experienced during past treatments of tuberculosis, Nunavut’s MLAs addressed the subject in the territory’s legislature. From the 1940s to the 1960s, many Inuit were removed from their homes and taken to southern sanatoriums. Some never returned. “I struggle with this issue. We expect those who leave to come back,” said Aggu MLA Paul Quassa, seen here. (Photo by Courtney Edgar)
Suspect is in custody in Iqaluit, facing five charges
“It’s fantastic to see the creativity and ingenuity of Inuit in our Qikiqtani communities”
