City of Iqaluit seeks expressions of interest for lease of former Iridium Canada site
Deadline is May 24
The City of Iqaluit is seeking expressions of interest for the potential lease of the former Iridium Canada site.
Looking inside a heart
Dr. Donna May Kimmaliardjuk dissects a caribou heart for Nunavut secondary students as part of a health careers camp in Iqaluit on Friday, May 10. Kimmaliardjuk is a cardiac surgery resident at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and will be the first Inuk cardiac surgeon in Canada. She spent two days in Iqaluit this week talking with students about the different pathways to a career in health care. Read more later at nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Sarah Rogers)
FASD in Nunavut a health-care rights issue, stakeholders say
“It’s the right of that child, it’s the right of that adult to get some answers”
Quebec prosecutors clear Nunavik police in shooting deaths
DPCP issues decisions on four separate incidents that happened in 2017 and 2018
Former Nunavut lawyer pleads guilty to bigamy, forging divorce documents
Morton continues to be suspended from practising law in the territory
British Airways flight diverts to Iqaluit
A British Airways Boeing 777 lands in Iqaluit at about 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 9. BA Flight 273 was en route from London to San Diego when it diverted to Iqaluit for a reported medical emergency. At least one passenger was offloaded and taken by ambulance to Qikiqtani General Hospital. The aircraft remained on the tarmac and other passengers did not disembark. The flight continued on at about 6:30 p.m. A British Airways spokesperson said later that a passenger had been “unwell.” (Photo by Sarah Rogers)
Nunavut government moves on plans for long-term care in all three regions
Proposals sought for three or four centres, with a total of 156 beds
An imaginative afternoon at Iqaluit Makerspace
Children learn how to make animations and video games at the Iqaluit Makerspace on May 1. “My favourite part is that we get to do art,” said 10-year-old Abby Alainga, on the bottom right. “Me and Abby made a game called Ice Breaker,” said Leah Ray Higdon, 9, to her left. “You have to climb icebergs without falling into the water.” The Makerspace program, run by Pingguaq, opened in September 2018 and offers a daily after-school program that focuses on teaching kids coding and digital arts. That day there were 17 kids in attendance, from 9 years old to 13. (Photo by Thomas Rohner)
ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᔾᔪᑎᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑕᒥᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᒥ ᐱᓱᒍᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᕿᒪᒃᑐᐅᒍᑎᐅᕗᖅ
“ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᖕᒪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᙱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᑭᑦᑐᒦᑦᑐᒥᑦ”
Canadian Inuit challenge U.S. stance on Northwest Passage
“The Northwest Passage is part of Inuit Nunangat, our Arctic homeland”
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Visiting the invisible border
Iqaluit resident Hayley Roberts visits the first retrospective of Inuk artist Alootook Ipellie’s work, Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border, at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit on Sunday, April 28. The exhibition, which continues until Saturday, June 15, features Ipellie’s distinctive pen and ink drawings, posters, cartoons and examples of his poetry. (Photo by Patricia Lightfoot)
Yes, it’s possible to screen for FASD, experts say
“It’s really sad to see the reluctance of people to do screening”
Nunavut led Canada in economic growth in 2018
Nunavut’s GDP rose by 10 per cent
Narwhals display little genetic diversity, researchers say
This could make it harder for narwhals to adapt to change
Eva Aariak invested into the Order of Canada
Eva Aariak receives the Order of Canada—recognizing outstanding achievements and dedication to community and the nation—from Governor General Julie Payette at a morning ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 8. Aariak was awarded with the level of member of the Order of Canada, which acknowledges local or regional contributions. Aariak, Nunavut’s second territorial premier and first language commissioner, is celebrated for her advocacy work (especially in equity and gender equality) and promotion of language and culture. She now works with the Qikiqtani Inuit Association. Also during the ceremony, Louis Kamookak, an oral historian widely known for his documentation of Inuit history connected to the Franklin expedition, was honoured. Kamookak died March 22, 2018. He was awarded with the level of officer, which acknowledges national service or achievements. Kamookak’s wife, Josephine, received the Order of Canada on her husband’s behalf. (Photo from QIA/Facebook)
Nunavik police arrest two in cocaine bust
KRPF, SQ find cocaine and cash in Kuujjuaraapik home
Nunavut marks National Nursing Week
The week runs form May 6 to May 12
Open water
Former Makivik Corp. president Jobie Tukkiapik, his son Lukasi Whiteley-Tukkiapik and Alec Ningiuruvik head out onto the Kuujjuaq River, which is now open past the marina, on April 27. The group went on to get their first seal of the season. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Worker suffers leg injury at Nunavut mine site
Employee medevaced from Meadowbank to Winnipeg hospital, where he is in stable condition
Inuit leaders condemn Arctic Council’s lack of consensus on climate change
“Refusing to allow the words ‘climate change’ into the declaration is a moral failure”
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Arctic Council approves a new observer: the IMO
International Maritime Organization joins four other UN agencies at the council
Inuksuk High School Green Club hosts hopping open house
Inuksuk High School students Nicholas McDermott, Grade 10, and Laura Attagutsiak, Grade 12, show off some of the rabbits they raised as part of the school’s Green Club during an open house and rummage sale Saturday, May 4. The club works on a variety of environmental projects, including raising chickens, phone book recycling, pop can recycling and research projects. The club currently has over 20 rabbits. Proceeds from the rummage sale helped cover costs of animal feed, materials and a spring trip to Ottawa. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
Iqaluit’s health facilities seek to renew national accreditation
Accreditation Canada will survey patients and staff next week
Regular heating oil tank inspections can prevent costly cleanups
Nunavut Department of Environment reminds homeowners to check their tanks
A long way from Cambridge Bay
A group of Cambridge Bay youth from Kiilinik High School and their chaperones pose on the beach in Hong Kong, during the last stop in a multi-year series of trips of students from the school to honour Canadian soldiers in all theatres of war for World War I and World War II. During this year’s trip they also visited Vietnam. (Photo courtesy of Patti Bligh)