Three communities in Nunavik will receive money from the federal government to acquire boats and equipment for their participation in local marine safety, including a rescue boat for Kangiqsualujjuaq, similar to this one in Cambridge Bay. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Money to be used to purchase boats and boat-related equipment
The federal government plans to spend close to $2 million to upgrade marine response capabilities in five Indigenous communities, including three in Nunavik.
Teachers in Umiujaq picket in front of the school on Jan. 17. Nunavik teachers entered their third day of a four-day strike on Monday. The strike is set to end Tuesday at 11 a.m. The Kativik Ilisarniliriniq school board said last week that schools in the region’s 14 communities are closed during the strike. The teachers have worked without a new contract since May 2023. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)