Therkel Mathiassen’s initiation to the North
Knud Rasmussen was not the only participant on the Fifth Thule Expedition who did major scientific work and achieved noteworthy results.
The High Arctic saw a huge spike in lightning last year
There was almost twice as much lightning north of 80 degrees in 2021 as in the previous nine years combined, a Finnish firm says
2 more Nunavut foxes test positive for rabies
1 fox tested positive in Arctic Bay and 1 in Iqaluit
Nunavut premier sees no need to draft military in COVID-19 fight
Akeeagok wants federal help combating overcrowded housing
Northern travel tax benefit expanded to include more residents
But changes also introduce more complexity for tax-filers, says chartered accountant
Northern lights over Arctic Bay
The northern lights glimmer in the sky near Arctic Bay around 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 3. (Photo by Clare Kines)
Nunavut courts suspend most operations due to COVID-19
Regular operations to resume Feb. 7
Omicron confirmed in Nunavut
Fast-spreading COVID-19 variant forces territory to change its approach to testing disease
Fearing health staff shortages, Nunavut restricts COVID-19 testing
Residents without severe symptoms asked to stay home and avoid health centres, hospitals
Nunavut Health Department warns of ‘aggressive’ fox in Sanikiluaq
Due to rabies risk, any resident bitten or scratched by a fox or dog should report incident immediately
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5 Nunavut elders have COVID-19 at Embassy West
First outbreak among residents at Ottawa longterm care home is ‘very concerning,’ says Nunavut health minister
Whale Cove sees first presumptive case of COVID-19
Outbreaks in many Nunavut communities testing health system’s capacity, says territory’s chief public health officer
Nunavut MP out of isolation after holiday bout of COVID-19
Lori Idlout had to isolate between Dec. 20 and Jan. 1
‘High risk’ of COVID-19 transmission brings travel restrictions to Cambridge Bay and Kinngait
Nunavut’s case count surpasses 200; first presumptive case reported in Sanikiluaq
A new Arctic fiber project aims to link Asia and Europe via the Northwest Passage
Alaska-based Far North Digital is teaming up with Finland’s Cinia on a new project connecting Japan with western Europe
COVID-19 confirmed in nearly half of Nunavut communities
Territory reports 207 active cases in 12 communities; Kinngait the latest added to the list
Nunavut stories to watch in 2022
A new government mandate, a review of Iqaluit’s water emergency and a decision on Baffinland’s expansion all expected in 2022
In their own words: Our favourite quotations from 2021
Nunatsiaq News bursaries help Inuit media students
Bursaries worth $5,000 available to post-secondary students from Nunavut or Nunavik training for journalism, media, communications careers
Every Nunavut community must brace for COVID-19 surges, Patterson warns
Chesterfield Inlet becomes 11th Nunavut community where disease has been detected
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Honourable mentions for Newsmaker of 2021
Some high-profile people and some ordinary folks doing extraordinary things grabbed headlines over the past year
Longtime Kugluktuk leader Asger ‘Red’ Pedersen named to Order of Canada
Pedersen says he came North to work for the Bay and stayed long enough to serve on ‘every committee there is in town’
Pond Inlet is 10th Nunavut community with COVID-19
GN now reporting when presumptive cases arrive in a new community, no longer waiting for confirmation
Nuluujaat Land Guardians — Newsmaker of 2021
Small group of protesters made big waves when they blockaded Mary River mine in February
Cambridge Bay joins Nunavut’s COVID-19 list
94 cases of respiratory disease confirmed in nine communities since Dec. 21