“The long-term goal is getting more Indigenous [people] and Inuit into the health-care system”
An Inuk teen who died in 2018 is the inspiration behind a new bursary and scholarship to support more Indigenous students through medical school.
MP deserves credit for seeking help when she needed it
Hamlet wants iron ore production increase phased in over four years
An Orionid meteor streaks through the night sky above Arctic Bay around 1 a.m. on Dec. 14 in this image taken by Clare Kines. “It’s taken overlooking Marcil Lake and shows an Orionid meteor near the constellation Pleiades,” he writes. “Orion is visible in the photo as well as some aurora to the south of us.” (Photo by Clare Kines)
Josephee Adams, 70, is Nunavut’s first recipient of a COVID-19 vaccine. Adams, a resident of the Iqaluit Elders’ Centre, received the vaccine today from public health nurse Susie Pearce. (Image courtesy of the Government of Nunavut)
“This is a major milestone along Nunavut’s path”
Five Nunavummiut have died of COVID-19, but territory’s death count sits at one
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she took leave due to “extreme burnout, depression and anxiety”
Feds rejected bid by Chinese state-owned company in late December
MP’s leave is ending after being extended into the new year
“It was hard not to be with her”
Premier cautions news “does not mean the outbreak is over”
Miali Aliqatuqtuq enjoys the afternoon sky from her living room window at home in Qikiqtarjuaq Dec. 28. (Photo by M. Aliqatuqtuq)
In time, the pandemic will dissipate and normal life will return
The northern lights glow above the tundra outside Kugluktuk on a cold night (-37 C) on Dec. 20. (Photo by Mathieu Dumond / Umingmak Productions Inc.)
Nunavut capital to ring in new year with two fireworks displays
ᐃᓄᑑᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᐸᒐᒃᓴᑦ, ᐅᖓᓯᒌᑲᑕᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑕᐃᓕᒍᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓲᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓕᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓕᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ
Isolation hubs, social distancing, PPE and CERB part of new vocabulary
Moderna vaccine’s arrival a “big step in fighting the COVID-19 virus,” premier says
Robert Kautuk gazes at the northern lights while wearing a headlamp just outside Clyde River on Dec. 14. (Photo by Robert Kautuk)
People report power outages and entire structures blown away
6,000 doses of Moderna vaccine en route to Nunavut in early January, health officials say
From left: Cheryl Siusangnark, Johnny Tagornak and Franklin Tegumiar won the Naujaat co-op store’s traditional clothing contest on Dec. 21. They received prizes ranging from $100 to $200. (Photo courtesy of the Naujaat Co-op)
Naujaat residents decked themselves out in clothing made from polar bear, seal, caribou and fox Dec. 21 to participate in their co-op store’s annual traditional clothing contest. (Photo courtesy of the Naujaat Co-op)
The northern lights dance around a Christmas tree in Iqaluit’s Tundra Ridge neighbourhood in the week leading up to Christmas. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
