2 Rankin Inlet residents appointed to Order of Nunavut
Maryanne Inuaraq Tattuinee and Dorothy Atuat Tootoo to be installed in fall legislature sitting
Kugluktuk man charged with firearms, liquor offences
RCMP say a June 8 investigation resulted in police seizing vodka and 10 firearms
Pond Inlet searches for money to finish wellness centre
Building to house a remote counselling program
Peter Freuchen amputates his toes
Teacher education program expanded to more Nunavut communities
More post-secondary students will be able to study in their hometowns starting this September, says education minister
ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᑎ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓂᒃ ᐋᖓᔮᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ
ᔪᐃᓕ ᖃᐃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ‘ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔭᐅᓂᕋ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕕᓂᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᑐᖅ” ᐅᖃᙱᖢᓂ ᑭᓲᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔ
Tenant education workshops planned for people living in public housing
Nunavut Housing Corp. says workshops will be pilot project to teach residents how to monitor, repair units
Criminals like ex-priest Dejaeger ‘should rot in jail:’ cabinet minister
Federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister, justice minister both express sympathy for former priest’s victims
Ottawa names special interlocutor to protect residential school burial sites
Appointment of lawyer Kimberly Murray a ‘positive step,’ says ITK president Natan Obed
GN will need to ask Ottawa for money to fix Rankin Inlet utilidor, minister says
Mayor says development can’t happen in community until water and sewage system is upgraded
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Nunavut Health Department commits to reporting Pang TB numbers every 3 months
31 Pangnirtung residents have been diagnosed with active tuberculosis since January
Ex-priest with long record of sexual abuse out on statutory release
Eric Dejaeger was twice jailed for offences he committed against Inuit youth from 1974 to1989
45 Nunavut schools to get improved air quality through joint project
Federal, GN funding aims to reduce COVID-19 spread in schools, governments say
Sky-high training for search-and-rescue workers
Master Cpl. Denis Abazovic (right), a search and rescue technician from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron, sits next to Saroomie Manik, a local Civil Air Search and Rescue Association spotter onboard a CC-130H Hercules aircraft in Resolute Bay. The two were participating in a Canadian Armed Forces search-and-rescue exercise involving bundle drops, parachuting and spotter training last week near Resolute Bay, Pond Inlet, and Sanirajak. Spotters are the search team’s “eyes in the sky,” responsible for visually locating the targets of a search operation. (Photo courtesy of Capt.. Graeme Scott / Canadian Armed Forces).
MLA pushes for waste incinerators in Clyde River, Qikiqtarjuaq
Both communities are dealing with excess of waste, says Mary Killiktee
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃᒥᑦ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᑯᓗᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓕᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᐅᓇᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᖓᓂᒃ
‘ᐱᑖᕈᑦᑕ ᑕᐃᒪ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒃᑰᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐴᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᖕᓂᒃ,’ ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᑯᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓯᒪᓂᑯᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ $20,000 ᑐᒑᓂ.
‘Mass layoffs’ could follow Baffinland’s notice to labour board
Approximately 1,300 jobs could be at stake at territory’s largest mine; ‘we need to be ready,’ says cabinet minister
Skills Canada Nunavut team celebrates in Vancouver
Members of Skills Canada’s Nunavut team celebrate at the national Skills Canada competition last month in Vancouver. The competition brought together more than 300 post-secondary students from across Canada to participate in skilled trade and technology competitions. On the Skills Canada Nunavut team, Willow Watson won the silver medal and a best-in-region award for 2-D animation, Mac Pavia won a silver medal in photography, and David Aglukark won a bronze medal in web technology. Pictured, front row from left, are David Aglukark and Mac Pavia. Back row from left are Eli Qaqqasiq-Taqtu, Aloka Wijesooriya, Annie Buscemi, Matilda Pinksen, Barb Heming, Natalie Maerzluft and Janis Devereaux. Secondary school students competed virtually as well, including Ben Heming, Willow Watson, Maple Faulks and Katie Yu. (Photo courtesy of Skills Canada Nunavut)
Nunavut legislators introduce bill to tax alcohol
Territory one of the few jurisdictions in Canada without a liquor tax
Federal government gives $1M to tourism initiatives across Nunavut
Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal made the announcement Friday as part of Tourism Week in Canada
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ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᕗᓐᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᕗᖅ $2.5B ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ
ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᕈᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒥ
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᐊᕐᒥᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ‘ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕗᙶᓗ’ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨ
ᐸᐃ ᒑᓚᖃᐅᑏᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᖏᑦ, ᐅᕙᒍᑦᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑕᐅᓯᕐᓂ ᐅᕙᓃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᒥᐊᓕ ᐱᐅᓯ-ᓗᐃᔅᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ
Trudeau, Inuit groups mark 3rd anniversary of report on missing, murdered Indigenous women
2022 also marks one year since launch of the National Action Plan for MMIWG
Pang man guilty of shooting dog, firing into house, damaging vehicles
2020 Incident involving Tommy Ikalukjuak left 1 resident in ‘shock and trauma,’ court hears