Baffinland technical meetings conclude
Community roundtable to be held on Sept. 28 through 30
The technical meeting examining Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.
COVID-19 shouldn’t be a get-out-of-jail-free card, Nunavut’s top judge rules
“The pandemic should not operate as an automatic reduction of sentence”
Nunavut tightens hunting limits for Bluenose East caribou herd
Move comes “in response to a continuing decline in the population, which has led to a conservation concern”
Nunavut legislative assembly reconvenes
Charlie Audlakiak, the Nunavut legislature’s sergeant-at-arms, carries the mace of Nunavut into the assembly at the start of a special sitting on Monday, Sept. 21. It’s the first time Nunavut’s MLAs have gathered for a legislative sitting since March 12, when the winter sitting ended. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the spring sitting. In addition to extra physical distancing, some in the chamber, like Audlakiak, are wearing masks. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Nunavut confirms COVID-19 case at Baffinland’s Mary River mine
“The individual was not exposed to the virus in Nunavut”
Viral tweet spurs donations of supplies and money to Nunavut schools
Posting highlights the high cost of living in the territory
Two COVID-19 cases confirmed at western Nunavut gold mine
“No evidence of transmission” at TMAC’s Hope Bay mine, says chief public health officer
Gjoa Haven RCMP seek suspect in sexual assault
Woman attacked last Sunday evening
Nunavut government picks Cambridge Bay for new regional continuing care centre
Elders centre would house 24
Nunavut extends its public health emergency until Oct. 1
“The communicable disease COVID-19 continues to present a risk to public health in Nunavut”
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Baffinland’s Nunavut mine reports presumptive positive case of COVID-19
Employee recently arrived at mine site and remains asymptomatic, company says
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19-ᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᒍᑏᑦ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ
ᐱᓕᕆᓂᒃᓴᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᐊᓗᖕᒥ
Nunavut says goodbye to Kugaaruk’s stone church
Crumbling Roman Catholic church, built in 1940, deemed dangerous
COVID-19 takes the wind out of small Nunavut hotel operation
“Business just died in March”
Nunavut’s newest MLAs sworn in
Nunavut’s newest members of the legislative assembly were sworn in at a ceremony in the legislature on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Calvin Aivgak Pedersen, on the far left, was acclaimed as the MLA for Kugluktuk on July 24. Craig Atangalaaq Simailak, centre, was acclaimed the same day as MLA for Baker Lake. The ceremony was closed to the public and media, following Nunavut’s COVID-19 public health orders. The new MLAs are at work this week in committee meetings, and they will join other MLAs during the next sitting of the legislature starting on Sept. 21. (Photo by Michel Albert)
Meet Nunavut’s newest arrival: the beaver
“Beavers are great colonizers”
Inuit broadcasters make pitch to improve Nunavut’s Inuktut cable TV offerings
“We are experienced in streaming for television”
Gjoa Haven jeweller wins art prize for Nunavut
Ellie Tungilik wins BMO 1st Art! prize
Nunavut community slated to receive new water treatment plant
Whale Cove’s new plant now scheduled to be in place by 2023
Nunavut MLAs get back to work
Members will discuss $173.2 million in urgent, unbudgeted special warrant spending
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COVID-19 restrictions ground National Aerial Surveillance Program season in Nunavut
Program will remain ready and seek an exemption in the event of an oil spill
Environmental assessment of Mary River mine’s proposed expansion resumes this week
Technical meetings, stalled since March, to be held this week via teleconference
Nunavut RCMP investigating fatal ATV collision in Iqaluit
56-year-old man succumbed to injuries
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓯᐅᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ
“ᓄᓇᖃᑎᕗᑦ ᑐᕐᖢᓛᑲᑕᒃᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑐᓵᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃᒥ ᒪᐃᔭᖓ
Nunavut resident moves south to return to mine job back home
“There are a lot of Nunavummiut who want to move down south so they can go to work at the mine”