Government tightens COVID-19 rules in reaction to second wave in southern Canada
Essential workers entering Nunavut who have skipped stays at isolation hubs now have to wear a mask outside their dwelling for the first two weeks they’re in the territory, starting on Oct. 5.
ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐃᒡᓚᐅᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᔭᓈᕐᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ
Iqaluit members said that they did not consider the act of stripping a prisoner of their clothing for safety or self-harm reasons as being a strip search, and would not document the event
Airline financial records will get independent audits to ensure money isn’t misused
Average age of mothers in Nunavut is 25.8
“There is a need for a long term, simplified and sustainable solution to providing financial supports to those most in need”
Infected worker sent back south on Sept. 29
Nunavut’s Justice Department won’t introduce a Clare’s Law
“Voters have the right to have all the information necessary to make an informed decision”
Fires included the Northmart blaze in November 2018
“The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer concluded that the risk of contagion is deemed very low”
“Creating employment opportunities for youth may be a costly venture, but the ramifications of not doing so would be insurmountable.”
“We are committed to working together,” says Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. CEO
New coronavirus cases scuttle plans for joint site visit
David Kakuktinniq of Rankin Inlet took this photo of the night sky on Sept. 18. “It was a dark night in #Nunavut, check out the Milky Way! With a hint of northern lights,” he writes.
“[He] is well-known throughout the territory for his commitment to sustainable community economic development, Inuit entrepreneurship and cultural pride”
“These latest cases lead us to believe there is transmission of COVID-19 at the Hope Bay mine”
Brian Penney, president of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., is shown speaking from Ottawa today on a screen in the Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit. Penney was addressing community members and intervenors involved in the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s assessment of Baffinland’s phase-two expansion plans. Today is the first day of the community roundtable and pre-conference hearing. These meetings are being conducted from Pond Inlet, with remote hubs in Iqaluit, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Participants are also listening in on a teleconference line. The meetings are scheduled to run until 5 p.m. this Thursday. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)
Lawsuit alleges RCMP brass mocked and blackballed police who sought mental health care
Legislature debates $25-million budget needed to isolate southern construction workers in 2020
Aim is to gather baseline data in the eastern Arctic marine protected area
Teachers’ union says more should be done to help students learn from home
“These are different times, we have to continue to make these sacrifices”
But Nunavut MP says throne speech fails Inuit
Clam diggers search around an exposed rock at Qaummaarviit, north of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park, before heading to the mainland, seen in the background, on Sunday, Sept. 20. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
