Nunavut’s health minister says “resources are tied up”
Baker Lake, with a population of about 2,100, wants a larger, better-staffed health centre, but a Nov. 3 discussion in the Nunavut legislature suggests this growing community’s residents will have to wait for this.
Community’s government liaison office remains out of commission since September storm
“At this time we are not entertaining any educators to work from isolation hubs”
Community’s only licensed establishment must pay $5,000, close for five days
But information and privacy commissioner says “the ransomware attack is still being blamed for an inability to produce records for access to information requests”
Graham Steele, a lawyer and former Nova Scotia MLA, will begin his five-year term in January
For “its exceptional merits,” NTI offers the project’s backers a $7.25-million interest-free loan
Quebec health authorities have validated positive test results found Oct. 30
“He said he didn’t feel good that day and just felt like killing somebody”
George Hickes says he hopes feds will ease the pain by providing more money for COVID-19 relief
“An increase in cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba has prompted the province to reduce services”
In-person 12-day gathering to start week of Jan. 25 in Pond Inlet
“We haven’t closed the door on a made-in-Nunavut solution”
Pangnirtung MLA was elected by her colleagues today
Margaret Nakashuk, MLA for Pangnirtung, was voted into cabinet on Friday, Oct. 30, to fill the position left vacant when Patterk Netser, MLA for Aivilik, was removed from cabinet last week. Nakashuk won’t take on any portfolios during this sitting, but she will join the ministers on their side of the house and will attend cabinet meetings. She will be sworn into cabinet next week after a motion is passed on Monday. Until then, she’s a cabinet minister elect. Adam Lightstone, MLA for Iqaluit-Manirajak, and Joelie Kaernek, MLA for Amittuq, were also nominated for the position. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)
“The lack of new funding assistance means that thousands of households are at imminent risk of losing the internet or having to pay huge amounts”
“Our picture was once on a banknote”—Inuit on the two-dollar bill
ᐅᓇ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ
Nunavut workers will continue to stay home with 75 per cent of base pay
“It definitely gives us a sense of the impact on that part of the population”
Polar bear cubs wrestle as their mother rests by the airstrip of the Arviat airport on Thursday, Oct. 29. (Photo by Gordy Kidlapik)
Child sexual abuse likely 11 to 15 times higher in Nunavut than in the rest of Canada
“I was shocked at the frequency and extent of violence and physical and sexual abuse”
The sun rises behind frost-coated Arctic grass near Rankin Inlet on Oct. 19 around 8:30 a.m. (Photo by Noel Kaludjak)
Leadership forum will be held at 3 p.m.
