Nunatsiaq News is reviving an old newspaper tradition by inviting readers to send letters to the editor. (Photo by Milada Vigerova, via Unsplash)
Dear editor …
Nunatsiaq News is reviving its Letters to the Editor section, and we want to hear from you
A newspaper should do more than report the news.
It should inform, it should entertain and, as was once famously said, it should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
If we at Nunatsiaq News are succeeding at these things, it naturally follows that we are facilitating healthy discussion and debate in the community.
We want the paper to act as a sort of virtual gathering place, where people can read about what’s going on and then go to read other people’s thoughts and reactions about these topics.
Nunatsiaq News wants to grow this tradition by reviving our Letters to the Editor section.
We’ve always accepted letters to the editor. The last one we published was in October 2021, about Truth and Reconciliation Day.
But it’s possible our readership — which spans Nunavut, Nunavik and beyond — might not be aware of this.
We work hard to cover important news and events from every one of Nunavut and Nunavik’s communities, as well as happenings across the country’s larger urban centres in the south that might be of interest to the paper’s predominantly Inuit readership.
Our reporters — those based in the North and in the south — regularly make reporting trips to as many places as possible. We are also constantly working the phone and social media to keep our finger on the pulse of the communities.
But we know the fruits of our efforts are limited by the vast amount of space between us and by the simple fact that we cannot be everywhere at once.
That’s why we want to hear more from you.
If you have thoughts about a story or editorial we’ve published, write us a letter. What is your opinion? Is there something we got right in the way we covered an issue? What did we get wrong? Is there anything we failed to consider in our reporting or analysis? What are people in your community saying? Do you agree with the general reaction at home?
Your letter doesn’t need to be long. It can range anywhere from 50 words to 500. It should mention the Nunatsiaq News story or editorial it’s responding to (the date of publication and headline is helpful). Please make sure to include your name and a way to contact you to verify your authorship as well. Please send letters to the editor to editors@nunatsiaq.com. You can also mail them to our office address, listed on our website’s “About” page.
And from there, what you write is up to you.
Happy writing, and hope to hear from you soon!
Thank you for inviting people of Nunavut to write in. It’s a great step to giving people a voice.
It is not because things are difficult that we dare not, It is because we dare not that things are difficult… Read that in the Walrus magazine, a quote from an ancient philosopher of about year 64.
We don’t have Free Speech in Canada, it has to be edited and censored by a left wing narrative that caters to the rich and powerful elites. So long as a comment does not incite violence or hatred, no matter how dumb it may be should be allowed.
Some people need to hear the real truth, Nunatsiaq News censoring and preventing comments that do not incite violence or hatred are muting people who may be speaking their truth when commenting and trying to express their opinion.
The only way for people to change their opinion is though open debate, not by scliencing
I am concerned about Canadian North Airlines air fares communities..
I do not like to be told that I am not knowing what I am talking about or that I am cry baby, only immature folks say those things because they do not know how to have adult conversations, yet.
Who in the Arctic was born and lived here way after everyone who was not have left a wound that won’t heal unless a right is done towards our livelihood and unfortunately flying is greater part of it, nowadays anyhow.
Please try to understand that we feel that it is not fair for Inuit firm airlines to be given no choice of the fare offered. For example: I pay $955.31 one way to Pangnirtung from Iqaluit visa versa, but it is not refundable, they have only one system set up so that we can struggle, like I said, we always live here and prolly not going anywhere soon, so we have seen the ups and downs of airlines that supposed to be our service. Instead of being a service, we service them with our what little money we have because of high prices already within our community, we sacrifice our next rent fee, meals and nd oil fuel just to have one person travel for 50 minutes air time. Then it is not refundable!!!!!!
Another example is, same Inuit firm got rid of Pivut fare for beneficiaries which was unlimited and now it replaced it with Illak fare for beneficiaries but it is limited. How is that fair???????
First air was created mainly by Nunavut residence, so we had to complain because they were taking advantage of us and southerners were more important than any of us permanent residence who are treated like a dog. They took off, merged with Canadian North, same Inuit folks but used different monopoly..
Our so called elected official are afraid to sacrifice themselves for a real work because they might have a bad rep. so they are useless.
Can someone be a real person and do something about this garbage life imposed upon us Canadian folks.