Iqaluit woman charged with 2nd-degree murder
The incident is unrelated to another murder charge that police announced Monday
Christine Nutarariaq faces a second-degree murder charge following the death of a woman in Iqaluit’s Tundra Valley neighbourhood over the weekend. (File photo)
RCMP have charged a woman with second-degree murder following a disturbance in Iqaluit’s Tundra Valley neighbourhood over the weekend.
Police found a 37-year-old woman with life threatening injuries in the city’s 2400 block at around 5:50 a.m. on Saturday, said RCMP spokesperson Sgt. George Henrie in a news release.
She was transported to Qikiqtani General hospital, where she died.
Christie Nutarariaq, 32, has been charged with second degree murder in relation to the incident.
The incident is unrelated to another murder charge that police announced Monday.
In that case, RCMP charged a 21-year-old Qaqasie Aningmiuq with second-degree murder, following an altercation on Oct. 6 that left one man dead.
Nutarariaq is in custody. Her next court appearance is set for Nov. 17.
So many murders, I would not be surprised if these were alcohol related, since the beer and wine store were opened serious crimes seem to have gone up, domestic violence, fights, public drunkenness. Kids being taken away by family services, in Iqaluit and the surrounding communities, Rankin and the surrounding communities, they all went up.
What is our Nunavut government going to do about this besides sitting on their thumbs? Pretending non of this is going on. GN you provided the fuel for the fire, what are you going to do to extinguish the fire?
Does our government have any plans on addressing the dire situation Nunavut is in, a lot of it thanks to the lack of efforts by our GN. MLAs where are you on this dire situation? Head in the sand?
We always look to the government or inuit orgs to change things. When will Nunavut realize its the people and culture that need to change. Its literally the old saying. When you point your finger, three fingers are pointing back at you.
So what is our government for then, all the programs, housing, services they provide and the 3 BILLION dollar annual budget, what is all that for if we can’t use it?
Are you saying we should just be colonized? We need to let go of who we are? No we are not going to do that, we want our government with so much money to work for us, is that so hard to do for our government?
You all voted for this the last 11 years. Hasn’t it been fun
Colin I get it, personal accountability is hard.
Yes don’t forget government accountability too, ignoring what is going on right in front of your face and sticking your head in sand is not working,
It’s interesting, as soon as the talk about the possibility of opening a beer and wine store started without any real research this moved in light speed by our government and opened the one in Iqaluit and Rankin, now these two places are going through so much, with no support whatsoever by our government who open these stores.
I guess if it makes it easier for our transient GN workers to access alcohol it’s worth it for our government.
Such craziness and disconnect by our government, doesn’t look like it will change anytime soon the disconnection and dysfunction by our government, it’s really too bad because with how much money our government has they could be doing some real positive changes for our land.
Our leadership at the GN is so very weak, the MLAs are the horse that is pulling the cart while the bureaucrats lead the MLAs where they are headed. This has become a real problem with our government and our leadership.
Then stop electing completely uneducated and clueless people who have no abilities or relevant skills.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Fair, but what do you do when everyone on the ballot fits that description?
Encourage the younger generation, change of guard so to say, we need the younger generation to step up and we need to encourage them to do so. Who know about policies, how the work and change all these policies at our government that do not make any sense for Nunavut that fits a place like Halifax or Toronto, our government has been creating policies, regulations that does not work here, a system that would benefit a place thousands of miles away.
We need the younger generation that understands this and direct the managers at the GN to make change, it has not worked and only getting worse, we need this change,
I believe the government resources are available for members of the community to take the lead to deal with local issues.
All that is required is some volunteers. The solution with the greatest chance of working is the one lead by the community.
The pool from which the MLA’s come from in Nunavut is very shallow. There for they populate the GN’s civil service pool. With clones of themselves.
You have a failing society. That is falling deeper into despair every day. The recent election of an MLA. Is addition to the other bobble heads that are leading the GN.