Business

4commentsNews  Nov 30, 2022

QIA launches app to help connect Inuit to jobs

The Tuttarvik app available through Apple store and Google Play

1commentsNews  Nov 25, 2022

Nunavut daycares prepare for $10 a day childcare

GN, feds announced the $10 childcare partnership in Igloolik on Nov. 17

16commentsBusiness  Nov 24, 2022

Extended deadline gives groups time to comment on land-use plan

Nunavut Planning Commission sets new February dates for organizations to give input on draft plan

5commentsBusiness  Nov 23, 2022

Kinngait hamlet workers hold information picket as they wait to strike

Nunavut Employees Union members were set to strike Nov. 22, continue to await essential services agreement

5commentsBusiness  Nov 23, 2022

Larga Baffin launches contest for new name, logo

Medical boarding facility for Nunavummiut offering cash prizes for winning submissions

18commentsBusiness  Nov 22, 2022

Nuluujaat Land Guardians credit Vandal with ‘listening hard and well’ on Baffinland expansion

Opponents of Mary River mine expansion express ‘generous and grateful thanks’ to officials responsible for turning down project

8commentsBusiness  Nov 22, 2022

Starlink delivers fast internet, some outages, in Nunavut

People have begun receiving and using their new internet satellite dishes across the territory

0commentsBusiness  Nov 21, 2022

Kinngait hamlet workers’ strike deadline set for Tuesday

Before unionized workers can take action, union and hamlet must agree on essential, non-essential services: union

7commentsNews  Nov 18, 2022

Baffinland says focus now is on keeping Mary River mine open

The company has previously stated the Mary River mine may have to close temporarily if its expansion wasn’t allowed

1commentsBusiness  Nov 18, 2022

Sixth Inuk content creator joins TikTok bootcamp

Program helps Indigenous creators grow platform; Nicole Janis Qavavauq-Bibeau focuses on issues facing Inuit communities

33commentsBusiness  Nov 17, 2022

Baffinland calls rejection of expansion plan ‘surprising and disappointing’

CEO predicts ‘immediate and significant implications’ for Mary River mine that employs 2,500 people and accounts for 23 per cent of Nunavut’s economy

26commentsNews  Nov 17, 2022

Future uncertain for employees after Baffinland rejection: union leader

Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal said no Wednesday to company’s proposed Phase 2 expansion

8commentsBusiness  Nov 17, 2022

Get an Indigenous experience at Edmonton airport’s new retail centre at Gate 64

Teas, soaps, seal-skin poppies for sale at new store

71commentsNews  Nov 16, 2022

Vandal rejects Baffinland’s Phase 2 expansion; company expected to release statement Thursday

Northern Affairs minister released his long-awaited decision Wednesday evening

22commentsBusiness  Nov 14, 2022

Five Inuit content creators join TikTok bootcamp

TikTok Accelerator program to train 40 Indigenous social media stars

1commentsNews  Nov 14, 2022

Three in race to be Kivalliq Inuit Association’s next secretary-treasurer

Election also includes 10 running for community director positions across 3 communities

0commentsBusiness  Nov 12, 2022

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5commentsBusiness  Nov 11, 2022

‘Rankin loves cake, apparently’: Cake maker scales back

Rebecca Osborn inundated with orders as soon as she shared her portfolio on Facebook

5commentsNews  Nov 10, 2022

Kinngait municipal workers set to strike after breakdown in negotiations

Union says nearly all members voted in favour of strike action after Nov. 22

20commentsNews  Nov 9, 2022

Baffinland decision to come out by Nov. 16: Minister

Vandal has one more week until he announces verdict on mining company’s expansion proposal

1commentsNews  Nov 8, 2022

Housing, growth on agenda Tuesday at municipalities’ conference in Iqaluit

Featured speakers included Iqaluit councillor Paul Quassa and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Aluki Kotierk

24commentsNews  Nov 4, 2022

Nunavut premier may undertake review of territory’s approach to immigration

Federal government plans to start bringing in 500,000 immigrants to Canada per year

24commentsNews  Nov 3, 2022

GN calls for federal investigation into Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank mine

Environment Department says the company isn’t following some caribou protection measures

38commentsBusiness  Nov 3, 2022

Starlink announces availability in Nunavut

Some jurisdictions have subsidized access to Starlink in remote regions; GN has no such plans

36commentsNews  Nov 2, 2022

How can traditional economies lift Inuit out of poverty? ITK summit tackles question

Virtual event runs Wednesday and Thursday