Mining company delays terminations set to take effect Sunday as NIRB recommends higher shipping limit
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. has pushed back the date it was to start letting go its Mary River mine employees. The move came Thursday after the Nunavut Impact Review Board issued a positive recommendation on the company’s application for a higher iron ore shipping limit. The mining company can prevent “potential significant adverse ecosystemic and...
Mine should begin production in 2025, set to operate for 15 years
Pirurviapik Childcare Centre offers traditional food, language instruction and activities such as throat singing and drum dancing
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Police investigating damage to one of community’s satellite dishes
Union employees vote 60.8 per cent in favour; return to work begins Monday
Quebec’s provincial licence and vehicle registration agency’s mobile unit will start travelling this fall
Qikiqtaaluk Business Development Corp. hosts Niriqatigiit food sovereignty roundtable
Kivalliq Alternative Energy says $10-million project could provide 31 per cent of community’s energy needs
It was a busy day on Qikiqtarjuaq’s waterfront on Monday as the season’s first sealift arrived the same morning as a passenger cruise ship. The Rosaire A Desgagnés cargo ship, left, arrived in the early morning, bringing shipments for residents and a municipal vehicle, while Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer carried passengers to visit the hamlet. Both ships had left by the afternoon. The sealift’s next stop is Clyde River. Another sealift is expected to arrive in Qikiqtarjuaq later in the summer. (Photos courtesy of Daisy Nuqingaq)
Previous contract expired more than 2 years ago; 23 workers affected
Deal reached Aug. 26 could end 3-month strike at Nunavik nickel mine
Review board decision scheduled between Sept. 19 and 23; 1st round of terminations starts Sept. 25
Trade show will be in person for first time since COVID-19 pandemic
Site contractors and other non-unionized employees taking on some production and site maintenance
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Canadian North cancelled 1 flight Monday; rescheduling other flights because of shortage
Resources need to be allocated elsewhere, airline spokesperson says
2 vice-presidents leave, 3 new executive positions created
Vessel to be used to harvest Greenland halibut through automated hook and line technology
Government of Nunavut studying viability of route to determine if it should be permanent
Councillors passed 2nd reading of a zoning bylaw Tuesday evening
While Northwestel and Bell services slowly returned for some residents, for others the struggle continued Thursday afternoon
‘Feel like my left arm has been cut off,’ says one woman who lost most service
The project was jointly funded by the federal government and the GN
Mining company sent out layoff notices Sunday
The first round of layoffs are scheduled for Sept. 25
Hunters and trappers organizations in those communities have not given their support
Police didn’t try hard enough to investigate, says current CEO
