What will Nunavut look like by the end of the century?
Scientists predict Nunavut's winters could be 10 C warmer for much of the winter by 2100
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Gjoa Haven residents concerned over alleged contaminated soil near homes
Hamlet says contaminated soil, rubble from a 2022 fire is to be sea lifted out this week
Researchers study oil-eating microbes off Hudson Bay coast
Genice II project staffed with Inuit and southern researchers
New weather station gives Grise Fiord real-time look at changing Arctic
Station is part of 3-year, $300,000 ArcticNet project studying storm-driven coastal erosion
Quick catch
Friends Cameron Sharpe, left, and Caiden Joamie display their catch of Arctic char on Sylvia Grinnell River, near Iqaluit, on Saturday morning. The fish were so bountiful, the teens said, that they snagged them with a jerk of the line without waiting for a bite. (Photo by Daron Letts)
City of Iqaluit recycling proposal sitting in limbo with Department of Finance
No plans to reintroduce program ‘at this time,’ says territorial government spokesperson
Beached berg offers ice-cold refreshment
An iceberg the size of a two-car garage is beached about 500 metres from shore between Apex and Iqaluit. Cousins Viivi Morrison-Mike, left, Harper Strutz, and Laivi Morrison-Mike collected tubs of drinking water from the ice Saturday because “it tastes good,” they said. (Photo by Daron Letts)
‘ᐃᓅᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᖕᒪᓐ’: ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᕐᓴᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓴᕐᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᑐᑦ
ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ‘ᐅᔾᔨᕐᓱᕋᓱᒍᑎᖃᕆᐊᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ’ ᑐᒃᑐᓂ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᑲᑖᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ
Baker Lake fuel spill caused by hose malfunction, company says
Kivalliq W tanker spilled about 50 litres of kerosene into lake, according to joint statement
Approximately 200 litres of fuel spill from vessel on Baker Lake
Incident results in temporary water treatment plant shutdown while environmental authorities investigate
‘It’s feeding our people’: Caribou hunters eager for bigger harvest
Researchers initially proposed ‘conservative’ harvest, but that changed after consulting hunters and trappers associations
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GN raises Baffin Island caribou quota to 6,000
Decision comes after herd population estimated to be nearly 49,000, up from 4,600 a decade ago
Researchers take 300,000 photos to focus on walrus numbers
Foxe Basin, Hudson Bay-Davis Strait populations in scope ahead of anticipated shipping increase in area
Iqaluit hunters prepare to net bowhead whale
Six boats and 24 hunters plan to set off Aug. 14
ᐃᓱᖃᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓯᐊᕈᑎᐅᓇᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᓂ ᐊᑐᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᒃᐸᑦ: ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ
ᑎᓴᒪᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓱᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᔪᓚᐃᒥ; ᓄᓇ ᓱᓕ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ
Keep those fans out of storage, because more heat could be coming to Nunavut
Warm air from eastern Canada could return to North before summer’s end, says meteorologist
Dirty tanks to blame for lingering Gjoa Haven boil water advisory
Hamlet waiting for GN to finish work before testing for contaminants can start, says community leader
Scientists use AI to predict caribou migrations
Researcher hopes data will identify when to avoid the Northwest Passage during spring and fall herd movements
Limit new mining claims until land-use plan approved: advocates
Fourth draft rejected in July; land continues to be staked across territory
Iqaluit residents reminded to separate electronics from household waste
Reminder follows a July 2 landfill fire
U.S. approves relocation of Marineland belugas
Final Canadian authorization will follow health checks before transfer
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Regional Inuit not consulted over ‘significant’ changes to draft land use plan: NTI
Signatories reject latest proposal, release document detailing concerns
Rankin Inlet Fire Department investigates ‘suspicious’ dump fire
Fire chief says several people were seen near landfill before blaze broke out
GN, NTI, Ottawa reject land use plan
Draft plan sat with signatories for 3 years
Bodies of Kangirsuk pair recovered, identified after falling in river
‘Our community has suffered an incredible loss,’ says deputy Mayor Elijah Grey
Nunavut joins Canada-wide firefighting network
While territory is above treeline, tundra fires can cause problems