Iqaluit workshop focuses on more community ownership of clean energy projects
Participants given opportunity to connect to mentors, build partnerships
Updated on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 3:45 p.m.
QIA buys Resolute Bay building to use for conservation area
The building will provide workshops, a visitors centre and work space for the marine conservation area
Coast guard launches icebreakers for Arctic work
Seven vessels will be deployed from June through November to support northern navigation
Iqaluit council hears options to address water woes
Unnamed Lake and Sylvia Grinnell River presented as permanent solutions for bolstering city’s long-term water supply
More Baffin Island caribou will be harvested this year, but how many more is in debate
Nunavut Wildlife Management Board to vote on 2 proposals
New forest fire burning near Kuujjuaq, says health board
Fire’s spread so far is ‘minimal,’ Nunavik’s regional health board states
Pangnirtung receives coast guard funding for boats, safety equipment
Indigenous Community Boat Volunteer Program distributes $2M to 10 coastal communities
Heavy wind and rain warning issued for Nunavik’s Hudson Bay coast
Communities may experience 80 km/h winds, 50 millimeters of rain
2 Nunavik wildfires caused by people, says fire official
One fire has been extinguished, the other is being monitored
Sky-high training for search-and-rescue workers
Master Cpl. Denis Abazovic (right), a search and rescue technician from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron, sits next to Saroomie Manik, a local Civil Air Search and Rescue Association spotter onboard a CC-130H Hercules aircraft in Resolute Bay. The two were participating in a Canadian Armed Forces search-and-rescue exercise involving bundle drops, parachuting and spotter training last week near Resolute Bay, Pond Inlet, and Sanirajak. Spotters are the search team’s “eyes in the sky,” responsible for visually locating the targets of a search operation. (Photo courtesy of Capt.. Graeme Scott / Canadian Armed Forces).
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Clean energy projects in Nunavut, Nunavik receive $1.6M
Natural Resources funding part of initiative aimed at reducing dependence on diesel fuel
Hercules, air drops and parachutes all part of training, says air force
Resolute Bay, Pond Inlet, Sanirajak sites of search-and-rescue exercise this week
Inuit afraid to show Baffinland support: former councillor
Joanna Innualuk-Kunnuk says Inuit lost trust in the company a decade ago
Pond Inlet politicians applaud board’s Baffinland recommendation
MLA Karen Nutarak concerned about impact if company follows through on ‘threat’ to temporarily close mine
Nunavik Parks bookings filling up as summer tourists return
Tour packages starting to sell out, says KRG’s assistant director of park operations
Community cleanup date set for Iqaluit
City asks organizations to give employees a half day off work so they can pitch in for the community effort
Water rationing in Grise Fiord to end this summer after tank repair
High Arctic hamlet has had use of only 1 of its 2 water tanks for nearly 7 months
Review board says no to Baffinland
Recommendation against Mary River mine expansion ends nearly four-year review process; final decision lies with federal government
Planned power outage in Arviat planned for Saturday morning
Qulliq Enegy Corp. connecting new commercial customer to system
New research program hopes to shed light on climate change in Inuit Nunangat
13 projects to receive funding as part of the Canada-Inuit Nunangat-United Kingdom Arctic Research Program
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Caribou protection called most problematic area of draft land-use plan
Nunavut Planning Commission to hold public hearings on new draft plan later this year
Arctic scientist named to Order of Canada
John England helped establish Canada’s northernmost park, on Ellesmere Island
Arctic scientist and naturalist John England is invested into the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday. An advocate for Arctic science and policy, England was named an Officer of Canada for his more than 50 years of research on the impact of environmental change on the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and for his role in establishing Quttinirpaaq National Park, the country’s northernmost park, on Ellesmere Island. England was one of 23 Canadians named to the Order this year. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Mathieu St-Amour/Office of the Secretary of the Gov. Gen.)
Review board’s deadline for Baffinland recommendation 1 week away
Federal Northern Affairs minister says government’s decision will come within 90 days of receiving board’s recommendation
Feds invest $2.6 million in Nunavik electric vehicle infrastructure
Charging stations to be set up at two mines
Nunavik Sentinels preparing for insect research season
Participation of locally employed researchers helps understand northern biodiversity, program co-ordinator says