Over 750 children outfitted with new clothes and footwear
Students in Igloolik will be bundled up for winter after receiving new gear from a clothing drive. Held at the Igloolik Community Hall on Sept. 18, the event was a collaboration between a local schoolteacher, corporate sponsors and transportation specialists that helped outfit over 750 youth with new coats and footwear for winter. The idea...
Territory has 164 nursing vacancies, up by 32 one year ago
Health Department has not hired a new operator for the facility
Federal and territorial governments will each provide $9M
Infected walrus was harvested on Aug. 21, says Nunavut’s Health Department
Ministers talk mandating shots for travel, GN employees and booster shots
Event organized by the Embrace Life Council
New facilities will increase staff quality of life, Kusugak says during opening ceremony
‘No patient will be denied urgent care,’ says health board
‘We want people in Nunavut to have Nunavummiut who are [their] physicians,’ says Dr. Sandy MacDonald
Bigger centre has 8 clinician rooms and 2 dental offices
2 daycares, Uquutaq Society and city’s recreation department included on list of recipients
Wheelchairs, ramps and consistent health care are much needed in community, says one woman
Canadian Food Inspection Agency says affected products may have been distributed nationally
Money to go towards secure file transfers and video conferencing
‘I’d love to be able to offer this in Nunavik eventually,’ says Inuk professor Richard Budgell
New projects would be in addition to five shelters already slated for Inuit Nunangat
Organization is looking to operate five units at the former bed and breakfast in Apex
More changes could come depending on staffing levels, Health Department says
Society says Nunavut government won’t provide needed money
Sailivik opened its doors in December to offer a safe space, counselling and community programs
Even without cases being properly tracked, the numbers are ‘shocking,’ says territory’s children and youth representative
ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓂᒻᒪᐃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕝᕙᓂᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᑕᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ
Government of Nunavut offers same-day counselling services
Legislature passes amendments to Tobacco and Smoke-Free Places Act
Updated law calls for early intervention, more family involvement in treatment and supports closer to home
7 babies have died in the region since January
Residents of Iqaluit Elders Home were removed after COVID-19 outbreak erupted in Nunavut’s capital
