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NEWS March 14, 2010 - 3:26 pm

Okalik continues anti-Aariak grudge match in Nunavut legislature

“I have never, to my recollection, seen a member’s statement be nay’d”

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

The sniping between former premier Paul Okalik and current premier Eva Aariak persisted this past week in the Nunavut legislature as Okalik continued to pound Aariak at every opportunity.

Okalik challenged Aariak’s judgment, actions and decisions repeatedly on March 9, 10 and 11.

On March 11, he...

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NEWS March 14, 2010 - 3:12 pm

Not enough cops in Iqaluit, RCMP boss says

Iqaluit detachment size inadequate, no increase in sight

GABRIEL ZÁRATE

Though Iqaluit’s RCMP detachment will be almost fully staffed for the next few years, there still aren’t enough cops in town to meet the rising demand for police services, Steve McVarnock, the chief superintendent of Nunavut’s V division, said last week.

McVarnock said a standard analysis of the...

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NEWS March 14, 2010 - 3:08 pm

Nunavut to hand out 500 emergency satellite trackers

Spot GPS message device linked to GN Blackberries

JANE GEORGE

Blackberries and GPS satellite messengers will help keep track of hunters on the land and assist search and rescue teams in Nunavut, said Lorne Kusugak, the minister of community and government services, who announced that all communities will receive 20 Spot satellite GPS messengers each.

If a...

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NEWS March 14, 2010 - 3:05 pm

GN short on health cash for uninsured non-Inuit

Curley: “The funding is usually insufficient to meet all of the demand”

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Nunavut’s health minister, Tagak Curley, said in the legislature this past week that there’s not enough money to cover all requests for non-Inuit extended health care benefits.

“The funding is usually insufficient to meet all of the demand. This program is being used fully and demand is growing,”...

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NEWS March 14, 2010 - 3:04 pm

Nunavut to review child protection practices

Curley wants more local foster parents

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

The Government of Nunavut’s health department wants to increase the number of foster parents in the territory so children under youth protection no longer have to leave their home communities for care.

That’s one goal of a two-year $1.5 million review of Nunavut’s Child and Family Services Act,...

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Real food: While politicians and government officials ate cooked seal meat the parliamentary office in Ottawa March 9, Inuit in Ottawa enjoyed a real seal feast March 10, thanks to hunter Sandy Akavak. Ina Zakal of the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre organized the event, saying
Real food: While politicians and government officials ate cooked seal meat the parliamentary office in Ottawa March 9, Inuit in Ottawa enjoyed a real seal feast March 10, thanks to hunter Sandy Akavak. Ina Zakal of the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre organized the event, saying "I was hungry for our food. What a blessing." (PHOTO BY MELISSA IRWIN/ITK)

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