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Nunavut’s Father Tony now Bishop Tony
Ordination ceremony draws 500 to Rankin Inlet church
May 30 brought unprecedented pomp and ceremony to Rankin Inlet, when Nunavut’s next Roman Catholic Bishop took on his duties in an ordination ceremony that drew Catholics from throughout Canada and abroad.
Bishop Anthony Wieslaw Krótki succeeds Reynald Rouleau as head of the Churchill-Hudson Bay...
Iqaluit woman to serve 10 months jail for husband’s shack-fire death
Long list of mitigating factors temper manslaughter sentence
(Updated 4:25 p.m., May 31, 2013)
After looking at a long list of mitigating factors, Justice Sue Cooper ruled May 31 in the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit that Eulalie Ussak, 53, of Iqaluit should serve a year in prison for causing the death of her husband, 50-year-old Kenneth...
Photo: Arctic Jurassic Park?
Two Nunavut DEW line sites slated for cleanups in 2013
Cape Dyer clean-up should be complete by September
The cleanup continues along the former Distant Early Warning line sites this summer, with work set to start again next month at Cape Dyer and Cape Hooper in Nunavut.
The clean-up at two sites, known as Dye Main and Fox-4, will include the demolishing of buildings, removal of debris, contaminant...
Nunavik’s needs — 899 new housing units: survey
Demand among Nunavik's young population is strong for one-bedroom apartments
KANGIQSUJUAQ — Nunavik needs to build at least 899 new housing units to meet the region’s growing demand for more housing.
That’s according to the 2013 housing needs survey tabled May 30 by the Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau at the Kativik Regional Government council meeting in...
Iqaluit greenhouse group tries collective approach this year
Group farming replaces individual parcels
Growing food in the Arctic is now a group effort at the Iqaluit community greenhouse.
Instead of parceling out separate plots to different groups, as in past years, members will work the soil together when the gardening season opens June 1.
“The majority of members were interested in that,” said...
Arctic Council settles into new digs June 3
First permanent secretariat office to open in Tromsø, Norway
ALEX BOYD
TROMSØ, NORWAY — The Arctic Council is finally getting its own digs, with a spectacular Arctic view.
The Arctic Council’s permanent secretariat officially opens its doors in Tromsø, Norway, June 3.
Canada may lead the Arctic Council until 2015, guiding its decisions, but its new...
Photo: New social housing for some Nunavik communities
May 31: No Tobacco Day reminds Nunavummiut about smoking hazards
GN says smoking in Nunavut has declined by three per cent since 2011
In a territory where smoking rates are higher than anywhere else in Canada, World No Tobacco Day, May 31, marks a chance for the Government of Nunavut to encourage Nunavummiut to kick the habit.
The territorial government has done just that this year through an online campaign, with its Facebook...
UPEI Iqaluit convocation puts focus on Nunavut education
13 students to receive Master of Education degrees June 1
If you’re interested in education in Nunavut, then head to Iqaluit’s Astro Theatre May 30 at 4:30 p.m. to watch the premiere of “Alluriarniq — Stepping Forward: Youth Perspectives on High School Education in Nunavut.”
The 32-minute film offers insight from Inuit youth between 17 and 25 living in...
Nunavut owns Canada’s highest cancer death rate: report
Territory's cancer death rates soar high above incidence rates
A report from the Canadian Cancer Society released May 30 shows that when cancer strikes Nunavut residents, it kills at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country.
The numbers, based on data from Statistics Canada and other sources, show the incidence rate of cancer in Nunavut — 382 per...
Court wants more information on Nunavut man accused of attempted murder
Trial of James Joanasie Newkingnak postponed until June 3
A Qikiqtarjuaq man charged in connection with a brutal attack on another Qikiqtarjuaq man in 2010 appeared at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit May 29.
James Joanasie Newkingnak, now 26, faces charges which include attempted murder, failure to comply with an undertaking, break and enter with...
Photo: Walking for suicide prevention
Nunavik’s NDP MP slams federal minister for ignoring housing crisis
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair to visit Kuujjuaq in June
KANGIQSUJUAQ — Romeo Saganash, the New Democratic Party MP for Abitibi-James Bay-Nunavik-Eeyou, in a May 30 news release slammed the federal aboriginal affairs minister, Bernard Valcourt, for his “lack of responsiveness to the serious housing crisis affecting Nunavik.”
With the release, Saganash...
Beleaguered Nunavik police force trudges on
Kativik Regional Police Force rebuilds after losing more than 30 members
KANGIQSUJUAQ — The Kativik Regional Police Force, which survived the devastating shooting of Cst. Steve Dery and injury of his partner Joshua Boreland this past March in Kuujjuaq, now faces another double challenge: a gutted police force, comprised of new recruits, and rising rates of violent...
Suicide prevention in Nunavut: Qikiqtarjuaq walkers show they care
“They were walking to show their love to Nunavummiut, especially Pangnirtung people"
People in Qikiqtarjuaq, who say they support suicide prevention efforts, want other communities in Nunavut to know that they are there for them when suicides take place.
That’s why 15 people from the north Baffin community participated in 50-kilometre walk last weekend that began north of the...
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