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Nunavut hamlet finds a way to light up for less
Pangnirtung hopes new LED system saves money
Pangnirtung’s hamlet office has a new glow to it after diode lights have replaced standard fluorescent bulbs to save on exorbitant energy costs.
The goal is to eventually get all of the Hamlet of Pangnirtung connected to these new lights as part of a deal with the company LED Canada to save the...
Iqaluit police arrests for June, July lower than 2012
Crimes against the person and property crimes down this year
Police arrested fewer people from January to July of this year compared with the same period in 2012, according to monthly reports submitted to city council Aug. 27 by the Iqaluit RCMP detachment.
A total of 1,584 prisoners were detained in police custody from the start of the year to the end of...
Iqaluit skateboard camp teaches perseverance
“Even when it hurts or something, you have to get back up and try again”
A kid no older than 12, decked out in a helmet, elbow and knee pads, climbs to the top of a steep three-metre high ramp, dragging behind him a skateboard that’s half his size.
He wedges the front of the skateboard onto the lip of the ramp, suspends the rest in mid-air, and prepares for his smooth...
Photo: Fire in Iqaluit brings out the firefighters
Iqaluit seeks to limit cost of new aquatic centre
Municipal federation fund could reduce interest expenses
The City of Iqaluit’s recreation department hopes to cut back on the cost of the city’s $40 million aquatic centre through a low-interest loan and grant from the Canadian Federation of Municipalities.
City council gave the go-ahead Aug. 27 for a joint loan and grant application that could save...
First Air acquires new jet, offers new Iqaluit service
“We’re trying to do everything we can to reduce costs”
If you happen to hear a bigger aircraft roaring into the Iqaluit airport, that’s probably First Air’s new 119-foot Boeing 737-400 jet arriving on a new direct Ottawa-Iqaluit service.
First Air announced the new twice-weekly direct route to Ottawa last week..
It officially starts Sept. 16,...
Nunasi Corp. announces opening of new subsidiary in Yellowknife
Nunasi Financial Services Ltd. to set up shop in Nunasi's former headquarters building
A new subsidiary company of Nunasi Corp., Nunasi Financial Services Ltd. will use space next month in Nunasi’s building in Yellowknife, the Nunavut Inuit birthright corporation said Aug. 27.
Nunasi’s new full-service bookkeeping and conference services company will be located on the second floor...
Salluit man, 23, dead following armed stand-off with Nunavik police
Man turned gun on himself, police say
A man, 23, is dead in Salluit after an armed stand-off with Kativik Regional Police Force Aug. 27.
The man turned his firearm on himself, said the Montreal Police Service, which is investigating the latest firearms incident in Nunavik, at the request of Quebec’s public security department.
The...
Fall outlook predicts above-normal temperatures for parts of Nunavut, Nunavik
Nunavut's Baker Lake region may see below normal levels
Some parts of Nunavut and Nunavik can look forward to warmer-than-average weather over the next three months, according to the Weather Network’s meteorologists, who released their fall forecast Aug. 27.
Their fall outlook, forecasting weather for the months of September, October and November,...
Iqaluit councillors question CAO’s hasty reappointment
“I think rushing an appointment for the CAO is a great disservice to the citizens of Iqaluit"
Two Iqaluit city councillors, back on the job after a few weeks’ absence for summer vacations, were not happy to find Chief Administrative Officer John Hussey’s contract ready for renewal at a regular meeting Aug. 27 without any possibility of debate or review.
Councillors Kenny Bell and Terry...
Nunavut judge finds Pond Inlet man not guilty of molesting a child
Contradictions between witness stories create reasonable doubt
A Pond Inlet man is not guilty of sexual assault in a case involving a five-year-old boy, Justice Bonnie Tulloch ruled Aug. 27 at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit at the end of a day-long trial.
However, Tulloch did not doubt that Ivan Mucpa, 29, might have sexually abused the child.
But...
Arctic Fibre confirms Nunavut cable landing spots
Adjustments made for Cape Dorset, Igloolik, Taloyoak
Arctic Fibre Inc. wrapped up its seven-community tour of proposed cable landing spots this past weekend with a declaration that they have now confirmed their feasibility.
“In most instances, we were able to confirm the engineering studies Arctic Fibre has undertaken over the past two years,”...
Three years after Nunavut cruise ship mishap, new Polar Code still in the works
International Marine Organization slated hopes to create new, mandatory Polar Code by 2016
Three years after the cruise ship Clipper Adventurer hit a charted hazard near Kugluktuk and grounded Aug. 27, 2010 on that shoal, leading to an evacuation of the ship’s passengers and crew, the International Maritime Organization continues to work towards the adoption of a mandatory set of rules...
Nunavut watchdog wants more funds for Inuit language
“With a young population, language loss can accelerate rapidly”
Nunavut’s language rights watchdog, Sandra Inutiq, used Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Nunavut last week to issue a plea for more language funding to help reverse the declining use of the Inuit language.
“If the federal government is genuine in their interest on economic development and social...
Inuit women’s leader pleased with Harper meeting, stresses human needs
"We just had an 11-year-old child commit suicide in Nunavut”
Rebecca Kudloo, the president of the Pauktuutit Inuit women’s association, said in a statement Aug. 26 that she was “pleased to represent the views of Inuit women” at last week’s meeting, held Aug. 22, between Inuit leaders and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Kudloo said the healthy development of...
Photo: Sealift means new vehicles for Arctic Bay
Canada set to participate with U.S., Russia in Arctic air exercise
Aircraft will deal with "terrorist hijackers" and hijacked aircraft in international simulated emergency
As part of the “Operation Vigilant Eagle” military exercise, starting Aug. 27, fighter jets from the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Russian air force will scramble to track and intercept “hijacked” commercial aircraft during an air defence exercise.
The exercise is viewed as “a...
Crews remove contaminated soil at Nunavut government building in Igloolik
Disrupted diesel pipe sprung slow leak
(updated 4:20 p.m.)
Work crews contracted by the Nunavut Construction Corp. are removing soil contaminated with diesel fuel from around the Tummivut government building in Igloolik, the community’s hamlet office said, following a leak in a fuel line that was discovered July 18.
They’re removing...
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