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Inuvialuit hunters, like many of their Inuit neighbours, believe polar bears in the western Arctic are generally in good health.
But to give those observations some more teeth, wildlife co-management agencies in the Inuvialuit region have released an extensive new study on the...
Bad blood between Canada and Russia, arising from the Ukraine conflict, threatens to derail the expected signing of an Arctic Council oil-spill response action plan this April 24 in Iqaluit, the Russian-language newspaper Izvestia reported last week.
In the article, published online March 24,......
A new proposed regulation from the European Union Commission on trade in seal products may help open the door a little wider to seal meat sales in the 28-EU member nations.
The proposal, discussed last week at a World Trade Organization meeting in Geneva, includes a commitment to develop a system...
Be on guard if you answer the telephone and someone on the line says they work for the Nunavut power company, the Qulliq Energy Corp. said March 31 in a public service announcement.
The QEC said it wants to warn Nunavummiut of a telephone scam that has targeted utility customers in southern...
Special to Nunatsiaq News
MONTREAL — Rev. Annie Ittoshat stops about every five minutes and gazes up at the cathedral ceiling of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Montreal.
“I mean, just look at this,” Ittoshat says, craning her neck at the church’s stained glass windows and the massive cross...
The Kitikmeot Inuit Association, which represents beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in western Nunavut, will get a new elected president.
Stanley Anablak of Cambridge Bay was elected president of KIA in a byelection March 30, the KIA’s chief returning officer, Martina Maniyogina,...
Iqaluit’s 50th Toonik Tyme festival promises to make the Nunavut capital bloom with a city-wide celebration of spring, starting with the Easter weekend and running well into April.
Back by popular demand, organizers of this year’s half-century anniversary celebration have lined up more traditional...
Imaapik Brazeau says he’s used to seeing buildings in his hometown of Kangiqsualujjuaq looking a little run down; broken glass at the arena, doors that no longer open or graffiti on the walls of local homes and businesses.
It’s not that the 11-year-old student thinks it’s okay; he’s just always...
Soon you may be able to text the Kamatsiaqtut Help Line if you are in distress or feeling suicidal.
Already you can call the Iqaluit-based service 24-7, toll free from any telephone in Nunavik or Nunavut.
But in the United States, such text-based crisis lines are already in operation, one using...
World Wildlife Canada officials are hosting a talk with federal members of parliament in Ottawa this week focused on protecting Lancaster Sound as a National Marine Conservation Area.
A parliamentary group will attend the event called Oceans on the Hill March 31 to discuss the proposed...
KUUJJUAQ — Romeo Saganash, the New Democratic Party MP for Abitibi-James Bay-Nunavik-Eeyou, says he plans to run again in this year’s federal election.
A rookie when elected in May 2011 with 45 per cent of the riding’s vote, Saganash said he’ll no longer be considered a rookie in 2015.
And, if...
Though suicide prevention and mental health are areas of life that only national and sub-national governments can do anything about, Arctic Council delegates from around the circumpolar world put a lot of energy last week into talking about it, especially what works and what doesn’t.
The...
It’s election day once again in western Nunavut, as eligible Kitikmeot Inuit beneficiaries vote in a March 30 byelection to choose a new president for the Kitikmeot Inuit Association.
The candidates for the position are:
• Joseph Aglukkaq of Gjoa Haven;
• Stanley Anablak of Cambridge Bay;
•...
Nunavimmiut are a strong, united and determined people, says a new declaration adopted by regional leaders March 26.
And they’re determined to promote and protect their Inuit language and culture and work towards more autonomy.
The declaration, drafted and adopted at Makivik Corp.’s annual...
Iqaluit got a special visit, March 27, from two former National Hockey League players, and the ultimate big league prize they both won in their professional careers — the Stanley Cup.
John LeClair, who won the award as a member of the Montreal Canadiens in 1993, and Marty McSorley, winner with...
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s board of directors voted March 24 to accept a tentative settlement in a lawsuit they launched against the federal government.
NTI President Cathy Towtongie, who just returned March 27 from three days of board meetings in Baker Lake this week, said she was excited and...
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