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A young child from Rankin Inlet is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after she was run over by a truck July 28 in the Kivalliq community.
At about noon on July 28, members of the Rankin Inlet RCMP detachment responded to a call at the Northern Store, where a two-year old child had...
A 17-year-old Qikiqtarjuaq boy, charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose in connection with a July 28 incident, remains in custody, the RCMP said July 29.
Members of the RCMP detachment in Qikiqtarjuaq responded to a call about an unconscious man outside a...
Locally brewed suds are another step closer to reality after Iqaluit city councillors gave partners in the Nunavut Brewing Co. Ltd. the green light July 26 to develop their beer facility on the outskirts of the built-up area of town.
Council’s approval is the latest lap in a gauntlet of red tape...
Things were looking pretty good for Nunavut, politically, in the fall of 2015 — almost half of the territory’s voters helped elect a new MP, Hunter Tootoo, a member of Justin Trudeau’s victorious Liberals who was soon appointed to cabinet as minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast...
The federal government has given its stamp of approval to an expansion at Agnico Eagle Mines’ Meadowbank gold mine near Baker Lake.
Last April, the Nunavut Impact Review Board recommended the expansion of the Vault Pit operation go ahead — a proposal to expand the open put into nearby Phaser
(This story contains details that might upset some readers.)
Edith Angalik died the same way far too many other women in Nunavut have died — brutalized by the man she loved.
The violence that Dwayne Sateana used to kill her is shocking, but many Nunavummiut will recognize a tragic pattern:
• a...
As Agnico Eagle Mines contemplates expansion of gold mining activities near Nunavut’s Meadowbank gold mine, the company on July 27 reported solid earnings for the second quarter of 2016.
“Given these strong results and a more robust gold price environment, we have significantly improved our...
Iqaluit RCMP officers responded to 3,084 calls for service over the first quarter of their fiscal year, according to a briefing given to Iqaluit city councillors at their July 26 council meeting.
That’s 114 more calls over the same period, between April and June, in 2015.
During the briefing,...
Nunavut officials have warned residents of Sanikiluaq with respiratory problems to stay clear of the community’s dump after it caught fire earlier this week.
A fire that started in the wood disposal section of the local dump has been extinguished, although it continues to produce smoke, the...
A carbon tax in Canada’s North would deal a major blow to mining in the territories, said the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines this week.
The organization welcomed the statement put out by northern premiers July 21 at last week’s Council of the Federation meetings in Whitehorse:...
Two Nunavut education students have won this year’s Jose Amaujaq Kusugak Scholarship.
April Ollie of Arviat and Rosemary Akulujuk of Pangnirtung will each receive $5,000 to spend towards their studies, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. President Cathy Towtongie announced July 21.
Ollie is in her fourth year...
How much sea ice do polar bears need before heading onto land: that’s the question that biologists from the University of Alberta wanted to answer.
Their recently published study found that polar bears started to migrate onto land only when sea ice cover dropped below 50 per cent.
For their...
Areva Resources Canada Inc.‘s Kiggavik uranium project is officially suspended, and the company says it has no immediate plans to re-submit a proposal to Nunavut regulators.
Earlier this week, the federal government accepted the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s 2015 recommendation, which advised......
(Updated 12:26 p.m., July 28)
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed on July 27 followed through on a promise to release a national Inuit suicide prevention plan — the first of its kind among Canadian Aboriginal organizations.
The 44-page document, called the National Inuit Suicide...
(Updated 12:05 p.m., July 28)
In his first public remarks since completing addictions treatment, Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo said his first priority is to regain the trust of constituents.
Tootoo’s vow came 57 days after he stepped down as minister for Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard...
With more than 20 cases of whooping cough now being treated in Hall Beach, Nunavut health officials are asking pregnant women in the Baffin community and those who live with them to get vaccinated against the bacterial infection.
Nunavut’s first case of the viral infection this year showed up in...
Iqaluit, meet the Poop Group: Danielle Julien and Anna Bunce, researchers from the University of Guelph.
You might find them hanging around sled dogs in the coming days, excitedly bent over a warm, freshly formed dog turd.
Or you might find them at the Greenhouse Society’s trivia nights where...
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