Nunavut media arts centre would usher in “new era”

“NMAC represents grand opportunities to produce leading-edge digital content”

MADELEINE D’ARGENCOURT
Chair, Inuit Broadcasting Corp.

Significant changes in the worldwide broadcast and communications industries are underway because of advances in digital technology and the pervasiveness of internet connectivity.

IT-based digital delivery systems are rapidly replacing...

Devolution a nation-building project for Canada

”Governance and capacity issues facing the Government of Nunavut are a significant impediment”

CHRISTOPHER ALCANTARA

Last month, the federal government announced that it had signed a historic devolution deal with the Northwest Territories government.

Under this agreement, the federal government will transfer its jurisdiction and administrative responsibilities over territorial lands and...

What really happened to food costs under Nutrition North?

"Cheerleaders for this program have been using smoke and mirrors in the way food cost information is collected"

FRED HILL AND MICHAEL FITZGERALD

In May 2010, the Government of Canada announced that the Food Mail Program would be replaced by Nutrition North Canada and that the new program would “make healthy food more accessible and affordable to Canadians living in isolated Northern communities.”

Since...

Northwestel president explains $233M modernization plan

"The largest modernization plan ever made by our company"

PAUL FLAHERTY, PRESIDENT AND CEO NORTHWESTEL

There is no doubt that technology is becoming an inseparable part of our lives.

Across Canada’s North, Northwestel is extremely proud to play an active part in this transformation, connecting communities, improving the day-to-day lives of northern...

The Conservative Party ignores food insecurity

"She and her Conservative colleagues must put aside the PMO talking points"

Hon. Carolyn Bennett, M.P., M.D.
Liberal Critic for Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development

The Conservative government is turning its back on an estimated 800,000 Canadian households that struggle to put nutritious food on the table.
Instead, they are attacking those who raise legitimate...