Nunavut MLAs’ EU vote part of a sad spectacle

“This current group of MLAs are bereft of any capacity to merely understand an issue”

There was a time when I had an interest in running for territorial political office, and sitting in the Legislative Assembly engaging in debate on important issues with serious elected officials.

However, after listening to the sad spectacle in the Legislative Assembly involving a motion to oppose...

Thank you to the people of Pond Inlet

On July 10, 2008, the search began for the late Boaz Idlout, involving 80 local people, a police dog, and a chartered helicopter.

The search was called off on July 23, 2008, when the searchers came back empty-handed. The weather was hot, and they never gave up for two weeks, hoping to recover the...

Nunavut lacks cancer care, detection strategy

“There is growing public concern over this issue”

I am a 30 year resident of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut whose spouse died of cancer on May 16, 2012. Over the course of my husband’s treatment, I became aware that a cancer prevention program could have resulted in early detection of his cancer.

Most, if not all provinces in Canada have such programs,...

Ollie Ittinuar: in memoriam

“We wish to pay tribute to his great knowledge”

News came to us that Ollie Ittinuar of Rankin Inlet passed away earlier this week, at age 93.

He was a man of great knowledge well versed in Inuit qaujimajatuqangit. He was the leading force in two elders workshops on Inuit qaujimajatuqangit in Rankin Inlet in 2000 and 2002. As these workshops...

If you’ve been sexually abused, tell, Mad Mom says

It’s Mad Mom here, and people know enough not to tangle with an angry mother!

What am I angry about you ask?

It’s about sexual abuse. A few months ago, I called it a festering wound in Nunavut. The weight of what so many people carry around inside, in the form of their dark secrets about what...

Who said the Arctic was getting hot?

We should say, “thank God for warming up the Arctic"

Where is he that said the Arctic was getting too hot? Bring him forth unto me, and I shall have him flogged, 10 lashes for telling lies and trying to frighten my people, if I was king of the land.

We just about froze our butts off this winter. It was cold. And cutting firewood outside was not...

A big thanks to Iqaluit hockey coaches

"They have never let the kids down"

I want to say a public thank you to a group of people who help make our community a better place to be: the men and the women who coach my kids’ hockey teams. 

These are regular people, like us, who work jobs, have kids who need help with homework and have a million things to do around the...

Former executive director of NRBHSS writes to restore reputation

My name is Jeannie May of Kuujjuaq. I am the former executive director of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services. I am writing this letter in order to restore my reputation.

On three different occasions, Dec. 8, 2011, Feb. 17, 2012 and June 8, 2012, information was sent to......

A special thank you to Nunavut teachers

"The supports you have continued to provide to our children are appreciated"

Every morning our children are dropped in our schools; some of those children have various challenges.

We have people who are with them in the schools from 8:30 in the morning to approximately 16:00 in the afternoon during the weekdays. Sometimes, some of us are late in picking those children up...

We need social programs, says Nunavik police cadet’s mom

“Let us stamp our feet hard on dysfunction”

A police call resulting in a tragic death of an officer in Nunavik shook our people and the victims. 

Every time a police officer receives a call for help, they take the call, ready to walk into other people’s dramas as peacemakers for citizens.

In the smaller communities of Nunavik, the...