Could ELTs save lives?

I knew Jamesie Kootoo as a young man. His disappearance highlights tragically the fact that GPS and mobile phones are insufficient for people who get lost or run into trouble in remote areas.

The staggering amount of time and money spent on searches, too often unsuccessfully, pales compared with...

Katudgevik Co-op clarifies relationship with ACL

I am writing in response to the article you initially ran on Dec. 12, 2011. The headline read “Sudliq Developments wins appeal on GN-awarded contract.”

I am compelled to respond in an effort to set the record straight.

First, to state as you have in your article that Katudgevik Co-op “is part of...

Should Pond Inlet get 50 per cent of Mary River revenues?

I believe that it is high time that Inuit started to ask for more direct benefits for owning Inuit owned lands; with the biggest potential development occuring on Pond Inlet IOL, I feel that it is time to ask Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the regional Inuit associations to institute a policy to ensure...

Cost of Bertol lawsuit, if settled, should be made public, ex-city councillor says

This letter is to the mayor and council of the City of Iqaluit. 

I have previously served on Iqaluit City Council for three terms, and during these nine years there was a strike, senior staffs were terminated, including a senior administrative officer, and the administration and council faced...

NTI president clarifies resource revenue policy

I am concerned that comments I made during a recent telephone interview for an article, Rosy financial future lies ahead for NTI: Towtongie, were misunderstood.

In the article I am quoted as saying, “Based on our projections, we are saying that by 2013, we’ll be able to pay direct monetary...

Community wellness, Cape Dorset style

What is the goal for the health care system in Kingait anyways?

It seems like they are waiting for every person to catch tuberculosis.

It has been spreading for years and never been stopped in a small town of about 1,200 people.

Many persons have never been evaluated and the houses of TB...

Sedna name shouldn’t be used to sell vodka

I would like to disagree with Hilary Rodrigues using Sedna as a label for selling vodka.

Alcohol has never been part of our culture and lifestyle but it is available now, thanks to our friends who came up north.

Look what it brought us: misery, poverty, trouble with friends and police, social...

What’s going on with all the crimes and bullying?

I can’t get over how much crime, with murders and shooting, there are here now in Nunavut.

I actually think I can answer why this is happening so much now. It’s because the courts are not punishing people who are committing the crimes, especially murders.

Good examples are people getting slaps...

NTI clarifies its resource royalties trust regime

We would like to clarify a few points in your article “New trust will manage resource revenues for Nunavut Inuit” (retrieved on November 24, 2011 at 7:09 A.M.)

We appreciate your coverage on this important issue.

The article mentions that NTI and the regional Inuit associations will only grant...

High-cost hockey’s not the only form of recreation

Hockey, hockey, hockey. Millions of dollars are spent on this national pass-time in our community.

But it might come as a surprise to the recreation department that there are citizens who do not play or even like the game.

However, much of the department’s budget is earmarked for this very...