Many questions about search and rescue issues

In the North, they will always be situations where someone out on the land or water will have to be rescued, assisted or searched for.

Many experienced hunters who are with the search and rescue groups are there to help out as much as they can. Many who are not with the search and rescue also...

Thank you to Angel Tree volunteers

For more than 10 years, Northmart in Iqaluit had a tree decorated with paper angels. 
Each angel represented a child under the age of 18 who may not receive a gift at Christmas for one reason or another.

Individuals or business could choose an angel and purchase a gift for that child.  ...

Thanks for helping in the loss of Guy Nanuraq Makkik

We would like to express our gratitude to the following organizations and individuals who helped us so much through their kind support, love and generosity during our most difficult time. As we mourn the loss of our beloved father, your help has made it a little easier to bear.

The Canadian...

Pot dependent spouse made life hell for his family

"The only thing I have seen is my kids losing their dad"

I am writing this because I am saddened by the Liberal Party’s stance on legalizing marijuana in Canada.

For the past six and a half years, marijuana and pot addiction has brought nothing but hell to my family.

Before pot addiction, my husband was a loving, productive hard-working dad who took...

When will GN fix its dangerous Nakasuk School boardwalk?

Last August, I was walking with my baby daughter and son on the wooden walkway between White Row and Nakasuk School.

Approaching one of several yawning gaps in the boardwalk, I was pleased to see that someone had placed a loose piece of wood lengthwise over the gap. I stepped on it, slipped, and...

NAM president clarifies remarks

I am writing in regard to your Dec. 16 article about recent changes at the Nunavut Association of Municipalities, entitled “NAM back on track, says new interim president.”

I am writing to correct the impression created by the article that I was critical of the work of NAM’s past president, Mayor...

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...