http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/ en janeg@nunatsiaq.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-16T17:26:08+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674gn_moves_on_transform_iqaluit_boarding_home_into_a_mental_health_facil/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674gn_moves_on_transform_iqaluit_boarding_home_into_a_mental_health_facil/ The Government of Nunavut has a plan to deal with mental health issues in the territory, said Peter Ma, Nunavut’s deputy health and social services minister, at a May 16 briefing with reporters. Mental health has been a priority for the health and social services department, Ma said, acknowledging that “the department hasn’t been doing as well as it could at this time.” “But we are taking steps to remedy that,” he said. Actions include $2.4 million worth of renovations to the former 45-bed NEWS 2012-05-16T19:19:19+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674start-up_for_cambays_addictions_treatment_program_pushed_back_to_septe/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674start-up_for_cambays_addictions_treatment_program_pushed_back_to_septe/ The start-up of the addictions treatment centre planned for Cambridge Bay has been postponed. That’s been pushed back from June to “probably September at this point,” Peter Ma, Nunavut’s deputy minister of health and social services told reporters in Iqaluit at a May 16 briefing on mental health issues in the territory. The treatment program, which Ma called “a mobile addictions treatment pilot,” will take place in a former student hostel building in Cambridge Bay, which is located nearby the NEWS 2012-05-16T17:48:43+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_youth_academy_cadets_deal_simulated_crash_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_youth_academy_cadets_deal_simulated_crash_in_iqaluit/ NEWS 2012-05-16T16:26:08+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674st._judes_cathedral_in_iqaluit_pushes_towards_june_3_opening/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674st._judes_cathedral_in_iqaluit_pushes_towards_june_3_opening/ If you’re in Iqaluit and feel some change rattling around in your pocket, head over to the Northmart and put your pennies into a blue barrel. Your spare change can help the “penny push” fundraising effort for the new St. Jude’s Anglican Cathedral, which is now close to completion. “We’re pushing towards the opening now on June 3,” said Ed Picco, head of the cathedral’s rebuilding campaign. The Arctic Anglican diocese continues to attempt to cover the $2.5 million shortfall remaining on the NEWS 2012-05-16T14:47:16+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674high_blood_pressure_then_eat_northern_shrimp_research_suggests/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674high_blood_pressure_then_eat_northern_shrimp_research_suggests/ A new study from the Norwegian research institute Nofima suggests a concentrate from Arctic coldwater shrimp may be “a revolutionary natural ingredient to help people maintain a healthy blood pressure.” The shrimp concentrate can be used as a dietary supplement or food ingredient to lower blood pressure, says a news release from Tromsø-based Nofima, Europe’s largest institute for applied research within the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and food. “The all-natural supplement could help NEWS 2012-05-16T11:30:20+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674alianait_brings_fiddler_april_verch_back_to_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674alianait_brings_fiddler_april_verch_back_to_iqaluit/ April Verch, an internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and fiddler will play a concert May 26 in Iqaluit, for the third concert in the Alianait Arts Festival’s 2012 concert series. Verch, who was recently nominated for an Independent Music Award, performed at Alianait in 2011 where she was well-received,the festival’s executive director Heather Daley said. “She was such a hit that we kept her for the concert series,” Daley said, praising Verch’s fiddle style that’s unique to the NEWS 2012-05-16T09:50:18+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_rcmp_youth_academy_stand_at_ease/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_rcmp_youth_academy_stand_at_ease/ NEWS 2012-05-16T09:43:52+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674intestinal_study_shows_how_climate_change_may_affect_arctic_fish/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674intestinal_study_shows_how_climate_change_may_affect_arctic_fish/ As sea temperatures rise, stocks of some fish species may decline while others may increase, says a May 14 news release about a Swedish research project. It found the gastro-intestinal system in fish is much more sensitive to temperature changes than previously believed and may prevent some species from moving around. By looking at how rapid and slow changes in water temperature affect gut function in various fish species, researcher Albin Gräns wanted to see what could happen to different NEWS 2012-05-16T09:30:36+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_iqaluit_kids_celebrate_graduation_from_drug_and_alcohol_preventi/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_iqaluit_kids_celebrate_graduation_from_drug_and_alcohol_preventi/ NEWS 2012-05-15T19:15:07+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674trans_woman_files_human_rights_complaint_against_nunavut/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674trans_woman_files_human_rights_complaint_against_nunavut/ Vanida Plamondon, an in-transition transgendered woman from Nunavut, paces in her emptied Edmonton apartment, retelling the story of how her life led up to her packing her belongings into a storage facility. She’ll be officially homeless in a day. She’s frightened she won’t have a place to sleep, and hopes a women’s shelter will allow her in, but is scared that she might have to settle for a men’s shelter — not a homey place for a man in woman’s clothing and a soft-spoken voice. “I haven’t NEWS 2012-05-15T19:09:24+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674more_intensive_exploration_slated_for_nunavuts_belcher_islands/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674more_intensive_exploration_slated_for_nunavuts_belcher_islands/ Canadian Orebodies Inc. plans to continue exploration at its iron-rich Haig Inlet project on Nunavut’s Belcher Islands starting next month. A May 15 news release didn’t say how many millions the company plans to spend this summer, but the company said it will evaluate a number of “high priority exploration targets” in the areas around Haig Inlet. The company will drill on the project, located about 20 kilometres from the community of Sanikiluaq, in two phases, looking first at three separate NEWS 2012-05-15T18:19:18+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674a_nunavik_woman_seeks_her_father_known_only_as_the_cook/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674a_nunavik_woman_seeks_her_father_known_only_as_the_cook/ Jeannie Sala of Kuujjuaq is looking for her father, who never got to meet her and likely never realized he had a daughter in northern Quebec. The 55-year-old wife, mother of six and grandmother to 18 wants to find her father so that her family can know “its roots.” “I would like to fill that void. It’s a very big void,” she said. “When I was growing up people would pick on me. You’re a Qallunaat, you don’t have a father.” That’s a situation she’d like to change, if only she can locate her NEWS 2012-05-15T17:11:40+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_canadian_north_plane_grounded_in_cambay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_canadian_north_plane_grounded_in_cambay/ NEWS 2012-05-15T14:29:17+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674newmont_visits_western_nunavut_to_discuss_hope_bays_future/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674newmont_visits_western_nunavut_to_discuss_hope_bays_future/ Newmont Mining Corp.‘s decision to mothball its Hope Bay gold mine near Cambridge Bay means the company will shutter its Doris North camp. And it also means 150 people in the Kitikmeot will be looking for new jobs by the end of the summer. That’s prompted Chris Hanks, a vice-president of Newmont Mining Corp.‘s Hope Bay Mining subsidiary, to visit Cambridge Bay and other Kitikmeot communities to tell people in the region exactly what lies ahead for the mine and its workers. While Newmont’s NEWS 2012-05-15T14:00:23+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674goose_bay_airport_tops_small_airport_traffic_tally/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674goose_bay_airport_tops_small_airport_traffic_tally/ The airport in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador is much busier than similar airports in Nunavut and Nunavik, which lack control towers, show flight numbers reported this week by Statistics Canada. Goose Bay, the most active small airport in February 2012, recorded 2,488 aircraft landings and take-offs. This represented 7.5 per cent of the total movements registered by Canada’s 116 airports without air traffic control towers, StatsCan said. Among the busiest small northern airports in NEWS 2012-05-15T13:30:16+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_icc_at_the_un/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_icc_at_the_un/ NEWS 2012-05-15T11:33:49+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674climate_change_wreaks_havoc_with_access_to_country_foods_in_iqaluit_st/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674climate_change_wreaks_havoc_with_access_to_country_foods_in_iqaluit_st/ Arctic climate change can affect food security, suggests a new study that looked at how unseasonably warm weather during the winter of 2010-2011 affected country food supplies in Iqaluit. That winter was worth looking at because changing environmental conditions, which affect the ability of Inuit to harvest traditional food, may become more common in the future, says McGill graduate student Sara Statham, who talked about her research at the recent International Polar Year conference in NEWS 2012-05-15T09:13:35+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_keep_following_the_women_in_action/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_keep_following_the_women_in_action/ NEWS 2012-05-14T23:35:54+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_acyf_distributes_stickers_for_nunavut_help_line/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_acyf_distributes_stickers_for_nunavut_help_line/ NEWS 2012-05-14T19:04:15+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674city_wants_to_introduce_ramps_for_snowmobile_crossings/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674city_wants_to_introduce_ramps_for_snowmobile_crossings/ The city is looking into making more snow ramps next winter to help snowmobilers get across roads safely on Iqaluit streets. A ramp made of snow, created this past winter on Queen Elizabeth Way next to the Northmart store received praise, according to Iqaluit city planner Arif Sayani. Now there could be more erected at key intersections around the city where snowmobile paths cross with roads.  “The community’s general plan has identified major trails around town, including walking and NEWS 2012-05-14T18:39:50+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674gn_gets_new_deputy_justice_minister/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674gn_gets_new_deputy_justice_minister/ Norman Tarnow is Nunavut’s new deputy minister of justice, after filling in as acting deputy minister since last January, when his predecessor, Janet Slaughter, resigned for personal reasons. Tarnow formerly served as legal counsel and director of the legal and constitutional law division within the Nunavut justice department. “I would like to congratulate Norman Tarnow. A hard-working legal advisor and senior manager, Mr. Tarnow brings years of experience to his position and has a solid NEWS 2012-05-14T19:26:34+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674police_academy_in_the_style_of_nunavut_youth/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674police_academy_in_the_style_of_nunavut_youth/ In sleds loaded with camping supplies, about 30 RCMP youth academy students waited patiently May 14 to start their 20-kilometre snowmobile day trip, part of the RCMP “V” division’s third installment of its youth outreach effort. The joint RCMP-Canadian Ranger program is designed to teach high school students aged 16 to 21 about policing. But it’s also intended to teach police and students about traditional knowledge. The skills everyone will learn are important, “especially when we are out NEWS 2012-05-14T17:40:05+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_rcmp_youth_academy_kids_head_out_on_the_land/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_rcmp_youth_academy_kids_head_out_on_the_land/ NEWS 2012-05-14T16:39:43+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674unattended_hot_pot_leads_to_weekend_kitchen_fire_in_cambay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674unattended_hot_pot_leads_to_weekend_kitchen_fire_in_cambay/ A late-night kitchen fire this past weekend at a Cambridge Bay housing unit caused $15,000 in damages. The fire resulted from a pot that melted onto a stove element when the burner was left on, a May 14 RCMP news release said.  The heat from the burning pot then caused the range hood above the stove to catch fire and melt. “Luckily the flames were observed by a community member, who in turn called the RCMP,” the news release said. That call came in at 1:55 a.m., alerting police to the NEWS 2012-05-14T15:36:34+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674priest_makes_brief_court_appearance_on_77_sex-related_charges/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674priest_makes_brief_court_appearance_on_77_sex-related_charges/ Oblate missionary Eric Dejaeger appeared in court on the morning of May 14 to be formally arraigned on 38 new charges against him that have emerged since last April. Those bring the total number of criminal charges against him to 77, the majority of which allege sex offences against children. The court proceeding, however, was held over until July 16 so lawyers on each side can review new and information brought forth by a police investigation. “By July 16, we’re fairly confident that NEWS 2012-05-14T14:49:42+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674two_vie_for_itk_presidency/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674two_vie_for_itk_presidency/ Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit association, announced May 14 that two candidates are seeking to lead the organization: Terry Audla of Iqaluit and Robert Watt of Ottawa. An election to choose ITK’s next president will take place June 6 following the ITK Annual General Meeting in Kuujjuaq, when delegates will elect a person to replace Mary Simon who is not seeking a third mandate. Audla, 42,  a descendant of the High Arctic exiles, who were relocated from Inukjuak to the High NEWS 2012-05-14T13:13:16+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674cambays_omingmak_frolics_gets_underway/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674cambays_omingmak_frolics_gets_underway/ While people in Cambridge Bay get ready to enjoy the Omingmak Frolics spring festival, which starts May 14, many in this western Nunavut community are thinking about the “Women in action — Steps of hope” walkers, who were stopped in their tracks this past weekend out on the frozen Coronation Gulf. Walkers Janet Brewster, Elisabeth Hadlari, Jamie McInnis, Donna Olsen-Hakongak, Cambridge Bay mayor Jeannie Ehaloak and Nunavut Commissioner Edna Elias left Bay Chimo May 7 to walk 220 kilometres to NEWS 2012-05-14T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674tulugak_a_flight_towards_unity/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674tulugak_a_flight_towards_unity/ LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON BATHORY Everything is dark and in the eye-dilating mood of anticipation, the audience is quiet. On stage, a qulliq slowly lights and everyone is drawn to its sweet calm. A man tends to the light. With no warning, a raven calls loudly from the back of the auditorium. The audience, all of a sudden, is surrounded by the entire cast of Tulugak, cawing and cooing to each other as ravens do, picking up refuse and teasing the audience. Slowly, the actors bring bits of FEATURES 2012-05-14T09:10:53+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_regulators_issue_final_hearing_topics_for_mary_river_iron_mine/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_regulators_issue_final_hearing_topics_for_mary_river_iron_mine/ Even after this month’s three-day technical meeting in Iqaluit, the talk about the Mary River iron mine project and its impacts just goes on. And many contentious topics —  such as the location of the mine’s proposed port, the need for year-round shipping and potential impacts on wildlife — remain to be discussed this July during the final hearings on the Mary River iron mine project. On May 8, the Nunavut Impact Review Board confirmed the dates of the final hearings, which will take place in NEWS 2012-05-14T09:05:30+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_and_heres_tulugak/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_and_heres_tulugak/ NEWS 2012-05-13T22:32:52+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_print_exhibition_opens_in_winnipeg/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_print_exhibition_opens_in_winnipeg/ NEWS 2012-05-12T19:28:10+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674taissumani_may_11/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674taissumani_may_11/ It was January of 1923 and conditions in Foxe Basin were bitterly cold. Peter Freuchen was travelling by sled with another Dane, Helge Bangsted, and an Inuk from northern Greenland named Arqioq. They were mapping the Baffin coast east of Igloolik. The loads their sleds carried were heavy and at one point they had to cache some items and proceed ahead to make camp. Freuchen then doubled back to retrieve the items and, on the way back to camp, a storm arose and he became lost. No problem, he TAISSUMANI 2012-05-12T15:48:19+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_cambay_turns_out_for_frolics_bingo/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_cambay_turns_out_for_frolics_bingo/ NEWS 2012-05-12T08:30:03+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674plans_taking_shape_for_industrial_development_of_upper_base/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674plans_taking_shape_for_industrial_development_of_upper_base/ (Updated May 15, 9:35 a.m.) A 20,000-square-metre pocket of land in Upper Base just 75 metres northwest of the new Plateau Phase 4 development site is set to become industrial land if the city of Iqaluit has its way. The lot plan for the project was approved by city council at its May 8 meeting, and the plan has now been passed on to Nunavut’s minister of community and government services for approval. The plan provides for eight industrial lots with restricted uses, due to their proximity NEWS 2012-05-11T19:41:26+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674red_cross_sends_relief_package_to_victims_of_may_6_flash_flood/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674red_cross_sends_relief_package_to_victims_of_may_6_flash_flood/ People in Kimmirut left homeless May 6 after a torrent of snow and water slammed into their duplex can look forward to receiving relief from the Red Cross. The aid organization plans to send packages of goods due to arrive in the community over the weekend of May 12, Iqaluit Red Cross volunteer Michel Rheault said. The Red Cross decided what the families needed through “needs assessment interviews” over the phone with the officials from Hamlet of Kimmirut, who were “really receptive and NEWS 2012-05-11T19:15:05+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_national_mental_health_strategy_can_help_inuit_ntis_jack_anawak/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_national_mental_health_strategy_can_help_inuit_ntis_jack_anawak/ Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.‘s vice-president Jack Anawak says Canada’s first mental health strategy, Canada Changing Directions, Changing Lives, will benefit Nunavut if its recommendations are followed through on. The strategy, from the Mental Health Commission of Canada and released May 8, calls a spending increases of between seven and nine per cent of total health spending over a 10-year period to pay for mental health initiatives. If that happens and the strategy’s top recommendations are NEWS 2012-05-11T19:00:46+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674itk_plans_may_14_reveal_of_candidates_for_itk_president/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674itk_plans_may_14_reveal_of_candidates_for_itk_president/ Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami plans to announce the list of candidates vying for the presidency of the national Inuit organization early on May 14. But, in advance of the official announcement of the nominations, one candidate has already made public his intention to run for job. On May 9, the filing day for nominations, Robert Watt, better known to his many friends as Robbie, told his 700-plus list of Facebook friends that he has submitted his nomination package to the organization. Born and NEWS 2012-05-11T18:00:37+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674development_to_plateau_a_go-ahead_after_enough_interest/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674development_to_plateau_a_go-ahead_after_enough_interest/ Development of Phase 4 of the Plateau subdivision in Iqaluit looks set to start this summer, after the city confirmed that more than 75 per cent of the area’s lots are likely to be snapped up by developers. The city has a list of developers who are planning to buy the land after contractors hired by the city develop the land in work that will begin this summer. The list of potential buyers will be revealed at the next city council meeting. The lots won’t be empty for long though. Iqaluit NEWS 2012-05-11T16:15:01+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_follow_the_women_in_action/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_follow_the_women_in_action/ NEWS 2012-05-11T14:00:04+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674atipp_tipping_public_off_to_information_rights/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674atipp_tipping_public_off_to_information_rights/ The Government of Nunavut is informing Nunavummiut about their options when it comes to government-stored information.  The GN is distributing brochures around the territory at health centres, gathering places and other selected locations to inform people about how to fill out access to information requests for government stored documents and information that the public has a right to see.  It outlines how people can get in touch with the Access to Information and Privacy Protection unit NEWS 2012-05-11T13:59:32+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_champs_at_inuksuk_arts_show/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_champs_at_inuksuk_arts_show/ NEWS 2012-05-11T13:08:27+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavik_public_health_officials_move_quickly_to_latest_tb_outbreak/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavik_public_health_officials_move_quickly_to_latest_tb_outbreak/ Nunavik’s public health department plans to take swift action to curb an outbreak of tuberculosis in the Ungava Bay community of Kangiqsualujjuaq. That includes sending in a portable x-ray machine, epidemiologists trained to investigate infectious disease outbreaks and community health workers, said Dr. Serge Déry, the director of public health for Nunavik. Since November, tests have found 33 active cases of TB in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Déry said. There is no reason to withhold identifying the NEWS 2012-05-11T12:50:22+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674gn_honours_three_nurses_during_national_nursing_week/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674gn_honours_three_nurses_during_national_nursing_week/ While nurses around the world are recognized for their commitment to health care during 2012 National Nursing Week, “no more so than in Nunavut, where the territory’s 163 nurses are on the front lines offering professional medical care to Nunavummiut,” said a May 10 news release from the Government of Nunavut. During National Nursing week the GN nursing hands out awards of excellence in these areas – leadership, nursing practice and lifetime achievements. This year’s awards go to: • Robyne NEWS 2012-05-11T11:27:04+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_quest_dog_team_racers_honoured_in_arctic_bay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_quest_dog_team_racers_honoured_in_arctic_bay/ Speeches, performances and prizes awaited the dog team racers who finished this year’s Nunavut Quest race from Igloolik to Arctic Bay at the race’s closing ceremonies May 10 in Arctic Bay. Andy Attagutaaluttuk of Igloolik won the race and a round-trip First Air ticket and $10,000, completing the course in 40 hours, 12 minutes and nine seconds. Andrew Taqtu of Arctic Bay, who came in second to win $5,000 [a correction over previously reported amount], arrived in Arctic Bay from Igloolik after NEWS 2012-05-11T10:20:06+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674writing_with_light_david_kilabuks_big_talent/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674writing_with_light_david_kilabuks_big_talent/ David Kilabuk remembers being surprised when a group of eight or nine killer whales started following his boat while he was travelling home to Pangnirtung from the Cumberland Sound. The whales trailed behind the boat for an hour, giving Kilabuk a chance to use his self-taught photography skills even though, he says “we weren’t expecting to see them.” Kilabuk, 49, a fan of photography, now has a following of his own after starting his David Kilabuk Photography Facebook page. People “like” his FEATURES 2012-05-11T10:00:44+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_quest_winner_celebrates_in_arctic_bay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_quest_winner_celebrates_in_arctic_bay/ NEWS 2012-05-11T09:40:01+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_demo_in_coral_harbour_against_high_prices/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_demo_in_coral_harbour_against_high_prices/ NEWS 2012-05-11T09:26:39+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavuts_legislative_ethics_officer_starts_schell_investigation/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavuts_legislative_ethics_officer_starts_schell_investigation/ Norman Pickell, the Nunavut Integrity Commissioner, began to review the conduct of South Baffin MLA Fred Schell on May 4, Pickell said in a news release May 10. In the release, Pickell said that by May 1, he had received the necessary affidavit, supporting documents and clarifications from Nunavut cabinet secretary Dan Vandermuelen. Premier Eva Aariak triggered Pickell’s review this past March 11, when she announced that she had stripped Schell of all ministerial portfolios after learning of NEWS 2012-05-11T09:07:19+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674smell_the_roses_for_a_good_cause/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674smell_the_roses_for_a_good_cause/ Here’s a way you can help a worthy cause and make mom happy. On May 11, YWCA Agvvik Nunavut, which operates the Qimaavik women’s shelter in Apex and the women’s homeless shelter in Iqaluit, will take pre-orders for Mother’s Day roses. You can pay $5 for a single rose or splurge and spend $50 for a dozen. The money will help pay for basic costs that the group can’t cover with the limited funding it receives, said the Agvik executive director, Suny Jacob. You’ll find the roses on sale between NEWS 2012-05-10T19:32:54+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_portrait_of_a_walrus/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_portrait_of_a_walrus/ NEWS 2012-05-10T18:38:09+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arviat_students_learn_resiliency_leadership/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arviat_students_learn_resiliency_leadership/ More than 30 students have embraced the Leadership Resiliency Program at John Arnalukjuak High School in Arviat, which aims to teach students how to manage personal and family stress. “It might just be the early excitement [but] we have really high participation rates,” said coordinator Ross Paterson about the program, which started in February, with $2.2 million committed over five years from Public Safety Canada for the project. Right now there are four groups of Grade 12 students NEWS 2012-05-10T17:34:32+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_quest_winner_pulls_into_arctic_bay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_quest_winner_pulls_into_arctic_bay/ NEWS 2012-05-10T15:54:34+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674cambays_omingmak_frolics_seeks_keen_photog_for_festival_contest/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674cambays_omingmak_frolics_seeks_keen_photog_for_festival_contest/ Calling all camera buffs in Cambridge Bay: the 2012 Omingmak Frolics wants to see your photos by May 20. As part of the Kitikmeot community’s annual spring festivities, organizers are inviting people in Cambridge Bay to submit photos taken in and around the community. Photos can reflect the contest categories of wildlife, landscape, culture and events, including the Omingmak Frolics, and there will be also special youth category for young photographers 14 years and under. You can submit up NEWS 2012-05-10T15:50:33+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_power_workers_to_vote_on_tentative_wage-benefit_deal/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_power_workers_to_vote_on_tentative_wage-benefit_deal/ Unionized workers at the Qulliq Power Corp. will start voting May 14 on a tentative new wage-benefit deal that gives them an effective wage increase of 4.5 per cent on the date of ratification, plus a signing bonus of $1,100. In a message posted on the website of the Nunavut Employees Union, union officials recommend workers vote yes to the deal. “Your bargaining team believes that this is the best agreement that can be obtained for the members at this time, and believe that accepting it is NEWS 2012-05-10T16:07:24+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_tulugak_wows_audiences_in_nuuk/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_tulugak_wows_audiences_in_nuuk/ NEWS 2012-05-10T12:54:17+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674igloolik_call-in_radio_show_kicks_off_human_rights_assessment_on_the_m/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674igloolik_call-in_radio_show_kicks_off_human_rights_assessment_on_the_m/ No matter where you are, you can now listen to call-in radio shows, featuring a human rights lawyer from southern Canada who is visiting Igloolik to work on a “human rights assessment” of the proposed Mary River iron mine. To start his assessment, Canadian human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett fielded comments and questions from listeners during a May 9 call-in show on the Igloolik-based Nipivut Nunatinnii Our Voice at Home radio network. Lipsett introduced himself on the show, which aired in NEWS 2012-05-10T12:49:34+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_public_health_department_issues_tb_alert/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_public_health_department_issues_tb_alert/ Nunavik is experiencing a serious outbreak of tuberculosis, judging from a news release sent out late May 9 from Nunavik’s public health department where officials are asking for help from Nunavimmiut to prevent the spread of TB. The new release said contagious tuberculosis cases have been detected “within certain communities of the region” although the situation appears to be “relatively well under control, with the exception of a single community,” which was not named. Health workers at NEWS 2012-05-10T10:22:15+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_mp_slams_liberal_senators_bill_to_end_the_seal_hunt/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_mp_slams_liberal_senators_bill_to_end_the_seal_hunt/ The Liberals continue to “undermine Canada’s support for the seal hunt and northerners,” Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq said in a May 8 statement. “While our government stands up for sealers in the face of the misinformation being spread by animal rights extremists around the globe, Senator Mac Harb has re-introduced his bill to put an end to Canada’s seal hunt,” she said. “The end of the commercial sealing industry is now inevitable,” Harb wrote on his blog “Harb Seal Bill Challenge” . “It’s NEWS 2012-05-10T10:01:45+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674Iqaluit_fireworks_bylaw_in_the_works/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674Iqaluit_fireworks_bylaw_in_the_works/ Several complaints about fireworks sparked discussion over a new bylaw proposed by city councilors in Iqaluit at their May 8 meeting. Councillors said they want an investigation of fireworks use, because of complaints from residents about the times and locations of loud, bright fireworks displays. Mayor Madeleine Redfern wants to see a new bylaw that would regulate the use of fireworks, citing nuisance and safety concerns. There is currently no bylaw enforcing fireworks in the city of NEWS 2012-05-10T09:04:36+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674artcirq_joins_mounties_for_diamond_jubilee_performance_at_windsor_cast/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674artcirq_joins_mounties_for_diamond_jubilee_performance_at_windsor_cast/ Igloolik’s Artcirq perform this week for the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the private grounds of Windsor Castle. There they’ll share the spotlight on Canada with the RCMP’s “musical ride.” Five Artcirq performers arrived May 5 in Windsor to start rehearsals for the show, along with hundreds of other dancers, musicians and performers from around the world, in places that the Queen has visited during her 60-year reign. The seven-act pageant show titled “Around the World in NEWS 2012-05-09T18:50:49+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_off_to_see_the_queen/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_off_to_see_the_queen/ NEWS 2012-05-09T18:43:39+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/6567410-million_nunavut_media_arts_gets_money_from_feds/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/6567410-million_nunavut_media_arts_gets_money_from_feds/ The Nunavut Media Arts Centre got a boost today with the announcement that it will be getting some money from Ottawa. A May 9 federal government news release did not put any figure to the money slated for project, but a spokesperson from Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq’s office confirmed that the Inuit Broadcasting Corp. will receive $164,000 over two years towards the management of its new centre. In 2011, CanNor said it would give IBC $108,000 to hire a project management team for the NEWS 2012-05-09T17:40:54+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_library_seeks_new_computer_access_support/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_library_seeks_new_computer_access_support/ The federal government cut the Community Access Program that provides internet access in rural and remote areas, like Nunavut, but that doesn’t mean computer access will disappear tomorrow, says Catherine Hoyt, president of the friends of the Iqaluit Centennial library. But once the computers and other equipment at Iqaluit’s library break down or need to be replaced, the library will hard pressed to pay the replacement bill without a guaranteed source of money. And the other organizations NEWS 2012-05-09T16:50:31+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_iqaluits_cap_site_struggles_to_keep_going/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_iqaluits_cap_site_struggles_to_keep_going/ NEWS 2012-05-09T16:11:51+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_national_mental_health_strategy_ups_call_for_inuit-specific_servic/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_national_mental_health_strategy_ups_call_for_inuit-specific_servic/ (updated at 4:20 p.m.) To see what a community-based mental wellness program for Inuit looks like, consider Clyde River’s Ilisaqsivik family resource centre, which was singled out for mention by the new mental health strategy for Canada Changing Directions, Changing Lives. Ilisaqsivik responds to the realities faced by Inuit in their day-to-day lives and the needs of their communities, say the strategy, which was released May 8. That’s something mental health services for Inuit need to do, NEWS 2012-05-09T13:59:30+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_quest_racers_arrive_in_arctic_bay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_quest_racers_arrive_in_arctic_bay/ NEWS 2012-05-09T12:42:14+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavummiut_makitagunarningit_makita_launches_website/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavummiut_makitagunarningit_makita_launches_website/ Nunavut’s uranium watchdog organization Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit (Makita) launched its new website May 8. This website will be used to provide information about uranium mining, the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s assessment of AREVA Resources Canada Inc.’s Kiggavik proposal, and the activities of Makita, said a May 8 news release. “We will address both the issues under review by NIRB and issues which NIRB has said it will not address — such as the possible end uses of uranium mined in NEWS 2012-05-09T10:44:55+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_fibre_link_possible_but_costly_study/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_fibre_link_possible_but_costly_study/ A fibre optic solution for Nunavut’s longstanding telecommunication woes is possible, but it’s loaded with risk and could cost at least $1 billion and possibly more, said a report issued May 8 by the Nunavut Broadband Development Corp.. The report arrives in the wake of growing complaints about the quality of Nunavut’s overstretched, satellite-driven telecommunications system, which crashed almost entirely this past Oct. 6 when a software screw-up put the Anik F2 satellite out of action for NEWS 2012-05-09T10:20:26+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_mental_health_strategy_calls_for_government_attention_says_ntis_/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_mental_health_strategy_calls_for_government_attention_says_ntis_/ NEWS 2012-05-09T09:50:59+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674mental-health_strategy_calls_for_significant_cash_boost_to_address_cri/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674mental-health_strategy_calls_for_significant_cash_boost_to_address_cri/ SHARON KIRKEY Postmedia News The nation’s first mental-health strategy is calling for an overhaul of a system it calls so fractured and under-funded that it’s turning prisons and jails into the “asylums of the 21st century” and leading many community service groups to drop waiting lists to avoid giving people false hope that “eventually their turn will come.” The strategy, from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, calls for spending on mental health to increase from seven to nine per cent NEWS 2012-05-09T09:26:12+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674law_enforcers_team_up_to_battle_a_rowdy_saturday_night/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674law_enforcers_team_up_to_battle_a_rowdy_saturday_night/ It was a busy day for law enforcers on the streets of Iqaluit Saturday evening, May 5. Police, bylaw officers, the liquor inspector and Iqaluit fire department officials came out in force to patrol bars for Liquor Act infractions and drug-dealing, and to patrol roadways for drunk drivers. Police laid charges against several drunk drivers at check stops-and busted six suspected drug dealers outside bars, laying nine drug-related charges, a May 8 RCMP press release said. Warnings were given NEWS 2012-05-09T08:50:38+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674armed_arctic_vessels_face_delay_in_latest_procurement_setback/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674armed_arctic_vessels_face_delay_in_latest_procurement_setback/ LEE BERTHIAUME Postmedia News OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s list of troubled multi-billion-dollar military procurement projects continues to grow as a plan to obtain a fleet of armed vessels to patrol Canada’s Arctic waters has been hit with a three-year delay. The Defence Department had been expecting to take delivery of Canada’s first of between six and eight Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in 2015. But documents tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday show the timeline has been NEWS 2012-05-08T22:41:16+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_and_ontario_talk/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunavut_and_ontario_talk/ NEWS 2012-05-08T20:52:02+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674participants_make_youth_arts_week_iqaluit_a_success/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674participants_make_youth_arts_week_iqaluit_a_success/ Youth Arts Week Iqaluit was a success and a signal that more youth art programming is needed in Iqaluit, coordinator Pascale Aprin says. Events, which ran from May 1 to 7, included a variety of workshops including breakdancing, t-shirt design, graffiti, life drawing, DJ-ing, comic book illustrating, grant writing and self-publishing, with youth over and under 13 years old at the packed workshops. “Every workshop people attended, it was so clear they were like sponges, eager to learn,” Arpin NEWS 2012-05-08T18:50:29+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_cirqiniq_plays_to_southern_audiences/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_cirqiniq_plays_to_southern_audiences/ Youth involved in Nunavik’s Cirqiniq circus arts program got a glimpse at the larger world of circus during a recent trip to southern Quebec, where they performed for big audiences and took in the newest Cirque du Soleil show. Each spring, Cirque du Monde, the community outreach of Quebec’s Cirque du Soleil circus, hosts an annual meeting for all its social circus groups in the province, with this year meeting scheduled for May 4 to 6 in Drummondville. And for this event, a group from NEWS 2012-05-08T17:05:11+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674one_year_after_plan_nords_launch_nunavik_calls_for_plan_nunavik_action/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674one_year_after_plan_nords_launch_nunavik_calls_for_plan_nunavik_action/ Quebec premier Jean Charest launched his Plan Nord near Quebec City one year ago. And now, when the lengthy document detailing Plan Nunavik — Nunavik’s answer to Plan Nord — circulates around Nunavik in Inuttitut, Maggie Emudluk, the chairperson of the Kativik Regional Government, hopes more Nunavimmiut will start to see what Quebec’s 25-year development scheme can offer the region. “The more information out there, the less misunderstanding there will be,” said Emudluk, reached at her home in NEWS 2012-05-08T16:17:26+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674legal_aid_community-based_justice_programs_hang_on_to_their_funding/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674legal_aid_community-based_justice_programs_hang_on_to_their_funding/ Although many federally-funded programs have been ditched over the past month, legal aid and programs under the Aboriginal Justice Strategy will continue. “This funding helps make the justice system more effective, fair, and accessible, and ensures value for taxpayers’ dollars,” said federal justice minister Rob Nicholson in a recent news release. “Our government is continuing to support the provision of criminal legal aid for economically disadvantaged persons charged with serious criminal NEWS 2012-05-08T15:48:11+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674questions_still_raised_over_kugaaruk_drinking_water/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674questions_still_raised_over_kugaaruk_drinking_water/ The Hamlet of Kugaaruk is still struggling with longstanding water supply problems, with some people alleging that a temporary water source is making people sick. Some people of Kugaaruk may be getting sick from drinking tap water in the community, a source in the community told Nunatsiaq News last week. A lake that the hamlet currently gets its water from was once used for cleaning sewage truck pipes, a resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, said in an email. “Now they say the water NEWS 2012-05-08T14:30:34+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunaviks_cirqiniq_steps_out_in_drummondville/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_nunaviks_cirqiniq_steps_out_in_drummondville/ NEWS 2012-05-08T14:01:09+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674un_permanent_forum_on_indigenous_people_meets_on_land_rights_food_secu/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674un_permanent_forum_on_indigenous_people_meets_on_land_rights_food_secu/ This week and next, 500 representatives from the 370-million indigenous peoples who live around the world are meeting in New York at the United Nations for the 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. The forum, which meets for 10 days each year, is a high-level advisory body that deals with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights. Five years after the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous NEWS 2012-05-08T12:52:27+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arctic_sea_ice_cover_near_average_in_april_snow_and_ice_data_center/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arctic_sea_ice_cover_near_average_in_april_snow_and_ice_data_center/ Arctic sea ice cover held its own this past April, declining slowly through the first three weeks of April compared with recent years, said a recent Arctic ice update from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The slow decline through March and the first few weeks of April meant that by mid-April, sea ice extent was still at near-average levels. Ir was the highest average sea ice extent for the month since 2001, averaging 14.73 million square kilometres, the NSIDC said. Because of the NEWS 2012-05-08T10:37:59+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674warmer_winter_for_most_in_nunavut_nunavik_environment_canada/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674warmer_winter_for_most_in_nunavut_nunavik_environment_canada/ Canada — including most of Nunavut and all of Nunavik — experienced a warmer than average winter this past year, while in Nunavik it was also much drier than usual, Environment Canada said in its May 7 climate bulletin. The national average temperature for the winter of 2011-2012 was 3.6 C above normal (1961-1990 average), which makes this the third warmest winter on record since nationwide records began in 1948. The warmest winter was 2009/2010, 4.1 C above normal.  At 3.5 C below normal NEWS 2012-05-08T09:19:36+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674qanuippitali_ipys_biggest_dud/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674qanuippitali_ipys_biggest_dud/ Of all the highly-touted Arctic research projects the federal government funded during the 2007-08 International Polar Year spending spree, there’s one that touched more Inuit lives than any other: the Qanuippitali Inuit health survey. This nearly forgotten project used at least $10.6 million worth of public money and directly involved thousands of adults and children — about 12 per cent of Inuit living in Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and the Inuvialuit region. But despite all the hype and good EDITORIAL 2012-05-08T10:00:05+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_pang_tapestries_on_display_in_montreal/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_pang_tapestries_on_display_in_montreal/ NEWS 2012-05-08T08:57:54+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674convicted_priest_misses_court_faces_70_charges/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674convicted_priest_misses_court_faces_70_charges/ The erstwhile fugitive priest, Father Eric Dejaeger, was a no-show at the Nunavut Court of Justice May 7 at a scheduled court appearance, but he’s set to appear in court next week, May 14. His lawyer, Malcolm Kempt, was also not in court to set a trial date. Dejaeger faces more than 70 criminal charges, the majority being allegations of sex offenses involving minors. The Crown prosecutor for Dejaeger’s trial, Paul Bychok, expects the trial will last up to four weeks, once lengthy NEWS 2012-05-08T08:36:18+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_may_7_last_day_for_national_youth_arts_week/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_may_7_last_day_for_national_youth_arts_week/ NEWS 2012-05-07T18:58:00+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674plan_nord_is_an_open_bar_for_mining_companies_says_former_quebec_premi/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674plan_nord_is_an_open_bar_for_mining_companies_says_former_quebec_premi/ It’s “ridiculous” that Liberal ministers are using his suggestions to promote Plan Nord, Jacques Parizeau said May 5 in the Quebec daily newspaper, La Presse. Quebec Premier Jean Charest and his minister of natural resources, Clement Gignac, said last week that “the file [mining royalties] was settled” for Parizeau, who said earlier that mining companies should pay higher royalties to Quebec under Plan Nord. That’s because the Charest government recently raised the level of royalties that NEWS 2012-05-07T18:34:40+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_snow_melts_causes_run-off_problems_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_snow_melts_causes_run-off_problems_in_iqaluit/ NEWS 2012-05-07T17:04:58+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_nurses_must_be_adaptable_nwt_and_nunavut_nurses_association/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_nurses_must_be_adaptable_nwt_and_nunavut_nurses_association/ Nursing can be a thankless and underappreciated job, says Angela Luciana, the president of the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. And it’s particularly difficult for nurses who want to stay in Nunavut if they’re not from the North. That means their success depends on how adaptable they are, Luciana said. While working as a nurse always puts a lot of weight on someone’s shoulders, “especially in the territory, nurses are the first point of contact [with NEWS 2012-05-07T17:37:07+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674heading_out_on_the_land_bring_along_a_spot/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674heading_out_on_the_land_bring_along_a_spot/ When the Women in Action start off on their “steps for hope” walk May 7 from Bay Chimo to Cambridge Bay in western Nunavut, they can’t get lost. That’s because the group will have a Spot tracking device with them. If you need help out on the land, you can simply press a button on the Spot, and it then transmits a message saying whether you need help or if you’re okay. Spot trackers can also send an SOS message or a customized message, and allow contacts to see a user’s location. Messages NEWS 2012-05-07T14:50:09+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/association_des_francophones_du_nunavut_getting_out_of_the_red/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/association_des_francophones_du_nunavut_getting_out_of_the_red/ The Association des francophones du Nunavut hosted a traditional Sugar Shack on May 6, featuring maple syrup mixed with snow and a brunch — an annual event the organization looks to continue after recent financial difficulties. The association is selling two houses to pay off an estimated $125,000 in long-term debt owed to Heritage Canada, and to pay off other debts accumulated as well. The current president of the Association des francophones du Nunavut, Eric Cormeau, says the financial NEWS 2012-05-07T13:24:13+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_your_blood_pressure_is_fine/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_your_blood_pressure_is_fine/ NEWS 2012-05-07T13:04:53+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_its_national_nurses_week_may_6_to_12/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_its_national_nurses_week_may_6_to_12/ NEWS 2012-05-07T12:59:24+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674jane_glassco_fellows_point_the_way_for_northern_research_by_northerner/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674jane_glassco_fellows_point_the_way_for_northern_research_by_northerner/ At a time when many northerners say they’re tired of being researched by people from the South, a program has worked on developing home-grown northern researchers and policy-makers. Over the past two years, the Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program, has helped about a dozen young northerners, aged 25 to 35, undertake and complete their own research projects. “The program shows we have our own people in our own communities who can do research,” said the Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program NEWS 2012-05-07T12:50:16+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_igloolik_radio_online/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_igloolik_radio_online/ NEWS 2012-05-07T09:49:58+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_women_in_action_walk_to_promote_healthy_living_cancer_research/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_women_in_action_walk_to_promote_healthy_living_cancer_research/ Think about Cambridge Bay mayor Jeannie Ehaloak today and tomorrow, and the day after that, and then again for the following week, as she walks from Bay Chimo on the western Nunavut mainland to Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island, a distance of 220 kilometres. Imagine Ehaloak, with a warm pink tuque over her now-bald head, as a moving spot on the sea ice. While she walks, she thinks about her late sister, who died of cancer, and the need for more cancer prevention and research. Ehaloak isn’t NEWS 2012-05-07T09:26:51+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674igloolik_community_radio_starts_streaming/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674igloolik_community_radio_starts_streaming/ Nipivut Nunatinnii, Our Voice at Home, the Igloolik community radio, is now online. And, to kick off the service, filmmaker and newly-elected Qikiqtani Inuit Association board member Zach Kunuk and human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett plan to host a series of live call-in talk shows about Baffinland Iron Mines Corp’s mary River project, the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s final hearings in July and Inuit human rights May 7 to 15. You can see the schedule on its Facebook page here or on the Isuma NEWS 2012-05-06T09:26:00+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_cambay_mayor_gets_a_hair_cut/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_cambay_mayor_gets_a_hair_cut/ NEWS 2012-05-05T18:49:57+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674legendary_geologist_raymond_thorsteinsson_hailed_as_last_living_arctic/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674legendary_geologist_raymond_thorsteinsson_hailed_as_last_living_arctic/ AMANDA STEPHENSON Postmedia News CALGARY — Raymond Thorsteinsson’s life could have come straight out of an adventure novel. The renowned Calgary geologist, who passed away April 23 at the age of 91, first made a name for himself in the Canadian Arctic in the 1950s and 1960s. Braving polar bears, ever-shifting ice floes and the fury of the elements, Thorsteinsson explored and mapped more than 500,000 square kilometres of frozen archipelago — and in between, he still managed to squeeze in an NEWS 2012-05-05T18:36:47+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_iqaluit_gets_a_taste_of_sugar_on_snow/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_iqaluit_gets_a_taste_of_sugar_on_snow/ NEWS 2012-05-05T17:59:14+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_head_shaving_nets_more_than_4000_for_the_women_in_action/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_head_shaving_nets_more_than_4000_for_the_women_in_action/ NEWS 2012-05-05T09:28:50+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_cambays_arena_looks_to_a_new_name/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_cambays_arena_looks_to_a_new_name/ NEWS 2012-05-04T22:58:19+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_man_detained_following_west_40_fire_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_man_detained_following_west_40_fire_in_iqaluit/ NEWS 2012-05-04T19:19:47+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_national_youth_arts_week_continues_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_national_youth_arts_week_continues_in_iqaluit/ NEWS 2012-05-04T17:07:11+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674cabinet_minister_and_iqaluit_west_mla_monica_ell_sworn-in_and_assigned/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674cabinet_minister_and_iqaluit_west_mla_monica_ell_sworn-in_and_assigned/ Premier Eva Aariak announced May 4 that Nunavut’s new cabinet minister, Iqaluit West MLA Monica Ell, will take responsibility for the following portfolios: Human Resources, Status of Women, and Homelessness. Ell, with family and friends in attendance, was sworn as the eighth member of cabinet in the Nunavut legislature May 4 by Nunavut’s deputy commissioner Nellie Kusugak and welcomed by the premier. Arviat MLA Dan Shewchuk has been responsible for the Department of Human Resources since NEWS 2012-05-04T14:37:27+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_meet_nunavuts_new_minister_of_human_resources/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_meet_nunavuts_new_minister_of_human_resources/ NEWS 2012-05-04T15:34:37+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674quebec_city_forum_looks_at_plan_nord/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674quebec_city_forum_looks_at_plan_nord/ What would you like to say to Premier Jean Charest about Plan Nord — that’s the question put to panelists at the end of this week’s two-day conference on Plan Nord in Quebec City, called “The North Matters.” Lisa Koperqualuk, the president and founder of Nunavik’s Saturviit womens association, participated in another panel at the forum called, “Beyond the economic boom.” But she knows what she’d like to tell Charest. His Plan Nord needs to put a focus on women and children and the overall NEWS 2012-05-04T14:27:52+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674first_court_appearence_for_nunavut_mla/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674first_court_appearence_for_nunavut_mla/ Nunavut cabinet minister Fred Schell and his 28-year-old common-law spouse, Ezevallu Qatsiya, each of whom is charged with assaulting the other, made first appearances in court May 4 in Iqaluit Each spousal partner is charged with assault in relation to an incident alleged to have occurred this past April 10 in Iqaluit. The charges were laid April 12. The charges were not read in court, and a court date has been scheduled for June 4 to give Schell and Qatsiya time to find and talk to defence NEWS 2012-05-04T13:36:23+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674mental_health_seeks_support_during_mental_health_awareness_week/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674mental_health_seeks_support_during_mental_health_awareness_week/ This coming week, Partners for Mental Health has something for you to think about. During Mental Health Awareness Week, May 7 to 13, Partners for Mental Health would like you to sign an online pledge of support at its website “notmyselftoday” in favour of more mental health services and personal involvement in providing support to others. “Mental health can no longer be ignored. We are all affected. We are all touched by it. That’s why I’m pledging my support to improve mental health in NEWS 2012-05-04T09:41:10+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674next_step_for_baffinland_final_hearings_on_the_mary_river_iron_mine_pr/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674next_step_for_baffinland_final_hearings_on_the_mary_river_iron_mine_pr/ It’s taken a long time to get there — in fact, more than two years, but now the last big step in the permitting process for the Mary River iron mine project remains the final hearings. Those are scheduled for July in Iqaluit, Igloolik and Pond Inlet. The proposal to develop the iron mine on northern Baffin Island moved into review in February 2009. Now, its promoters, the Baffinland Iron Mines Corp, can look forward to hearing the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s final report on its mine NEWS 2012-05-04T09:01:10+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674long-time_makivvik_lawyer_heads_to_the_quebec_housing_corp/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674long-time_makivvik_lawyer_heads_to_the_quebec_housing_corp/ On May 2 Quebec’s cabinet named lawyer Jean-François Arteau, who until April served as the executive assistant to the president of Makivvik Corp., as vice-president of the Société d’habitation du Québec. Before serving as as legal counsel and executive assistant at Makivik, Arteau worked for the Kativik Regional Government. The SHQ is the main body of the Quebec government responsible for social housing in Quebec and in Nunavik through the Kativik Municipal Housing NEWS 2012-05-03T19:18:10+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_ns_students_at_the_tromss_polar_museum/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_ns_students_at_the_tromss_polar_museum/ NEWS 2012-05-03T19:03:44+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674pothole_season_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674pothole_season_in_iqaluit/ (Updated 5:10 p.m.) Iqaluit’s bylaw department is warning residents to slow down and not veer around potholes onto oncoming traffic. From the Iqaluit Enforcement Twitter feed this morning, a tweet said, “Save your vehicle and slow down on Iqaluit dirt roads.” Chief enforcement officer Kevin Sloboda said the point of the tweet wasn’t to scare people into thinking they may get a ticket if they round a pothole illegally, but to tell people to slow down, watch the road and take into NEWS 2012-05-03T17:47:31+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674remembering_mr._akaka_sataa_january_1918_may_2011/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674remembering_mr._akaka_sataa_january_1918_may_2011/ Almost a year has already gone by since our father, grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle passed away May 2011. He is sorely missed. Akaka was born in a whaling camp outside of Kimmirut. His life was full of diversity and meshed with new lifestyles when communities were established on our land, Nunavut. He was able to contribute to a positive community life and living life on the land, in his own terms. He is known to have saved our mother’s community camp from starvation using his dog LETTERS 2012-05-03T18:42:51+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_law_society_looks_for_uppinartuq_award_nominees/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_law_society_looks_for_uppinartuq_award_nominees/ Do you know an outstanding student or youth in your community who deserves recognition? The Nunavut Law Foundation, a non-profit organization that receives funding from the Law Society of Nunavut (which represents all the lawyers practicing in the territory), is seeking nominations for $500 scholarships to students and youths in each Nunavut region. The award honour of Nunavut’s former chief justice Beverly Browne, who retired in 2009. Browne, who was the first senior judge in the Nunavut NEWS 2012-05-03T17:41:05+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674taissumani_may_4/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674taissumani_may_4/ A few weeks ago I wrote about Nancy Columbia, her family and their narrow escape from shipwreck on the Titanic. The family, led by Nancy’s non-Inuk step-father, John Smith, who had married Esther Eneutseak, had initially booked on the Titanic to return to America from an extended tour of Germany and Belgium, but re-booked to travel on the Mauritania when it became known that the Titanic would be behind schedule. When the Inuit group left Belgium for England on the first leg of the journey TAISSUMANI 2012-05-03T17:59:48+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_national_youth_arts_week_kicks_off_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_national_youth_arts_week_kicks_off_in_iqaluit/ NEWS 2012-05-03T16:47:41+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674QIA_GN_call_for_monitoring_and_mitigation_of_impacts_on_caribou/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674QIA_GN_call_for_monitoring_and_mitigation_of_impacts_on_caribou/ The Qikiqtani Inuit Association and Goverment of Nunavut say they’re worried about the impact on caribou from the proposed Mary River mine, the “first major development in a calving area in Canada.” They’re among organizations and agencies who are talking to Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. at public technical meeting organized by the Nunavut Impact Review Board in Iqaluit, the last formal discussions before the iron ore project moves into final hearings. But before the final hearings happens, the NEWS 2012-05-03T15:26:25+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_greenpeace_strikes_again/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_greenpeace_strikes_again/ NEWS 2012-05-03T13:26:53+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674sewing_class_graduates_showcase_work_in_Rankin_Inlet_fashion_show/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674sewing_class_graduates_showcase_work_in_Rankin_Inlet_fashion_show/ Graduates of the Miqqut program, which combined traditional and contemporary sewing techniques with literacy skills. showcased four months of work May 1 at a fashion show in Rankin Inlet. Miqqut, part of the Nunavut Literacy Council’s three-year community research project into the link between oral language and literacy, saw 15 participants learning from elder instructors. Eleven of the 15 participated in the show, at the Sinngittuq Complex.  “It gave a chance to the community to see some NEWS 2012-05-03T13:00:13+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_reps_listen_at_mary_river_technical_meeting/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_reps_listen_at_mary_river_technical_meeting/ NEWS 2012-05-03T10:56:59+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674keep_talking_urges_nunavut_regulator_at_mine_meeting_in_iqaluit/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674keep_talking_urges_nunavut_regulator_at_mine_meeting_in_iqaluit/ Day two of the technical hearing on the proposed Mary River iron mine project on northern Baffin Island wasn’t an easy one for Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.. As a last step before the iron ore project moves into final hearings, representatives from Baffinland, the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Makivvik Corp. and various government agencies are talking to each other during a three-day public technical meeting in Iqaluit. Baffinland, a private company under the control of NEWS 2012-05-03T09:05:38+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_women_in_action_mobilize_in_cambay/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_women_in_action_mobilize_in_cambay/ NEWS 2012-05-03T08:53:31+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_mla_faces_assault_charges/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_mla_faces_assault_charges/ South Baffin MLA Fred Schell, 59, will make his first appearance in court May 4 to face an assault charge that was laid April 12 by an Iqaluit RCMP constable. The charging document, technically called an “information,” alleges that Schell assaulted Ezevallu Qatsiya on or about April 10 in Iqaluit. His court appearance is set for 9:30 a.m. May 4 at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit, a court employee said. Schell, who represents Cape Dorset and Kimmirut in the assembly and serves in NEWS 2012-05-02T19:41:57+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674quebec_puts_4.6_million_towards_new_plan_nord_jobs_a_mobile_lab/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674quebec_puts_4.6_million_towards_new_plan_nord_jobs_a_mobile_lab/ Quebec says it’s ready to spend $4.6 million on measures intended to strengthen environmental protection and monitoring in northern Quebec, Pierre Arcand, Quebec’s minister of sustainable development, environment and parks, said May 1. “Plan Nord will become an international benchmark for sustainable development,” Arcand said in a French-only Quebec government news release. “We are committed to protect 50 per cent of the territory, an area of 600,000 square-kilometres. Beyond undertaking this NEWS 2012-05-02T19:07:44+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_cabinet_minister_for_nunavut/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_cabinet_minister_for_nunavut/ The newest member of Nunavut’s cabinet is Iqaluit West MLA Monica Ell. Nunavut MLAs elected her May 2 at a special leadership forum in just one round of voting over two other candidates — Nattilik MLA Jeannie Ugyuk and Pangnirtung MLA Hezakiah Oshutapik — after Akulliq MLA John Ningark nominated her for the position. “I’ve decided that perhaps I am needed and that with my past experiences I can assist in moving forward with government issues,” Ell said.  Her speech before the legislative NEWS 2012-05-02T16:18:36+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arctic_council_should_discuss_military_issues_report/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arctic_council_should_discuss_military_issues_report/ A military buildup in the Arctic is possible, says a new report, Climate Change & National Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether, which suggests non-Arctic states should look closely at the Arctic whether it embraces conflict or cooperation. “The lesson to the rest of the world might be to anticipate changes and adapt and/or react as soon as possible,” the report says. “With global warming, time is of the essence.” As the ice melts, many Arctic states have already begun to re-examine their NEWS 2012-05-02T14:37:54+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_monica_ell_to_sit_on_nunavut_cabinet/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_monica_ell_to_sit_on_nunavut_cabinet/ NEWS 2012-05-02T15:14:35+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674kuujjuaq_shines_during_9m_quebec_movie_production/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674kuujjuaq_shines_during_9m_quebec_movie_production/ ISABELLE DUBOIS The big-screen Quebec film Maïna moved into production in Kuujjuaq last week, bringing Inuit, Innu, and Québécois together for the first time in film history. Set centuries ago in northern Quebec, Maïna traces the love story between and Innu woman, Maïna, and an Inuk man, Natak. Maïna starts with the aftermath of a bloody confrontation between the clan of Maïna, called the “Nearly Wolves,” and the “Men from the Land of Ice.” Maïna, the Innu daughter of Grand Chief FEATURES 2012-05-02T13:04:51+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674ottawa_cuts_civil_service_jobs_in_nunavut_other_territories/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674ottawa_cuts_civil_service_jobs_in_nunavut_other_territories/ A total of 64 Government of Canada workers in the northern territories may have lost their jobs April 30, as the impact of the Harper government’s recent budget is felt close to home. Seventeen out of 25 potential cuts for the Aboriginal Affairs Northern Development in the North are in Iqaluit, said Geoff Ryan, a regional vice president for the Public Service Alliance of Canada in the North. Six jobs, previously announced, have been cut at CBC North and two jobs in Parks might also face NEWS 2012-05-02T12:00:18+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_greenpeace_tries_to_stop_icebreaker_from_going_to_alaska/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_greenpeace_tries_to_stop_icebreaker_from_going_to_alaska/ NEWS 2012-05-02T10:44:33+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_beluga_hunt_opens_may_3/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunaviks_beluga_hunt_opens_may_3/ May 3 marks the start of the beluga hunt in Nunavik. However, as was the case in 2011, most Nunavik beluga hunters will be obliged to travel to the Hudson Strait to hunt some of their community quota of whales. The Hudson Strait’s spring and summer season lasts from May 3 to Aug. 31, or until hunters top the quota of 190 belugas. Communities in the Hudson Strait will be able to take 105 of that number. From May 3 to Nov. 30, hunters in the eastern Hudson Bay can take nine belugas. But NEWS 2012-05-02T09:02:46+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_technical_review_puts_spotlight_on_nunavuts_mary_river_project/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_technical_review_puts_spotlight_on_nunavuts_mary_river_project/ As a last step before the Mary River iron ore project moves into final hearings, representatives from Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., and various government agencies are talking to each other during a three-day public technical meeting in Iqaluit. Their goal: to narrow the final issues still up for discussion. At the Navigator Inn, they’re working towards the final hearings scheduled for this July in Iqaluit, Igloolik and Pond Inlet. “So NEWS 2012-05-02T08:30:59+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_rcmp_seek_help_from_the_public_to_identify_a_man/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_rcmp_seek_help_from_the_public_to_identify_a_man/ The Iqaluit RCMP detachment is asking for help from the public to identify a man alleged to be involved in “an unprovoked assault” at the Hotel Arctic in Iqaluit at about 10:40 p.m. on Jan. 27. (See image below.) Police are looking a man dressed in dark clothing and a red ball cap. The hotel surveillance camera system caught the assault on video, but one of the men shown on the video has not yet been identified. Police are looking for help from the public to identify the man, and, for this NEWS 2012-05-01T19:15:08+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_face_in_the_cabinet/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_face_in_the_cabinet/ Nunavut MLAs will elect a new cabinet minister May 2, in a special vote to be held 9:30 a.m. at the Nunavut legislature in Iqaluit. The new minister will fill the spot on cabinet left vacant by the resignation this past Nov. 16 of Rankin Inlet North MLA Tagak Curley. In a special gathering called the “Nunavut Leadership Forum” Nunavut MLAs will pick the new member from among themselves. At 11:00 a.m., the assembly will re-convene to pass a formal motion to confirm their choice. Currently, NEWS 2012-05-01T18:18:28+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674im_not_running_itk_president_mary_simon/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674im_not_running_itk_president_mary_simon/ Mary Simon, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, has decided not to seek re-election in June. “I’m not running,” she said in a May 1 interview from Ottawa. “I’ve had two terms, which is six years, [and] I just feel it’s always important to encourage the people to take on this type of work.” The 12 voting members of ITK — the heads of the Inuit birthright organizations from the four Inuit regions in Canada, along with two delegates per region — will chose a new president for ITK June 6 in NEWS 2012-05-01T17:00:05+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674embrace_life_aims_to_spark_discussion_on_suicide/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674embrace_life_aims_to_spark_discussion_on_suicide/ (Updated May 3, 2:55 p.m.) As suicide rates in Nunavut grow, the not-for-profit organization, the Embrace Life Council, looks to halt suicide rates with a combination of new strategies. The ELC is airing two commercials on APTN in May, and on Asukuluk TV at the Astro Theatre in Iqaluit and at health centres across Nunavut in Arviat, Cambridge Bay, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet and Rankin Inlet. (See embedded video below.) One commercial is about a fight between a teenage boy and his girlfriend. NEWS 2012-05-01T16:47:18+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_greenland_seal_hunters_demonstrate_in_copenhagen/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_greenland_seal_hunters_demonstrate_in_copenhagen/ NEWS 2012-05-01T15:06:41+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674greenlandic_politicians_slam_european_hypocrisy_on_seal_ban_at_may_1_p/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674greenlandic_politicians_slam_european_hypocrisy_on_seal_ban_at_may_1_p/ “Wear our seals with pride,” that was the message of Greenlandic politician Sarah Olsvig during the May demonstration of more than 150 Greenland seal hunters and their supporters in Copenhagen on May 1. “We Greenlanders have always been a peaceful people — maybe sometimes a little too timid. But today we are gathered here with a clear message: We’ve had enough,” she told the crowd who marched from le Magasin, a department store that recently decided it won’t sell seal products any more, NEWS 2012-05-01T14:37:47+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_aariak_meets_young_leaders/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_aariak_meets_young_leaders/ NEWS 2012-05-01T13:46:30+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674shear_starts_diamond_processing_at_the_jericho_mine/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674shear_starts_diamond_processing_at_the_jericho_mine/ Shear Diamonds Ltd. says it’s begun processing diamonds from the stockpiles at its Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut. About 3,500 carats have been recovered from 358 tonnes after the first 10 full days of processing, the company reported May 1. For the next 10 months, Shear plans to focus on the processing of these stockpiles. Following the required diamond valuation process by a Canadian government valuator, scheduled for late May 2012, these and all future diamonds produced from Jericho NEWS 2012-05-01T13:16:47+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_maina_looks_for_authenticity_in_kuujjuaq/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674photo_maina_looks_for_authenticity_in_kuujjuaq/ NEWS 2012-05-01T13:04:20+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674agnico-eagle_pays_nti_2.2_million_as_royalty_payment/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674agnico-eagle_pays_nti_2.2_million_as_royalty_payment/ Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. announced May 1 that it has received its first royalty payment as a result of mineral production on Inuit-owned lands. The royalty payment of $2,249,500 was made by Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. from its Meadowbank gold mine north of Baker Lake. “The NTI board of directors passed the NTI mining policy in December of 1997 making a clear commitment to support the development of mineral resources in Nunavut if there are significant long-term social and economic benefits for NEWS 2012-05-01T12:29:57+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674visit_greenland_website_wins_webby_award/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674visit_greenland_website_wins_webby_award/ Greenland’s official tourism website greenland.com, has won a Webby award in tourism, the equivalent of an Oscar. The Webby awards are among the online marketing world’s most sought-after awards, reflecting a small percentage of total entries and chosen by members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Visit Greenland developed the site, which received a major facelift during the spring of 2011. “People who click on the site experience an orgy of impressions which signal NEWS 2012-05-01T11:58:14+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_needs_stiffer_laws_to_prevent_impaired_driving_madd_report/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_needs_stiffer_laws_to_prevent_impaired_driving_madd_report/ Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon need to make major improvements in their laws to reduce impaired driving, says MADD Canada’s 2012 Provincial and Territorial Legislative Review. The territories have generally had poor impaired driving records, said MADD Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), whose mission is “to stop impaired driving and to support victims of this violent crime.” The territories, where drivers have poor impaired driving records, “have not enacted any NEWS 2012-05-01T09:38:25+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674starting_june_29_alianait_brings_circumpolar_world_to_nunavut/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674starting_june_29_alianait_brings_circumpolar_world_to_nunavut/ SAMANTHA DAWSON The 8th annual Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit is promising festival-goers a circumpolar experience this year, set around the festival’s 2012 “Arctic Connections” theme. “It fits with the focus of Alianait, because since 2007 we’ve always had a circumpolar focus,” said the festival’s executive director Heather Daley. The line-up also includes Iqaluit’s popular Jerry Cans, an acoustic rock group that pokes fun at life in Nunavut, as well as the Jay Jays, a blues-rock group. NEWS 2012-05-01T09:01:15+00:00 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674filmmaker_zach_kunuk_becomes_the_qias_new_director_for_igloolik/ http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674filmmaker_zach_kunuk_becomes_the_qias_new_director_for_igloolik/ Award-winning filmmaker Zach Kunuk has another role to fill: he’s the newly-elected board member for Igloolik on the Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s board of directors, says an April 30news release on the “unofficial Igloolik by-election results. The QIA held a by‐election April 30 in Igloolik to fill the community’s seat on its board. Kunuk won with 52 votes, the news release said. Solomon Allurut received 39 votes, Lucasi Ivvalu 38 votes, Gordon Qaunaq 37 votes, Joe Immaroitok 24 votes, and NEWS 2012-04-30T23:17:58+00:00 jaundice in newborns ¥Ñ¥ê android themes android wallpaper android wallpaper android themes