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The people of Nunavut must be more open to talking about suicide and the territorial government must provide more resources for coping with suicide: that’s what some people in the community of Pangnirtung are saying this week.
That urgent call comes after the death by suicide of a Pangnirtung...
This November, you’ll start seeing the last two bank notes in the Bank of Canada’s new polymer series: new $10 and $5 bills.
They follow the introduction earlier of polymer bills in the $100, $50 and $20 denominations.
Like the previous three bills, the new $10 and $5 bank notes contain features...
If you are between the ages of 18 and 35 and live in Nunavik, the organizers of the region’s third Qanaq conference for youth want to know by June 21 if you plan to attend the gathering in Kangiqsujuaq July 1 to July 5.
Parenting, Inuit culture and wellness — these are among the many topics that...
A union that represents more than 50,000 pilots working for 33 airlines in Canada and the United States will hold a big conference in Ottawa May 29 to discuss the challenges of operating in the Arctic and other remote locations.
Members of the Air Line Pilots Association International and...
A display at the new interpretation centre for the Kuururjuaq provincial park in Kangiqsualujjuaq has picked up an award from Tourisme Québec.
The exhibit, a showcase for the park and Inuit heritage, co-ordinated by the Kativik Regional Government and the local Asimaauttaq cultural committee,...
On June 1, 2013 another milestone in Inuit education will be reached with the graduation of 13 women with a Masters of Education –Leadership in Learning from the University of Prince Edward Island.
These remarkable women will join the ranks of the 21 other graduates who received their Masters of...
If you’re fortunate enough to win one of the 22 seats up for grabs in Nunavut’s Oct. 28 territorial election, you can relax.
From now on, you won’t have to worry much about that annoying little Integrity Act. On May 9, Nunavut MLAs ensured the territory’s ethics law will get far less use in the...
In 1920 the small racing yacht, Vera, working as a supply ship for the Sabellum Company, deposited Hector Pitchforth at Niaqungnaq on the Cape Henry Kater peninsula on the Baffin Island coast.
Pitchforth had sailed as engineer on the company’s ill-fated vessel, Erme, in 1918, and again the...
Former Iqaluit taxi-driver Abdullahi Omar was found not guilty May 23 on five charges related to a road rage brawl that erupted Jan. 30, when he and Daniel Hodgson of Iqaluit fought over vehicle space in front of Hodgson’s laundry and dry-cleaning business.
The two men gave the court conflicting...
The RCMP says they arrested a man last week for a sexual assault that they allege took place in November 2012.
On Nov. 4, 2012, Pond Inlet RCMP responded to a call from a woman who said she had been sexually assaulted by an unknown man while walking in the community.
Subsequent investigation...
Nunavut suffers from the highest per-capita rate of potentially avoidable deaths, said a report issued May 13 by the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada.
At the same time, the territory also suffers from the highest per capita rate of people hospitalized after harming...
Police in Pangnirtung seized seven bottles of alcohol May 17 — and charged a youth with Unlawful Possession of Liquor under Section 88 of the Nunavut Liquor Act.
Acting on a tip, members of the RCMP detachment went to the Pangnirtung airport and seized seven bottles of liquor with were seized from...
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