GN moves on transforming Iqaluit boarding home into a mental health facility

Mental health framework also in the works, says Nunavut's deputy health minister

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...

Start-up for CamBay’s addictions treatment program pushed back to September, GN says

Inuit treatment centres will coordinate the "“Inuit culturally-specific" program

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...

St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit pushes towards June 3 opening

“Hundreds and hundreds of people are coming in”

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...

High blood pressure? Then eat northern shrimp,  new research suggests

“A revolutionary natural ingredient to help people maintain a healthy blood pressure"

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...

Alianait brings fiddler April Verch back to Iqaluit

You can hear her, along with the Iqaluit Fiddlers, on May 26

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...

Intestinal study shows how climate change may affect Arctic fish

"The fish's body temperature climbs, activity in the gut increases, and more energy is needed to stay healthy"

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...

Transgendered woman files human rights complaint against Nunavut government

Vanida Plamondon, stranded in Edmonton, now faces homelessness

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,...

More intensive mineral exploration slated for Nunavut’s Belcher Islands

Canadian Orebodies Inc. sees possible Plan Nord-benefits

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...

Nunavik woman seeks her father, known only as “the cook”

Jeannie Sala's father worked in 1957 at the Great Whale mid-Canada radar site

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...