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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Researchers and hunters say transporting food between communities is difficult, expensive and sometimes unreliable — and …
Read More »Women oppose publication bans in Nunavut sexual assault case
Three women who have reported allegations of historical sexual assault to the RCMP say they want to tell their stories publicly, despite several publication bans in the case. They hope to use a 2023 amendment to the Criminal Code that makes it easier for complainants to waive a publication ban …
Read More »Nunavut has 1 year left before devolution comes into effect. Is the territory ready?
Devolution in Nunavut is set to take effect in one year’s time, and although there’s still a lot to do before the deadline, Premier John Main says he’s confident the territory is on track. The territory signed the devolution agreement with the government of Canada and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated in …
Read More »Nunavut MP says she won’t cross the floor to join Liberals ‘at this point’
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Nunavut’s MP says she has no plans right now to join the federal Liberal Party. “I …
Read More »Lawyers propose 6-year sentence for former Nunavut priest who sexually abused children
Crown and defence lawyers in the case of a priest who sexually abused children in Nunavut are together recommending he receive a six-year sentence. Eric Dejaeger, 77, pleaded guilty earlier this week to six counts of sexually abusing children in Igloolik between 1978 and 1982 — some of them as young as four. …
Read More »$10-a-day child care in Nunavut to start in December
Nunavummiut families will be seeing $10-a-day child care much sooner than anticipated. According to a joint news release from the federal and territorial government, as of Dec. 1, Nunavut will be the first jurisdiction to achieve $10-a-day for licensed child-care centres under a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. Pamela Gross, Nunavut …
Read More »A 1-woman shrine to Queen Elizabeth shines on in Arviat, Nunavut
Joy Suluk of Arviat, Nunavut, was only 10 years old when she first saw a picture of Queen Elizabeth. It was 1963, and like in most government buildings at the time there was a image of the Queen hanging on the wall at the Eskimo Point Federal Hostel where Suluk went to school. “We used to …
Read More »Future unclear for Nunavut man who broke his spine while trying to get around in a wheelchair
A man in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, who broke his spine while trying to access a building in his wheelchair is still recovering from the catastrophic injuries he sustained, and it’s not clear what supports he’ll find in his community now that he faces even bigger mobility challenges. In November, Richard …
Read More »Nunavut Impact Review Board rejects proposed Baffinland expansion
The Nunavut Impact Review board has recommended Baffinland’s Phase 2 expansion not be allowed to proceed. In a letter to Dan Vandal, the federal northern affairs minister, Nunavut Impact Review Board chair Kaviq Kaluraq said the mine has the potential for “significant adverse ecosystemic effects” on marine mammals, fish, caribou and other wildlife, which in …
Read More »Nunavut hunters urge Baffinland mine to stop icebreaking, citing narwhal decline
Nunavut hunters and environmental groups say shipping activity from Baffinland’s Mary River mine is having a real and potentially lasting effect on narwhal numbers in the area. They’re calling on the mining company to, again, alter its shipping plans this year as a precaution. In a letter to Nunavut regulators last week, the Pond …
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