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Government of Nunavut will wait to air its concerns about airline merger – Nunatsiaq News
February 21, 2019 Medical, duty travel contracts won’t be impacted by merger, says Nunavut’s transportation minister The Government of Nunavut has let the federal government know what it thinks about a pending merger between Nunavut’s two major airlines, but Transportation Minister David Akeeagok says the public will have to wait a bit longer to hear […]
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Nunavut Education Act consultations all wrapped up, minister says – Nunatsiaq News
February 20, 2019 Joanasie says amendments could be tabled at assembly’s spring sitting Government of Nunavut officials have completed consultations on the Nunavut Education Act and hope to introduce amendments to the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act at the legislative assembly’s spring sitting, says Education Minister David Joanasie. The legislative assembly’s spring […]
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Re-Evaluating Court options for Yukon First Nations – Alternatives Journal
REDUCING THE over incarceration of Indigenous people is an ongoing policy concern across the Territorial North. Different First Nations and jurisdictions are actively exploring different justice models to better serve the diverse needs of Indigenous communities. Nän K’alädàtth’ät: Changing Times, Continuing Ways is a new policy paper from Samantha Dawson, Jessica Black, Melaina Sheldon, Jordan […]
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Iqaluit stylist opens upscale salon – Nunatsiaq News
Jennifer Lindell has owned a hair salon business for over a decade. Now she owns her building, too. Feb 19, 2019 There are ulus everywhere you look in Jennifer Lindell’s new downtown Iqaluit hair salon. The long-time stylist has always been partial to the rounded knives used by Inuit women. That’s why her business logo […]
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Never too young: Kids on N.W.T. First Nation help spark change in their community – CBC
Projects were created for a social studies class at the N.W.T.’s Chief Sunrise Education Centre Feb 19, 2019 For students in need of winter clothes at Chief Sunrise Education Centre, there’s a box for that. “I want everybody nice and warm,” said Miley Fabian, a four-year-old student who created the “Sharing Box” on the K’atl’odeeche First Nation Reserve, […]
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City of Iqaluit wants to continue pumping water from Apex River until 2026 – Nunatsiaq News
February 18, 2019 Nunavut Impact Review Board seeks public comment The City of Iqaluit is looking to continue pumping water from Apex River each summer to top up the Lake Geraldine water reservoir. The plan is for this to happen every year until the summer of 2026. To begin the process of obtaining regulatory permission […]
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Ottawa police believe they’ve found remains of deceased Inuk woman – – Nunatsiaq News
18 February, 2019 Searchers have combed through landfill site since Jan. 26 An autopsy has been scheduled for the recovered remains of a deceased person believed to be Susan Kuplu-Irqittuq, the Ottawa Police Service said on Feb. 17 in a tweet. “Officers searching the Trail Road landfill recovered human remains this morning. The coroner has […]
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Nunavut legislature to see temporary law to suspend bilingual education deadline – CBC
Nunavut’s Legislative Assembly begins sitting on Tuesday afternoon Feb 19, 2019 The right to bilingual education in Nunavut schools will likely be temporarily suspended during the winter sitting of the territory’s Legislative Assembly. Nunavut’s government begins sitting Tuesday afternoon and MLAs will be in Iqaluit until March 12. Government house leader Elisapee Sheutiapik says an […]
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$5M boost for rare earth elements project at Thor Lake, N.W.T. – CBC
Avalon Advanced Materials president expects investment to lead to project as early as this summer Feb 19, 2019 The Nechalacho rare earth elements project near Lutselk’e, N.W.T., has a vote of confidence from an Australian investment group. Cheetah Resources Pty Ltd. has agreed to a $5 million investment in Avalon Advanced Materials Inc.’s Thor Lake project. […]
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Nunavut’s legislature reconvenes next week – Nunatsiaq News
The winter sitting of Nunavut’s legislative assembly starts next week, on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Day two of the three-week session, Feb. 20, will see Finance Minister George Hickes’s first budget speech, which will set out the Nunavut government’s 2019-20 operations and maintenance budget. The assembly’s head clerk, John Quirke, said the O&M budget will be […]
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