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Chief Sunrise students use music to fight bullying – Northern Journal
June 1, 2015 Bullying among school-aged students is a universal problem, one that kids at Chief Sunrise School on the Hay River reserve are working to combat with music and kindness. Ms. Ashley Beck’s junior kindergarten to Grade 1 class produced their own original song and music video, called Sets’ani: Be a Friend, addressing the […]
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Read MoreCanadian Tire Brings ACTIVE AT SCHOOL movement to the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2015) – Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) Robert C. McLeod and Mr. Landon French, Vice-President, Community Relations at Canadian Tire Corporation, announced a new partnership agreement which will provide $225,000 towards equipment training and capacity building for after school physical activity programs through ACTIVE AT SCHOOL. “Building partnerships to provide […]
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Read MoreTRC: Aboriginal residential schools amounted to “cultural genocide” – Nunatsiaq News
June 02, 2015 “Today is a wake-up call for all of Canada” Many cheered and some used Kleenex to dab tears from the corners of their eyes. But when Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, while introducing the TRC’s final report in Ottawa June 2, declared that “what took place in […]
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Read MoreCommunity BBQ hosted by the GN
June 02, 2015 Public Service Announcement Community BBQ hosted by the GN Start date: June 2, 2015 End date: June 5, 2015 Pangnirtung, NU 45 sec The public is invited to attend a community BBQ hosted by the Government of Nunavut, on Friday, June 5, 2015, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Pangnirtung Hamlet […]
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Read MoreCommissioner’s Address
At the Opening of the Third Session of the Fourth Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Delivered by: THE HONOURABLE NELLIE KUSUGAK DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF NUNAVUT June 2, 2015 Elders, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Legislature, and honoured guests, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the opening of the third session of the […]
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Read MoreParenting After Separation workshops expand to Behchoko and Hay River
YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2015) – Workshops designed to assist families who are going through marriage breakdowns have now been expanded to the communities of Behchoko and Hay River. The Parenting After Separation workshop is designed to help parents make positive transitions, both for their children and for themselves, after a separation or divorce. In these […]
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Read MorePremier and Minister promote NWT diamonds at international industry event
YELLOWKNIFE (June 2, 2015) – The Northwest Territories diamond industry took the stage at the industry’s premiere trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada this past weekend. Speaking to an audience celebrating Dominion Diamond Corporations’ CanadaMark Diamond, NWT Premier Bob McLeod highlighted the territory’s unique approach to resource and diamond development that is allowing northern and […]
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Read MoreThe Daily Wednesday, June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015 Canadian international merchandise trade, April 2015 Canada’s imports declined 2.5% in April and exports were down 0.7%. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $3.9 billion in March to $3.0 billion in April. Study: Changes in wealth across the income distribution, 1999 to 2012 Between 1999 and 2012, the average wealth (or net worth) of Canadian families […]
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Read MoreNorthland Utilities Puts Electricity Cost Solutions ‘On the Table’
YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES–(June 2, 2015) – Northland Utilities is responding to Minister Miltenberger’s request to identify and discuss solutions to reduce electricity costs in the Northwest Territories. After repeated attempts to sit down with the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), Northland Utilities is formally inviting the government and all interested parties to have a […]
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Read MoreNunavut crunches numbers on biggest ever food price survey – Nunatsiaq News
June 02, 2015 Premier Peter Taptuna says results expected by mid-summer The Government of Nunavut has gone grocery shopping for the largest-ever Nunavut Food Price Survey. Premier Peter Taptuna announced Nunavut’s third annual food price survey — which compares food prices from around the territory and Canada — was completed earlier this year. “The data […]
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