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Iqaluit CAO Amy Elgersma resigns – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 26, 2022 Elgersma sent a letter of resignation to council on Sept. 13 Amy Elgersma has resigned from her position as chief administrative officer for the City of Iqaluit. In a Sept. 13 letter to Mayor Kenny Bell and city councillors, Elgersma said her last day would be Nov. 11 but that she would […]
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Kivalliq Trade Show opens Monday: ‘Chance to make the deals that create jobs’ – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 26, 2022 Organizer says it’s important to have a gathering like this that’s geared for Kivalliq’s economy It has been two years since the Kivalliq Trade Show could be held in person and the return to a live event couldn’t come soon enough for Robert Connelly. “I think the vast majority of people are […]
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Baffinland jobs safe for now – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 22, 2022 Mining company delays terminations set to take effect Sunday as NIRB recommends higher shipping limit Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. has pushed back the date it was to start letting go its Mary River mine employees. The move came Thursday after the Nunavut Impact Review Board issued a positive recommendation on the company’s […]
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Proposed observatory could provide long-range look at climate change – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 23, 2022 Funded by Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Quebec government, $4.2-million initiative will be housed in Cambridge Bay A $4.2-million observatory to monitor Arctic climate change and extreme weather events is being developed in Cambridge Bay, to be housed in the Canadian High Arctic Research Station. And organizers are counting on people […]
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Sole suspect in Fort Good Hope stabbing incident now in custody – CBC
Thaddeus McNeely, 24, turned himself in to RCMP at around 6 p.m. on Thursday Sep 22, 2022 The sole suspect in the stabbing of three people in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., turned himself in at around 6 p.m. Thursday evening, say police during a media briefing in Yellowknife. One person died in the Tuesday night […]
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GN announces scholarship in memory of Savanna Pikuyak – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 22, 2022 22-year-old student was killed in Ottawa Sept. 11; annual scholarship will give one Nunavut Inuk nursing student $5,000 toward studies A scholarship is being created in memory of a young woman from Sanirajak who was killed in Ottawa earlier this month, Nunavut’s Department of Health announced Wednesday. Savanna Pikuyak, 22, was identified […]
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Inuvialuit siblings from Yellowknife make it to the finale of Amazing Race Canada – CBC
Sep 21, 2022 Jesse and Marika Cockney flew, roller skated and sang their way to a second-place finish Two Inuvialuit siblings born in Yellowknife say making it all the way to the finale of Amazing Race Canada helped forge a stronger bond between them — and gave them a lifetime’s supply of inside jokes to […]
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I felt a release inside me’: Inuk man faces alleged abuser in France – CTV News
September 21, 2022 NAJUAAT, NVT. — An Inuk man who alleges he was sexually abused by a former Oblate priest in Nunavut when he was 13 years old says meeting the man face to face after nearly three decades was a relief. Steve Mapsalak was part of a delegation led by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., a […]
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Toni Heron elected chief of Salt River First Nation – Cabin Radio
September 21, 2022 Toni Heron declared she is “ready to work for our nation” as she was chosen to become the new chief of the Salt River First Nation this week. Heron received 68 votes to win a four-way contest for the position according to results released on the First Nation’s Facebook page on Tuesday. […]
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Former staff say workplace bullying drove them out of teaching in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. – CBC
At least 7 staff members left their positions at Deninu School this past year Sep 20, 2022 Former staff at Deninu School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., say they left the school due to workplace bullying, and parents say they’re worried about the impact it’s had on students. At least seven staff members left the school […]
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