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It’s Going to Change Everything’: Inuit Face a New and Worrying Climate – VICE
Indigenous peoples of the north are finding themselves at the centre of a geopolitical climate change bomb that they did not cause. It’s time to wake up. On Global Climate Day of Action, VICE Media Group is solely telling stories about our current climate crisis. Click here to meet young climate leaders from around the […]
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COVID-19, economic relief dominate Trudeau’s to-do list – Nunatsiaq News
24 September 2020 In its throne speech yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government promised to create a million jobs, start a national child-care program, and continue protecting Canadians from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the federal government’s new to-do list contains few specific measures for Nunavut, northern Canada or […]
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Arctic sea ice shrinks to its second-lowest annual minimum extent ever – Nunatsiaq News
23 September 2020 The 14 lowest minimums for sea ice extent have all occurred in the last 14 years Arctic sea ice extent fell to the second-lowest annual minimum on record last week, a status that followed a summer of extreme heat in Siberia and accelerated melt even after summer’s end, the U.S. National Snow […]
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Acho Dene Koe First Nation delays election for second time – Cabin Radio
September 21, 2020 The Acho Dene Koe First Nation (ADKFN) chief and council on Sunday announced they have postponed the First Nation’s forthcoming election for an additional six months. The election set to happen in November will now occur in May 2021. This is the second time the current chief and council have postponed the […]
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COVID-19 takes the wind out of small Nunavut hotel operation – Nunatsiaq News
17 September 2020 “Business just died in March” With non-essential travel still discouraged within and to Nunavut, hotels outside the territorial capital continue to feel the impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Business at the small privately run Nanuq Lodge and Nanuq Executive Suites in Rankin Inlet has finally begun to pick up. But Nanuq still has […]
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Here’s what northerners hope to hear from the throne speech – CBC
Government has hinted at major new investments in COVID-19 recovery Sep 17, 2020 Next week, Governor General Julie Payette will take to the throne in Canada’s Senate chamber to deliver the Liberal government’s blueprint for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Already, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers are building expectations for new investment in […]
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What the Arctic’s transition to a ‘new climate’ looks like – RCI
September 16, 2020 Lawrence Ruben has lived in the Arctic all his life, and is still learning about the changing region. In the 1970s, there was one guarantee when he would head out on the land — the conditions would be predictable and relatively the same as the previous year. Elders and knowledge holders would […]
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Inuit broadcasters make pitch to improve Nunavut’s Inuktut cable TV offerings – Nunatsiaq News
“We are experienced in streaming for television” 16 September 2020 Three Inuit broadcasters, who would like to see more Inuktut television programs on the Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. cable menu right away, have proposed a new collaboration with the ACL. Igloolik Isuma Productions’ Zacharias Kunuk, Inuit Broadcasting Corp.’s chief executive officer, Manitok Thompson, and Nunavut Independent […]
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Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Grants Warrants To Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation Pursuant To Exploration Benefits Agreement
September 14, 2020 – Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: RK) (“Rockhaven” or the “Company”) announces that it has granted 500,000 share purchase warrants to the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation (the “LSCFN”) pursuant to its August 5, 2015 Exploration Benefits Agreement (the “EBA”) which has a term of 10 years, expiring on August 5, 2025. The […]
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Nunavut MLAs get back to work – Nunatsiaq News
Members will discuss $171 million in urgent, unbudgeted special warrant spending 14 September 2020 Nunavut’s members of legislative assembly arrived in Iqaluit yesterday, and they get to work today. “It’s going to be great to mingle with each other and do our work,” said Speaker Paul Quassa. It’s the first time MLAs have convened inside […]
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