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Nunavut passes law to join suit against opioid companies – Nunatsiaq News
Nov 14, 2023 Bill 28, the Opioid Damages and Health Care Cost Recovery Act, given assent on Nov. 9 A bill to help the Government of Nunavut go after pharmaceutical companies through the courts for alleged negligence and predatory marketing is now law. Bill 28, the Opioid Damages and Health Care Cost Recovery Act, received […]
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Read MoreNunavut education minister commits to review of post-secondary funding – Nunavut News
November 15, 2023 Recent media coverage featuring Kivilliq Inuit Association President Kono Tattuinee indicated that funding requests from Inuit students have almost tripled since 2020. Iqaluit-Tasiluk MLA George Hickes asked Education Minister Pamela Gross to confirm whether her department has seen similar increases in funding requests. “I do know that those numbers have been rising […]
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Read MoreDeputy mayor to ‘hold down the fort’ until more women arrive – Nunatsiaq News
Nov 15, 2023 Coun. Kim Smith was top vote-getter in Oct. 23 election Iqaluit’s new deputy mayor says it’s hard not to be disappointed being the only woman on the city’s eight-member council. “I’d like to think one day that half of these chairs will be filled by women,” Coun. Kim Smith said Tuesday in […]
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Read MoreAviqtuuq: The world’s first Inuit-protected zone and conserved area with Jimmy Ullikatalik – Canadian Geographic
Nov 15, 2023 The Inuit-run conservation zone is already being patrolled by locals and will provide important denning and winter habitat for Arctic mammals like polar bears and muskox Today’s guest is Jimmy Ullikatalik, the manager of the Taloyoak Hunters and Trappers Association and project manager for the Aviqtuuq Inuit Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA), […]
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Read MoreScore 1 for the environment: Iqaluit tallies take from hazardous waste days – Nunatsiaq News
Nov 15, 2023 Contracted company responsible for shipping out materials and processing them in the south Hazardous, yes. But not to the environment in Iqaluit anymore. Over the course of five household hazardous waste collection days held this year in the city, residents dropped off 81 automotive batteries, 141 five-litre cans of paint, 44 litres […]
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Read MoreA look at the big-ticket campaign issues for Indigenous voters in the N.W.T. election – APTN News
November 14, 2023 Residents in the Northwest Territories are heading to the polls today to elect their political representatives. APTN reporter Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs takes a look at some of the big-ticket campaign issues for Indigenous voters. Read More: https://www.aptnnews.ca/videos/a-look-at-the-big-ticket-campaign-issues-for-indigenous-voters-in-the-n-w-t-election/
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Read MoreUnbearable’ hurt as Fort McPherson, N.W.T., sees 5 deaths in 1 week – CBC
Nov 14, 2023 ‘All of the deaths we’ve experienced have touched every person in Fort McPherson,’ says chief Prayer circles were held across the Northwest Territories, the Yukon and northern B.C. over the weekend to mourn a series of recent deaths in the hamlet of Fort McPherson, N.W.T. Three young women, a young man and […]
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Read More‘Fewer crossings, less noise, less disturbances:’ Baffinland makes ship upgrade – Nunatsiaq News
Nov 14, 2023 Company moved close to 6.1 million tonnes of ore on Capesize bulk carrier vessels, says company spokesperson Nunavut’s only iron mine moved more ore than ever before this year and used fewer ships to do it. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. shipped close to 6.1 million tonnes from its Mary River mine on […]
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Read MoreYellowknife candidates throw support behind Indigenous gov’ts at Dene Nahjo election forum – CBC
Nov 13, 2023 Dene Nahjo candidates forums focused on issues of concern to Indigenous people in N.W.T. At the last two candidate forums before the Northwest Territories election on Nov. 14, candidates threw their support behind Indigenous governments. The forums, which took place on Thursday and Friday, were hosted by non-profit Dene Nahjo at the […]
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Read MoreQikiqtani Truth Commission materials added to Nunavut curriculum – Nunatsiaq News
Nov 10, 2023 Goal to educate children on historical events impacting Inuit of the Qikiqtani region: GN Historical material from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission reports will be incorporated into Nunavut schools’ curriculum through a partnership between the Government of Nunavut and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, an Education Department spokesperson says. A team of educators and […]
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