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Boil water order lifted in Iqaluit – Nunatsiaq News
May 15, 2023 City’s water treatment plant was offline for 18 months after fuel contamination The City of Iqaluit has lifted the precautionary boil-water order put in place last month so officials could test water from its treatment plant. The city announced May 12 that Dr. Sean Wachtel, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, had lifted […]
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Fire believed to have ‘breached the community of KFN’ – Cabin Radio
May 15, 2023 The NWT government believes the wildfire that triggered an evacuation of the Kátł’odeeche First Nation on Sunday has reached homes on the reserve. The First Nation’s residents were told to leave the community at 4:30pm, just hours after a rapidly growing wildfire had first been spotted. The neighbouring town of Hay River […]
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Gene variant in Inuit could be linked to respiratory illness, study suggests – Nunatsiaq News
May 12, 2023 New discovery could diagnose primary ciliary dyskinesia in Inuit for first time The discovery of a previously unknown gene variant suggests a rare respiratory illness may be more common among Inuit than previously thought. A study published last month in the Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology looks at the variant in a gene […]
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First Nations chiefs blast Higgs over report he is prepared to frack without their consent – CBC
May 12, 2023 Premier quoted as saying, ‘We gotta get on with it’ Mi’kmaw and Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick are slamming comments reportedly made by Premier Blaine Higgs indicating that he’s prepared to go ahead with fracking without their approval. They say his recent comments “again show his complete disregard” for the rights of […]
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Arbitrator orders Canada, Nunavut and NTI back to the table to work out employment levels – APTN News
May 10, 2023 A federal arbitrator is giving Canada, Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., two months to work out a deal over government employment levels for Inuit in the territory. While Inuit represent 85 per cent of Nunavummiut, the president of NTI said it’s unacceptable that Inuit employment in the public sector remains only at […]
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Efforts underway to improve internet access in Nunavut – Vancouver Is Awesome
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Several projects are underway to improve internet access in Nunavut, which has long been slow, unreliable and costly for many residents. Quintillion and CanArctic Inuit Networks Inc. IQALUIT, Nunavut — Several projects are underway to improve internet access in Nunavut, which has long been slow, unreliable and costly for many residents. Quintillion […]
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Laura Gauthier annual volleyball tournament brings communities together – Nunatsiaq News
May 11, 2023 Tournament held in Rankin Inlet from May 5 to 7 Last weekend’s Laura Gauthier volleyball tournament in Rankin Inlet was a success, say those who put it together. “It was a great turnout,” said Toota Tatty, one of the organizers. Rankin Inlet hosts the tournament each year, with the dates this year […]
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Inuvik duo win 2023 Indspire awards – Cabin Radio
May 11, 2023 Model and social work student Willow Allen and entrepreneur Kylik Kisoun Taylor have both been named recipients of 2023 Indspire awards. Indspire, an Indigenous national charity, says its awards – now 30 years old – honour “First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals who demonstrate outstanding achievement across Turtle Island and beyond.” Twelve […]
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Former Kuujjuaq mayor Sammy Koneak dies at 56 – Nunatsiaq News
May 9, 2023 Koneak died May 6, two years after cancer diagnosis Sammy Koneak, a former Kuujjuaq mayor and longtime leader in the community, has died. The 56-year-old died in hospital in Kuujjuaq in the early hours of May 6, two years after a cancer diagnosis, his older sister Martha Koneak Greig said. He is […]
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At the ‘tail end’ of 2021 flood recovery, Fort Simpson, N.W.T., looks to the future – CBC
May 09, 2023 Community ‘wants to be proactive’ in adapting to climate change, says mayor On a sunny Tuesday evening in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., Derek and Julia Erasmus cook up a dinner of waffles and sausages as their two young daughters play outside. Watching them, you wouldn’t know just how difficult the past two years […]
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