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Yukon projects receive funding from the Community Development Fund
25/09/2020 Eleven community projects across Yukon are receiving $162,040 from the Community Development Fund. The projects promote heritage, culture, sport, recreation and arts projects in six Yukon communities. Funding recipients include the Village of Carmacks, the Golden Age Society and the Old Crow Development Corporation. The full list of recipients and project details are listed below. […]
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Yukon to remain on permanent time
Yukoners will no longer have to change their clocks twice a year. Starting on November 1, Yukon Standard Time will be permanently seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC -7). The time we are on right now will be the correct time going forward – Yukoners will not be “falling back” this November. The decision […]
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Qikiqtani Inuit Association Notice of Election December 14, 2020
Notice is hereby given to the Members of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) that an election will be held on December 14, 2020. The 2020 election is for 8 positions on the Board of Directors of QIA as follows: Vice-President Qikiqtani Region Secretary-Treasurer Qikiqtani Region Community Director Arctic Bay Community Director Grise Fiord Community Director […]
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FN of Na-Cho Nyak Dun: September-26th 2020-Elders Councillor Nomination Election
MAYO ELDERS: Nomination: Date: September 26th, 2020 Location: FNNND Multi-purpose Room Time: 9:00 am-1:00 pm Moderator: Karen VanBibber Elder’s Coordinator: Jackie Clarke Voting: Date: September 26th, 2020 Time: 3:00 pm-3:30 pm Location: FNNND Multi-purpose Room WHITEHORSE ELDER’S: Nomination: Date: September 26th, 2020 Location: Yukon Inn Fireside Room Time: 9:00 am- 1:00 pm Moderator: Donna Hogan […]
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Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated cautiously optimistic following the Speech from the Throne
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) is cautiously optimistic following the Speech from the Throne delivered by Her Excellency Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada yesterday. NTI has been engaged with the central issue of reducing future potential risk and impacts from COVID-19, and to radically improve the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of Inuit in Nunavut. COVID-19 […]
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GTC Stands with the Sipekne’katik First Nation
September 24, 2020 The Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) supports the right of Indigenous groups such as the Sipekne’katik First Nation to exercise their inherent and constitutionally protected rights. Our Nation stands in solidarity with the Sipekne’katik First Nation in their efforts to implement their fishing rights. The Mi’kmaq people have been living and harvesting in […]
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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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NTI Stands in Solidarity with The Sipekne’katik First Nation
(September 22, 2020, Iqaluit) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) stands in solidarity with the Sipekne’katik fisherman, and all the Indigenous nations supporting them for their inherent right to fish for a moderate livelihood and condemns the unlawful acts of violence and hostility against Mi’kmaq Fishers. The Mi’kmaq right to earn a moderate livelihood from fishing is […]
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Qikiqtani Inuit Association: Unofficial Results: September 21, 2020
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s Chief Returning Officer Paul Okalik announces the following results of the by-election held in Igloolik on September 21, 2020 for the position of Community Director. Igloolik: Candidates: Votes: Erasmus Ivvalu 28 Natalino Piugattuk 29 Louis Tapardjuk 36 Total: 93 This position has a term of two years. For more information contact: […]
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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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