Nunavut women’s basketball team wins hearts in first appearance at Canada Games
Athletes proud to showcase talent and determination that comes from Nunavut The first U17 women’s basketball team to ever compete
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Contractors filling key positions, including director, in Nunavut’s Family Services
By Samuel Wat Filled positions have gone down from 67 to 61 percent in the last 2 years, department says
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Fuel tanker rollover near Fort McPherson, N.W.T. spilled over 5,000 litres of fuel
Fort McPherson RCMP investigating cause of Wednesday’s accident A fuel tanker that rolled over near Fort McPherson, N.W.T., on Wednesday
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Nunavik TB action plan to be finalized in coming weeks, says health ministry
By Samuel Wat Earlier this year, Nunavik’s mayors tried to get tuberculosis outbreaks declared a public health emergency Quebec’s Ministry
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Wildfires cast a smoke cloud over Canada Summer Games for some N.W.T. athletes
By Sarah St-Pierre Beach volleyball resumed Wednesday after wildfires postponed some matches Team NT beach volleyball player, Emily Carroll, says
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Yukon and Alaska sign agreement to address MMIWG2S+ crisis
The agreement was first initiated in April 2024 The Yukon government has signed an agreement with Alaska to address the
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N.W.T. team scores historic basketball win at Canada Summer Games
By Sarah St-Pierre N.W.T.’s U17 men’s basketball team accomplished a first at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L. on Monday: beating
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Inuvik hospital workers decry loss of weekend mental health services, emails show
N.W.T. health authority says working on weekends is not sustainable for social work team Emails from Inuvik, N.W.T., health-care workers
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18-year-old charged in fatal hit and run in Salluit, Nunavik
18-year-old charged in fatal hit and run in Salluit, Nunavik An 18-year-old woman faces several charges after a fatal hit
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Do you speak Yukon English? These researchers want to hear it
‘Linguists know very, very little about what’s going on with Englishes in the Canadian North,’ researcher says As research projects
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Power outages in the N.W.T. up by 30% this year so far, says NTPC
By Sarah St-Pierre North and South Slave regions have been hit hardest due to mechanical issues at hydro plants When
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Creating ‘big dreams’: Students on Ice marks 25 years
By Samuel Wat Founder says experiential education is priceless — and expeditions are about the bonds you make Riley Adams-Lachance
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Iqaluit’s whooping cough outbreak has ended
Outbreak was declared June 20 Nunavut’s health department says the outbreak of whooping cough in Iqaluit has ended. The outbreak
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Nunavut looks for new solutions after again declaring suicide crisis
By Samuel Wat Suicide prevention is about more than just counselors, says one territorial official WARNING: This story discusses suicide.
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Body of missing 14-year-old boy found in Arctic Bay, Nunavut
Richard Jr Bohlender, also known as Jaaji, was reported missing on June 30 Nunavut RCMP say the body of a teenaged
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