Outbreak declared over in Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit, says chief public health officer
Current restrictions, including mandatory masks, will stay in place for now: chief public health officer The COVID-19 outbreak in Iqaluit
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More COVID-19 restrictions to ease Friday in Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit
Masks remain mandatory in all Nunavut communities At the stroke of midnight heading into Friday, outdoor gatherings in Iqaluit will
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Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut requests enough Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for all teens in region
The territory has about 4,300 teenagers The Nunavut government has requested enough of the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine for all teenagers in
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Total of 37 active COVID-19 cases in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut
Nunavut added 9 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, for a total of 37 active cases Nunavut announced nine new cases of
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All adults in Iqaluit now able to get COVID-19 vaccine
Mass vaccination clinics started in Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut, Monday morning, marking a big step
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Could a cannabis store be coming to Arctic Canada?
Nunavut’s Department of Finance has received an application to open a cannabis store in Iqaluit, and is looking for community
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Nunavut, Canada writer wins Indigenous creative non-fiction award
Nunavut, Canada writer and comedian Peter Igupttaq Autut has received the fifth annual Sally Manning Award for Indigenous Creative Non-Fiction,
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Arctic Canada’s city votes to temporarily stop people from building cabins on its land
Iqaluit city council will temporarily stop the building of all new cabins on municipal land. At a meeting Tuesday, council
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut residents get underwater airplane escape training
You’re upside down and underwater, strapped into a metal cage by a harness-like seatbelt and the door beside you is
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Canada’s social-democratic party leader promises to push for climate action in Nunavut’s capital
Nunavut’s new MP toured the leader of the NDP around Iqaluit this weekend. MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq and NDP leader Jagmeet
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CBC North reverses decision to consolidate morning newscasts in Northern Canada
CBC North managing director Janice Stein has announced that the broadcaster will not be making any changes to its English
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Kenny Bell is Iqaluit’s new mayor as municipal elections held across Canada’s Nunavut territory
Mayors and councillors were elected across Nunavut on the same day for the first time on Monday, as communities went
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Nunavut-Greenland fibre cable to cost $80M more than planned
The GN’s plan to boost internet in the Qikiqtaaluk region, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, through an undersea fibre link between
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Canadian federal elections: Catch up on Nunavut candidates forum
Three of the four candidates running to become Nunavut’s next member of Parliament participated in an election forum in Iqaluit
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Water reservoir in Iqaluit, Northern Canada almost full as winter nears
Finally some good news for Iqaluit residents regarding their water supply. An emergency project to pump water from Unnamed Lake
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