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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Inmates in Northern Canada jail denounce unfair punishments through ‘kangaroo court’
Prisoners at Nunavut’s biggest jail say they’re being unfairly punished for breaking jail rules by an internal court that doesn’t
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Iqaluit mayor won’t seek re-election
Iqaluit, Nunavut Mayor Madeleine Redfern will not run in the upcoming municipal election. Redfern made the announcement at a city
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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations
Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern
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Justin Trudeau rehashes old federal funding in housing announcement for Nunavut territory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rehashed the existing federal funding streams for housing in Nunavut in an announcement Friday morning in
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Sea ice blocking shipment of materials into Iqaluit, northeastern Canada
Large chunks of sea ice floating in Frobisher Bay are holding up the transport of construction materials into Iqaluit, in
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Seal meat, dinosaurs and friends: Nunavut Day celebrated in Canada’s eastern Arctic
July 9 is Nunavut Day, and in Iqaluit, people took to the streets to celebrate 26 years since the Nunavut
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City council of Iqaluit, Arctic Canada moves to ban single-use plastic bags
Iqaluit city council is moving toward banning single-use plastic bags — a move that is proving popular with hunters and
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‘Inuit space explorer, exploring alternate worlds’ in sealskin space suit art project
When he was a kid, Jesse Tungilik’s mom used to sew him hunting clothes out of caribou hide. The artist
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Millions of dollars in grocery subsidies haven’t lessened food insecurity in Canada’s North
There’s a boil-water advisory in Iqaluit, Nunavut and Jo Ellen Pameolik, a mother of four, has just purchased a 24-pack
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Survey in northern city asks parents: should O Canada be sung in schools?
The public school authority in Iqaluit, Nunavut is looking into whether O Canada should be sung at its four schools.
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Canada’s PM apologizes to Inuit for ‘colonial’ mistreatment of tuberculosis patients
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the federal policy on tuberculosis in the mid-20th century,
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Journalist barred from jails in Canada’s east-Arctic wants ban quashed
A Nunavut journalist is trying to reverse a government decision to ban him from all of the territory’s jails, by
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Canada’s Nunavut territory projects small deficit in $2.2B budget
As Nunavut (east-Arctic Canada) heads towards its 20th birthday, the territory’s budget is putting a lot of small chunks of
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Water rates set to rise in Iqaluit, Arctic Canada as subsidy is rolled back
In Canada’s east-Arctic, Iqaluit homeowners are going to be paying three times as much for water by July 2021. Last
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