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This week's headlines

Simailak joins committee investigating his conduct
Baker Lake MLA David Simailak is the newest member of the government standing committee that's investigating him as part of its greater probe of the Nunavut Business Credit Corporation (NBCC).
Union and GN reach tentative agreement
Members of the Nunavut Employees Union (NEU) have reached a tentative collective agreement with the Government of Nunavut.
E-mails not improper -integrity commissioner
Two consecutive territorial integrity commissioners have found nothing amiss in a batch of correspondence involving former finance minister David Simailak.
Four years of jail for Kimmirut gunman
The man responsible for a three-day armed standoff in Kimmirut last month will spend the next four years in a southern penitentiary.
Arctic Bay students join in seal hunt
Patience may not be the first thing that jumps to mind when describing a typical Grade 8 class, but a group of Inuujaq school students proved they had it during a couple of recent seal hunting trips.
Promoting Inuit culture abroad
Two Inuit throat singers from Arviat will be featured on a British television show May 19. Lois Suluk-Locke and Marie Illungiayok are heading to London, England, to appear live on the Paul O'Grady Show.
Credit corporation moves slowly to Iqaluit
The Nunavut Business Credit Corporation (NBCC) has begun its move from Cape Dorset to Iqaluit. Some staff should be in new offices in the Parnaivak building next week, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Phillip Bhagoutie.
Residential school commission has Inuit support
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is happy with the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission so far.
Mining drives record economic growth
Economic growth in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut far outstripped that of Canada's provinces in 2007 according to Statistics Canada, thanks to a boom in the territories' mining industries.
Beloved Gjoa Haven elder dies
Gideon Qitsualik, 83, died in Yellowknife on April 24, days after he had been medevaced from Gjoa Haven.
Repulse family of seven found
A family of seven that had gone missing after embarking on a snowmobile journey from Repulse Bay to Hall Beach were found in good health near their burnt-out snowmobile on Thursday.
Busy time at Gameti General Store
After taking last summer to relax, Chief Jimmy Bruneau school graduate and Gameti resident Marvin Mantla started his life in the working world.
Passion for life, passion for hunt
Martha Kalluk has a lot on her plate. On one side the 46-year-old Resolute woman has a full family life as a wife, mother and grandmother. On the other, she is a manager for a local housing association, business owner and hunter.

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