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In a powerful testimony at the MMIWG hearings in Iqaluit, panelists spoke about the impacts of colonization — dog killings, food insecurity, industry and deficient health care — on Inuit life, health and culture.
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Leaning on culture and openly talking about the past will heal communities afflicted by the ongoing impacts of colonialism, testified an expert at Monday’s MMIWG hearing in Iqaluit.
Read MoreLGBTQ2S Indigenous peoples are burdened with educating the institutions that serve them, discouraging them from getting the help they need, said panelists at the Sept. 12 MMIWG hearing in Iqaluit.
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A ceremony was held to officially mark the opening of Taloyoak’s new $6.3-million air terminal building on Sept. 12.
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Youngsters in Taloyoak were thrilled to be able to use the repaired community swimming pool for the first time in five years on Sept. 4.
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Brenda Lucki said all the right things while being sworn in as the first female commissioner of the RCMP in history this past Thursday, Sept. 6, at Regina, Sask.’s, F Division.
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The community of Naujaat came together to see Tuugaalik High School celebrate its largest graduating class in history on Aug. 24.
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Reducing the threat of bear attacks in the Kivalliq depends on a cohesive effort that gives everyone a voice that will be heard, not “crazy talk,” said Arviat North/Whale Cove MLA John Main.
Main made the comments in the wake of two fatal bear attacks in the Kivalliq during the past two months.
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A large crowd came out in support of the fifth annual Suicide Prevention Walk in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 28.
The annual event is held in memory of Terence Tootoo.
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Gjoa Haven hosted its second annual Umiyaqtutt Festival Aug. 25-Sept. 3.
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Shanti Dias of Rankin Inlet laid claim to three different titles at the Globe Productions Miss Teen Intercontinental pageant in the Dominican Republic this past month.
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A summer of extensive ice in the Queen Maud Gulf prevented any cruise ships from getting into Gjoa Haven and Cambridge Bay.
Read MoreThe Hamlet of Cambridge Bay is reinforcing its bylaw enforcement.
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Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette visited Pangnirtung Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 to meet with community members about challenges and realities facing Nunavummiut.
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The Government of Nunavut will consult all communities this fall on proposed changes to education and language laws and the role of district education authorities.
The Coalition of Nunavut DEAs (CNDEA), representing regional education authorities was “completely taken by surprise” by the announcement of the eight week consultation, wrote the coalition in a Sept. 6 news release.
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Kimmirut residents take Polar Bear Dip
A woman died at the Qimaavik Women’s Shelter last week, said Nunavut RCMP in an email to Nunavut News.
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After examining the bodies of the polar bears that killed men in separate incidents in Arviat and near Naujaat recently, the Department of Environment has determined that both attacks were “isolated incidents.”
Read More The people of Naujaat are not alone when it comes to anger sweeping the community following a hunter’s death from being mauled by a bear this past month.
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A large crowd came out for the fifth annual Tootoo Memorial Walk in memory of Terence Tootoo in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 28 in Rankin Inlet.
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The Legionnaires put an exclamation point on their championship season by taking down the New Era 17-5 to sweep the final three games to none and claim the 2018 Rankin Inlet Co-ed Softball League (RICSL) title in Rankin on Aug. 22.
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A proposed settlement worth $5 million has been reached between the Ahiarmiut Relocation Society and the Government of Canada.
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Representatives from hunters and trappers organizations in the Kitikmeot and the Beaufort Delta region of the NWT will aim to meet more regularly and jointly with wildlife technicians from both territories to discuss the status of the Dolphin and Union caribou herd.
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The Kivalliq came dangerously close to suffering yet another tragedy at the paws and jaws of a polar bear when a young female bear hanging around for most of the day began stalking Jon Powell as he tended his fish nets at Tent City in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 25.
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ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᖕᒪᑕ 1 ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓂᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᐊᐱᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒨᓯᓯ ᐃᖃᖅᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑭᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ, ᑭᐅᓂᖓ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ.
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ᐱᒋᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᔫᓂ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᐋᒃᑐᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ, ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐃᓴᐅᓯᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ (STEM) ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ.
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A zodiac-load of officials were invited Aug. 27 for a VIP tour of the HMCS Charlottetown, anchored in Frobisher Bay.
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The new 58-seat brew pub opened the evening of August 24.
Read More Beginning in late June, Actua deployed its science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) summer camps across Nunavut.
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