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Queer youth face high rates of bullying, but there’s LQBTQ2+ peer support to lean on

Queer youth face high rates of bullying, but there’s LQBTQ2+ peer support to lean on

Minna Frederick is frustrated by how unsurprising new data on bullying among sexually and gender-diverse youth in Canada is.
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EDITORIAL: To prevent delivery disruptions, winter a barge in Inuvik

EDITORIAL: To prevent delivery disruptions, winter a barge in Inuvik

There appears to be no shortage of reasons Sachs Harbour isn’t getting a barge delivery this year.
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MLAs get flu and Covid-19 vaccines at Legislative Assembly

MLAs get flu and Covid-19 vaccines at Legislative Assembly

Nunavut’s political representatives took the chance on November 4 to get their Covid-19 and influenza shots in preparation for a winter that’s already present in many parts of the territory.
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Carbon tax will rise in NWT next April

Carbon tax will rise in NWT next April

The GNWT is going to charge more for the carbon tax next year, in accordance with new federal government requirements.
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Family enduring -20C weather in tent to get home following legislative exchange

Family enduring -20C weather in tent to get home following legislative exchange

After 13 months of waiting, a family currently living in a tent with a baby will finally get a home after an exchange between Nanakput MLA Jackie Jacobson and Housing Minster Paulie Chinna.
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MLAs call for immediate suicide prevention strategies

MLAs call for immediate suicide prevention strategies

MLAs have approved a motion directing the territorial government to adopt immediate suicide prevention strategies throughout the NWT.
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Qulliq Energy Corporation announces new Nunavut-wide electricity rates

Qulliq Energy Corporation announces new Nunavut-wide electricity rates

The Government of Nunavut is moving ahead with uniform rates for various classes of Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC) customers.
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Nunavut records 10th death due to Covid-19

Nunavut records 10th death due to Covid-19

The Government of Nunavut has announced a death related to Covid-19 on Nov. 1.
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Mayor of Cambridge Bay resigns

Mayor of Cambridge Bay resigns

Cambridge Bay Mayor Angulalik Pedersen officially resigned from his position as of Monday afternoon.
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Gwichya Gwich’in Council to begin its own self-government negotiations

Gwichya Gwich’in Council to begin its own self-government negotiations

Tsiigehtchic’s Gwichya Gwich’in Council say they are sending requests to both the GNWT and the federal government to enter self-government negotiations.
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