Nunavut News

Northern youth program FOXY/SMASH releases new single featuring Kugluktuk youth

The City of Iqaluit has decided to keep the same consulting company, WSP, that they contracted with during the water crisis of early 2022. This was decided at a March 29 special city council meeting regarding additional water treatment plant upgrades.

Nunavut’s health minister John Main announced on March 28 there are eight Nunavut Elders who have Covid-19 at Ottawa’s Embassy West Senior Living facility.

On March 28, seven Inuit delegates including Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) president Natan Obed met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, calling on the Catholic Church to take specific actions to advance reconciliation within Canada.

Iqaluit RCMP have charged a 23-year-old Adam Kopalie with attempted murder and aggravated assault after they responded to a building fire on March 24, where they found a badly injured male.

The Transglobal Car Expedition has arrived in Resolute Bay after completing a 2,200 km overland journey from Yellowknife.

As a junior high student, Michael Gast went on a school trip to an ecology camp at Cli Lake, approximately 100 kilometres west of his home community of Fort Simpson.

The Government of Nunavut’s department of environment announced a youth logo contest to help promote territory-wide community clean-ups March 21.