Nunavut News

Iqalummiut are reporting the return of a fuel smell coming from their tap water, with residents taking to social media to report a diesel smell in the 100, 2700, 4100 and 5000 blocks of the city.

As classes resume at Kiilinik High School in Cambridge Bay, something is different.

New release comes out ahead of Tagaq’s new album Tongues.

Some Nunavut daycares have reopened, announced Education minister Pamela Gross at a Government of Nunavut Covid-19 update on Jan. 11, and the department is “exploring the possibility of monetary incentives for the facilities and their staff” willing to reopen as critical services are threatened.

The latest wave of Covid-19, combined with weather delays and cancellations, is creating a cargo backlog for Canadian North across the Qikiqtaaluk region.

A fox has transmitted rabies to a dog in Iqaluit, making the dog begin to act aggressively, according to the Department of Health.

Nunavut’s Covid-19 active case count grew by 35 as of Friday with 16 of them in Arviat, 10 in Rankin Inlet, six in Pangnirtung and one each Iqaluit and Sanikiluaq. There is also a new presumptive case identified in Coral Harbour.

All non-critical workers to stay home; premier asks daycares to reopen to support critical staff

Effective immediately, confirmatory testing for Covid-19 will now only be done to validate that Covid-19 is present in communities reporting a first case and in higher-risk settings, such as Elders homes, and other congregated facilities, such as critical service areas, Nunavut’s Health Minister announced Thursday morning.