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NEWS: AG: Nunavut fails in hiring, evaluation of staff
Except for the Department of Education, the Government of Nunavut's various departments and agencies do not know what they need to know to fill the GN's numerous job vacancies and meet the Inuit employment objectives of Article 23, the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser said in a rep ... more »
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NEWS: Iqaluit This Week
Parent-teacher meetings Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 1, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., parent-teacher meetings at Inuksuk High School. Dance club Mondays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Catholic Parish Hall, a new season of the Iqaluit Social Dance Club. Lessons on Mondays, practic ... more »
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NEWS: Nunavik leaders: 300 housing units not enough
Nunavik leaders gathered in Quebec City March 17 to rally support for more social housing construction, saying a recent deal to build 300 new units is not enough. Pita Aatami, the president of Makivik Corp., Maggie Emudluk, chairperson of the Kativik Regional Government, and Noah Tayara, the Makivik ... more »
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NEWS: Photo: Proud athletes
Team Nunavik's Anthony Arreak, far right, and James Cumberbatch, second from right, practice the kneel jump at a Grand Prairie sports complex last week. Arreak went on to win silver in the junior male category at the Arctic Winter Games. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KRG)
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TAISSUMANI: Taissumani, March 19
KENN HARPER Last week I wrote about the voyage of the small vessel Albert to Pond's Bay, under the veteran whaler, James Mutch. This week I'll tell about Mutch's trading with the Inuit there. Mutch thought the Inuit of Pond's Bay drove a hard bargain, their skills no doubt learne ... more »
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LETTERS: Why not ban U.S. television signals?
I would like to congratulate Fred Schell for his brave leadership and keen economic sense regarding the banning of alcohol from European countries in response to the EU seal ban. Some folks would have cited the EU exemption for Inuit harvested seal products as a reason not to enter into a trade-war ... more »
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LETTERS: Nakasuk outdoor rink is awesome
Hello from Inuksuk High School. I am writing this letter to thank Amy and the city for coming up with the great idea of building a skating rink outside of Nakasuk School. Yesterday, like most of the days this year, the weather was beautiful. My day was made even better as I walked home from the post ... more »
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NEWS: Canucks, Danes to join forces in High Arctic
Denmark's Sirius sled dog patrol team will join Canadian Rangers and regular forces for the 2010 edition of Operation Nunalivut, the Canadian Forces' springtime High Arctic sovereignty exercise. Danish and Canadian forces will conduct patrols from Alert, including one to Ward Hunt Island o ... more »
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NEWS: Nunavut cop charged with two counts of assault
An Iqaluit RCMP officer faces two assault charges after being arrested in Pond Inlet March 14. Const. Eric Ootoovak was arrested after Pond Inlet police responded to a disturbance at a home last Sunday night. He's been released and will appear before the Nunavut Court of Justice in Pond Inlet J ... more »
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NEWS: Nunavik survivors gather to grieve and let it all go
It's time to move on, they said. Nearly 100 of Nunavik's former residential school students gathered in Inukjuak earlier this month for the first reunion of its kind. They came to grieve, to heal and ultimately, to let go at the gathering, held March 1 to 6 at the Innalik School. Thi ... more »
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