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NEWS: New online group offers hope, support to gay Inuit in the Arctic For Robbie Watt, March 6 was a turning point. That's the day the 46-year-old Inuk — who first came out as a homosexual almost 20 years ago — feels like he came out once again. It's time, he said, to change negative attitudes about homosexuality in
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 10:16 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: Don't forget — tomorrow night, we spring forward It's upon us already — that time of year when we move our clocks forward to get more daylight in the evening and less daylight in the mornings. Daylight savings time comes into effect across most of North America March 9 at 2 a.m. That means you shoul
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 9:17 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: Fishery consultation goes on the road to Kivalliq The Nunavut environment department is going fishing for opinions in the Kivalliq next week to gain input on a planned new fisheries strategy. This follows a meeting in Iqaluit held Feb. 20 following a media advisory sent out the same day. The Government o
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 8:43 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: Celebrating the French language in Nunavut Parlez-vous français? The Government of Nunavut's culture and heritage department is encouraging Nunavummiut to celebrate French language and culture for the next 17 days as part of Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, a cross-Canada celebration of all
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 7:54 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: Iqaluit MLA Okalik defends gay community in the Nunavut legislature Iqaluit-Sinaa MLA and former Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik stood up for Nunavut's gay and lesbian community in the Legislative Assembly March 7. Okalik, who said he has lived through prejudice as a result of his Aboriginal heritage and been supported by t
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 6:03 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: Nunavik science projects explore light therapy, power, traditional medicine It took hours of planning and construction, but Salluit high school student Jeannie Puxley said all the work she put into her science fair project paid off when she saw how proud her parents were. It didn't hurt that Puxley also won the regional science
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 4:57 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
TAISSUMANI: Taissumani, March 7 In early 1922, Peter Freuchen and Therkel Mathiassen each explored north from Igloolik, including parts of Baffin Island. Mathiassen spent the summer excavating at Repulse Bay, then travelled with Jacob Olsen to Southampton Island, where they became stran
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 3:39 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
LETTERS: Any event that celebrates diversity is good I write this in thanks to all the great people who put on the Black History month event recently in Iqaluit. Long live the African diaspora! Any event that celebrates diversity, especially ones with great food and music, are such a gift! I had recently le
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 3:39 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: Toronto Zoo cub gets Inuktitut second name The Toronto Zoo's polar bear cub finally has a name, and it's beautiful. When the zoo launched a naming contest for the three-month-old bear last month, more than 14,000 voters weighed in to chose from six possible names. In the end, the public opted
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 3:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
NEWS: MacKay rejects inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women (Updated March 7, 11:50 a.m.) Peter MacKay, the federal justice minister, said in the House of Commons March 6 that his government will not call an inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women. “With the greatest respect, the biggest mistake that
Nunatsiaq Online | Mar 7, 2014 1:26 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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