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While on-duty RCMP officers are no longer required to wear name tags on their uniforms nationally, Nunavut RCMP are going in a different direction. Officers are encouraged to continue wearing name tags, with their names in English and Inuktitut syllabics as well, said an unsigned statement provided to Nunatsiaq News from the Nunavut RCMP. The email lists three Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles as the Nunavut RCMP’s foundation: Inuuqatigiittiarniq, which means respecting others; tunnganarn

Five candidates are running in Quebec’s largest riding by land mass, which includes Nunavik, in the Oct. 5 provincial election. Ungava MNA Denis Lamothe, who has held that seat since 2018, announced in January he would not seek re-election. His Coalition Avenir Québec party has nominated Amélie Béchard instead. Originally from Matagami, she is a forestry engineer who specializes in operations management and forest planning. She has served on several boards of directors including the Mataga

For the English version of this story, please see Isaruit Inuit Arts takes over Ottawa Inuktitut radio program. ᔭᓯ ᖃᙳᖅᒧᓪᓕ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᐅᓂᖓ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᖅᑐᓂ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᓗ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓂ ᑐᓵᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃᒥᑦ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥ ᑐᓵᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᒥ. ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒡᕕᒃ ᐅᕘᓇ CKCU 93.1 FM ᐅᕙᓂ ᑳᕐᑕᓐ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᐊᓗᒃᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2019-ᒥ. “ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒡᕕᒃᒦᓐᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓐᓇᖅᑰᔨᔪᖅ, ᐊᑖᑕᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ,” ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 9-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. “ᓈᓚᐅᑎᒥ ᑐᓵᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᑐᓴᕐᓴᐅᓐᓇᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᒫᓂᓘᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑐᐊᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᑭᑦᑐᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᓵᔪ

Nunavut’s premier is eyeing global investors. Its former premier’s gaze is fixed on Arctic nation-building projects instead of the Canada-U.S. relationship. And Canada’s prime minister is exploring the idea of the country being, at least symbolically, European. More and more, everyone seems to be looking away from the United States as a dependable partner. It was a busy week for both Canada and Nunavut. All of their bold moves signalled two things: how much of Canada’s economy involves building

Now that the days are shorter and a bit colder, you have more time to read the news, right? Let’s go! 1. Nunavut leaders were hobnobbing in Toronto this week. Why? A. The Nunavut Trade Show changed venue this year in order to make it easier for southern firms to learn more about investment opportunities across the territory. B. They were in Toronto as part of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Canada Investment Summit, which brought together private firms from across the globe to tour nati

As temperatures drop and we start to prepare for another fall, we’re reminded of one of Nunavut’s most urgent problems: housing. Andrew Morrison We don’t need another study to make us aware of the crisis. We see it every day not only on the streets of Iqaluit, but in other, more hidden ways: students coming home with nowhere to live, families crammed into relatives’ homes and long-time Iqalummiut losing their staff housing when they retire. Too many people face various fo

Police are investigating two deaths that took place near Naujaat on Thursday, the RCMP said in a social media post Friday afternoon. “The Nunavut RCMP are investigating an incident in Naujaat where two persons were located deceased,” spokesperson Sgt. George Henrie said in an email Friday. The major crime unit and the Nunavut Coroner’s office are investigating. ”As the matter is still under investigation, no further details will be shared at this time,” Henrie said. There is no risk to public sa

From her cabin just outside Naujaat, resident and former Kivalliq Inuit Association director Helena Malliki can see the solar panels she spent years pushing to bring to her community. “I get a feeling that I’ve done something for the community,” she said in an interview Friday. Malliki served as the KIA director for Naujaat while plans were developed for the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link, a proposed 1,200-kilometre transmission line that would carry hydroelectric power north from Manitoba.  Naujaat

Albert Netser, co-CEO of the Arctic Fresh Group of Companies, celebrated his 46th birthday by picking up the Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year award. As he stood onstage at the Aqsarniit hotel’s ballroom with company founder Rhoda Recinos and general manager Evan Schellenberg, the crowd of about 250 people serenaded him with Happy Birthday. The Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce presented its Excellence in Business awards Thursday at a gala dinner, marking the end of th

Igloolik is close to running out of fuel after an annual delivery didn’t arrive on time. John Ivey, the hamlet’s senior administrative officer, said the Government of Nunavut told him the shipment that was expected to arrive Sept. 17 will now come on Sept. 26. “It’s delayed for some reason,” he said in an interview. Igloolik relies on diesel fuel for generating electricity to heat homes and for the trucks that provide drinking water and sewage services. He said the hamlet is encouraging resident

The Kivalliq Trade Show hasn’t started yet and it’s already breaking records. With 60 exhibitors and more than 240 delegates, next week’s event is the biggest to date, says Kivalliq Trade Show Society president Robert Connelly. “And our delegate numbers will keep going up as the event nears,” he said in a phone interview on Thursday. With ongoing discussions about Arctic sovereignty, resource extraction and developing northern infrastructure, organizers are emphasizing th

Update: This story was updated on Monday, Sept. 21, at 8:30 a.m. ET. John Manzo is Galaxy Cat, a multifarious artist who performs with panache. He hosts the soundscape that animates the 200 guests who turn out to his twice-annual silent discos at Iqaluit’s Franco-Centre. The fifth one is slated for Sept. 26. A silent disco involves three DJs spinning clashing genres of music that are pumped into participants’ headphones through radio frequencies. Each reveller tunes in to the channel of their c

Maggie Annahatak has been elected mayor of Kangirsuk after edging out Noah Eetook by a single vote in Wednesday’s byelection. Annahatak, who works as a housing manager with the Nunavik Housing Bureau, received 59 votes, while Eetook received 58. Lucy Tukkiapik Carrier received four votes, and two ballots were spoiled, according to results shared on the municipal services’ Facebook page Wednesday night. Annahatak could not be reached for comment about her win on Thursday. A total of 123 of Kangir

A former CEO of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. has been named to the group responsible for monitoring whether Canada is meeting its reconciliation commitments. Kilikvak Kabloona is joining the National Council for Reconciliation. “It’s a real honour,” Kabloona said in an interview Thursday. Prior to working at the NTI, she was the Government of Nunavut’s associate deputy minister responsible for quality of life, a position focused on responding to the territory’s suicide crisis. There,

Four big players in Nunavut’s construction industry achieved consensus within moments of the start of the “Builders Behind our Communities” panel Wednesday at the Nunavut Trade Show in Iqaluit. “Execution without capacity-building is not OK,” is how Arctic Fresh general manager Evan Schellenberg summed it up. He was one of four panelists who discussed how construction companies are involved in the communities where they build. Schellenberg pointed out that even many of the delegates in the audi

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s vice-president of community and strategic development has been named to the Women’s Executive Network’s 104 most powerful women in Canada. Udlu Hanson is the first Inuk from Nunavut to receive the honour since 2010, when Kathy Okpik, then the territorial deputy minister of education, was named.  “That makes me grateful,” Hanson told Nunatsiaq News Wednesday from the Nunavut Trade Show in Iqaluit, where she took part in a panel discussion the day prior.

Nunavik police say they have identified suspects in a string of recent fires across Puvirnituq, Akulivik and Kuujjuaq. Speaking Monday at the Kativik Regional Government council meeting in Inukjuak, Chief Jean-François Bernier said police arrested one person last weekend and that several suspects are children aged 12 and under. The investigation covers incidents that occurred over several months. Investigators have ruled out that one serial adult arsonist could be behind the fires, said police p