Clear your snow so municipal workers can remove your trash. That’s the message the City of Iqaluit’s public works department sent to residents in a public service announcement Monday.

Residents and businesses are responsible for clearing a path through the snow to their trash bins, as well as clearing their driveways, so the work can be done safely and quickly.

“Its partway through the snowy season and the snow is starting to pile up a little. If you’re having to clear snow in every bin, it really slows down our garbage pickup,” said City of Iqaluit spokesperson Kent Driscoll.

He said snow must be cleared from on top of the bins and “the path leading to it, as well as the path for the truck to go in.

“And keep in mind if you are on truck water service, you’re responsible for keeping the path clear to the water connection as well.”

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Canada’s Supreme Court is scheduled to decide Thursday whether it will consider an appeal from an Iqaluit lawyer of her own contempt of court acquittal.

The Nunavut Court of Appeal ruled in June it did not have jurisdiction to void Justice Paul Bychok’s January 2023 judgment, which acquitted Crown lawyer Emma Baasch of contempt of court but found she failed in her ethical duties to the court.

Bychok heard the case in December 2022. Reading from a written judgment after a short hearing, he called Baasch’s actions a “direct and public insult to the integrity of the Nunavut Court of Justice.”

The contempt of court citation stems from the July 2022 arrest of a man at Iqaluit’s courthouse, just before his assault trial was set to begin.

Bychok, who was to preside over the trial, cited Baasch and RCMP Cpl. Andrew Kerstens over the arrest. He said the two interfered with the court’s duties that day.

Baasch argued she merely provided Kerstens with legal advice.

In his December 2022 ruling, Bychok also acquitted Kerstens of contempt of court.

In her application to the Supreme Court, Baasch argues the Nunavut appeals court judges made a legal error when they concluded they could not hear an appeal from a person on his or her own acquittal.

Her application goes on to say Bychok’s ruling effectively convicted Baasch of “several alleged ethical breaches” which she has been required to report to the Nunavut Law Society.

That creates a “serious, ongoing risk” to Baasch’s ability to practise law, according to the application, because any attempt to dispute Bychok’s findings “may be seen as a collateral attack on a decision that is final, given the Nunavut Court of Appeals decision.”

The application warns that the power to cite for contempt is capable of being a “tool of oppression” unless procedure is followed in a way that is “rigorously” fair.

“The trial judge acted as complainant, prosecutor and judge,” the Supreme Court application reads.

“The judge refused to particularize the conduct said to constitute contempt, denying Ms. Baasch a fair hearing. The fact that her alleged misconduct stems from the provision of legal advice is unprecedented and extraordinary. After a very short trial, the judge read a judgment that had been written in advance of the hearing.”

No contempt hearing should be conducted as this one was, states the application.

Baasch’s lawyer, Robert Frater, declined comment for this story.

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After experiencing high sodium content in its drinking water for nearly a decade, the hamlet of Sanikiluaq plans to construct a new water treatment facility.

Deputy Mayor Emily Kattuk said the treatment plant will be a reverse-osmosis facility able to filter out the high amounts of salt from the community’s water supply.

Kattuk described the hamlet’s water source as yellow-ish and salty to whoever attempts use it without an osmosis unit, which are common in most homes in Sanikiluaq.

Funding for the facility includes $22.2 million from the federal government and $7.4 million from the Government of Nunavut. Those amounts were announced last week in Iqaluit by federal Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser and Nunavut Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie.

High sodium levels have plagued Sanikiluaq’s water supply since the community discovered the issue in 2016.

Since then, each home has needed to be equipped with a reverse-osmosis purification unit. Over time, high salt consumption can cause adverse health effects on people with weakened immune systems, such as infants, elders or people with high blood pressure.

Kattuk said she did not yet know the timeline for construction of the facility, and said the hamlet will have more information when a new senior administrative officer joins the office next month.

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The City of Whitehorse has granted mineral exploration company Gladiator Metals permission to drill in an area near Mount Sima and Copper Haul Road. 

Students in Nunavik were in school Monday after Quebec public-sector unions reached what they’re calling an agreement in principle with the provincial government late last month.

Union groups representing a combined 420,000 education, health care and social services workers across the province staged several temporary strikes late last year, resulting in 11 days of school closures.

The work stoppages were to demand a new contract with Quebec that would include annual increases tied to inflation rates.

Four union groups calling themselves the common front — the Quebec Labour Congress, Confederation of National Trade Unions, Quebec Federation of Labour, and the Alliance of professional and technical health and social services personnel — reached a tentative deal with the provincial government Dec. 28.

According to a report from the Canadian Press on Monday, union members are expected to vote by Feb. 19 on an agreement in principle that includes salary hikes of 17.4 per cent over five years and improvements to group insurance, vacation and retirement programs.

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People in some N.W.T. communities are pleased to see some colder weather this week, after what's been an unusually mild winter so far. That includes Łutsël Kʼé, where people often rely on winter ice travel.

Hockey parents and caregivers in the Beaufort Delta say they are disappointed by the Team N.W.T. hockey roster for the Arctic Winter Games as few players from there made it. The issue of competitive teams largely including players from Yellowknife and some other southern communities has been highlighted as an issue for a while, but many say the problem is tied to infrastructure.

Nunavut has withdrawn from the Feb. 16-25 Canadian women's curling championship, which will remain 18 teams at Calgary's WinSport Event Centre, Curling Canada said Monday in a statement.

Holdover fires are still burning across the N.W.T., sending smoke billowing up from snow banks along roadways, but a fire scientist says there's no need to be alarmed right now.

For the English version of this story, please see Northern firm gets nearly $27M to speed up Nunavut’s internet.

ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ SSi ᑲᓇᑕ ᐱᓕᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓕ to $27 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᑮᓇᐃᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ−ᓱᒃᑲᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ  ᓄᓇᕘᑉ 25−ᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ−ᑕᓚᕖᓴᓕᕆᔨᓪᓗ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑏᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 20−ᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ $26,843,533−ᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

SSi ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᔨᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂ.

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᐅᔪᒥ 50 megabits ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᑲᓐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ 10 megabits ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᑲᓐᒥ ᓅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒧᑦ, ᒥᑭᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ−ᓱᒃᑲᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ , ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ−ᑕᓚᕖᓴᓕᕆᔨᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᓇᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ.

SSi ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ Starlink−ᑯᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ  ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖓᓂ, SSi−ᑯᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑏᓐ ᐳᕌᒃᑐᕐ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.

ᓯᑎᐱᕆᒥ, SSi ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒥ Starlink ᑐᖅᑲᖅᑕᕐᕕᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ Starlink ᖃᖓᑦᑕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ SSi−ᑯᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ  ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ.

ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, SSi ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ.

ᐊᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ, ᕿᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ gigabytes−ᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ  512 kilobits ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᑲᓐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᐅᔪᒥ $20−ᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒥ. ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ, Taki Pro ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ 100 gigabytes−ᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ  ᓅᑎᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒧᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ megabits ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᑲᓐᒥ $120−ᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒥ.

ᐳᕌᒃᑐᕐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ SSi−ᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓂᖏᓐᓂ Starlink−ᑯᓐᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᐅᔪᒥ 50 megabits ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᑲᓐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ 10 megabits ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᑲᓐᒥ ᓅᑎᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᒥ.

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓲᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ SSi−ᑯᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ−ᑕᓚᕖᓴᓕᕆᔨᓪᓗ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ.

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ-ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᙵᑦ. ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ  ᐊᑐᓂ gigabyte ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᒥ.

“ᐃᓱᐊᓂ ᐅᖃᕋᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓇ ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ,” ᐳᕌᒃᑐᕐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

SSi ᒪᐃᒧᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ−ᑕᓚᕖᓴᓕᕆᔨᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᖃᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᐆᒥᖓᓗᒃᑖᖅ.”

“ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᓂᕐᒥ,” ᐳᕌᒃᑐᕐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ.

“ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᔪᓐᓇᙱᓚᑦ … $200−ᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᐅᓇ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑯᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ-ᓱᒃᑲᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓗᓂ ᐸᐸᑦᑏᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᒻᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ−ᑕᓚᕖᓴᓕᕆᔨᓪᓗ.

“ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᖏᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ,” ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ−ᑕᓚᕖᓴᓕᕆᔨᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓖ ᑳᒧᕆᓐ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

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There is near-universal agreement that the drug trade – and treatment – should be a top priority for the NWT's new government. What will incoming MLAs do?

It's not getting warmer any time soon. Right now, things are so cold that one NWT community has a forecast high of -42C. Yes, that's the high.

West Dawson resident Sebastien Weisser says he doesn't think there will be an ice bridge this year. Normally this time of year an ice bridge would be open to light traffic. Weisser says the Yukon Government should scrap the plan and focus on a new plan.

The Fort Simpson Métis in the N.W.T. have secured federal funding for a bison meat processing facility, but at least one local hunter wonders why the facility — pitched as way to increase food security — will process meat from an animal rarely seen in the area.

Inside the Arctic Circle, the sun just returned to Inuvik after a month of unbroken darkness. Experience that moment from the air.

Snowshoes? Check. Gun in case a bear comes? Check. We interviewed two rescuers about what it takes to leap from a Hercules and help people in an NWT air crash.

For English version, see Students turn over house as part of Nunavut 3000 strategy

ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᕗ ᑐᕌᒐᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 3,000ᓂ ᓄᑖᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕋᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᑐᓕᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᒥ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅᒥ.

ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 19ᒥ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᒡᓗ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᕆᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓴᓇᑐᓕᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ.

“ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ,” ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐅᓖᐱᑲ ᒥᐅᓐᔅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

“ᒫᓂ 40-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᕗᑦ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᒥ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᒥ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓂᒃ.”

ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓴᒃᑰᑉ ᐱᕈᐃᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᓂᒃ, ᑖᓐᓇᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ “ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅᒥᑦ” ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑎᒍᑦ.

ᐅᓇ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒧᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 3000 ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᑎᒍ, ᐅᑯᓇᙵ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᒃᑑᐱᕆ 2022ᒥ 3,000ᓂ ᓄᑖᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐃᓗᖓᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᖃᑦᑕᓗᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒧᑦ, ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᔫᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓗᒃᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔩᑦ 6-ᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓪᓚᕆᖕᓄ ᐃᓚᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 6 ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᖕᒥᔪᑦ.

ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᕐᓴᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᕐᓴᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᓐ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ “ᐱᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ” ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ, ᖁᐊᓴ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ “ᐅᓄᕈᓐᓃᖅᐹᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑎ ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

“ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᕐᓕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ” ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.

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As the impacts of climate change threaten vital historical sites across the Northwest Territories, the territory's climate change archaeologist is working with communities to mitigate the damage.

Weeks of unusually snowy conditions have delayed the construction of Aklavik's ice road – and there's still no date for it to open.

A flooding incident has closed the Yellowknife's primary care clinic.

After nearly two weeks, the road connecting Haines Junction, Yukon with Haines, Alaska has reopened.

Yellowknife's downtown primary care clinic has been closed by a flood, the NWT's health authority says. Patients should call Frame Lake instead.

A group of Iqaluit residents held a second rally Saturday, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas enters its third month.

The group, numbering 17, met at the Four Corners intersection, marched to the legislative assembly, and then headed back to the intersection, where they briefly stopped traffic for about a minute.

They chanted several phrases including “Ceasefire now” and “We are all Palestinian.”

“We’re here today to try to raise awareness in Nunavut, Iqaluit, but also show support for the Palestinian people, and we won’t stop doing this until a ceasefire happens,” said Jennifer Lane, one of the protest leaders.

The current war in Gaza started after Oct. 7 when Hamas — a Gaza-based militant group which the Canadian government lists as a terrorist entity — launched an attack on parts of southwest Israel.

Approximately 1,200 people were killed in the attack and approximately 250 people were taken as hostages.

In retaliation, Israel declared war on Hamas.

Protesters in Iqaluit briefly blocked the Four Corners intersection on Saturday, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

However, the Israeli Defense Force’s aggressive military campaign is estimated to have killed 22,600 people according figures from the United Nations, and displaced 1.9 million, which represents approximately 85 per cent of the Gaza population.

Martin Griffiths, a UN emergency relief coordinator, said in a Jan. 5 statement that “Gaza has become a place of death and despair” as famine and disease worsens due to the lack of humanitarian aid.

In December, Canada was one of 153 countries that voted at the UN on a motion calling for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the conflict.

Rallies in cities around the world have called for a ceasefire and for Israel to end its occupation and blockade of the Gaza Strip, which the UN described as an “open-air prison” in 2022.

While the gathering in Iqaluit was small, Lane said rallying for a ceasefire matters.

She said she knows people from Gaza who have been impacted by the war and the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and it’s important to show that people here care about what’s happening overseas.

“I think by bringing a community of people together here, we’re showing that resilience and care and steadfastness worldwide, that human rights matter,” she said.

“I think Palestinian rights are Indigenous rights to those lands and we’re on Indigenous land here, and if we’re fighting for the rights of Indigenous people in Canada, in Nunavut, we should be doing the same worldwide.”

After the rally, some of the attendees headed to Iqaluit’s mosque for some food and coffee.

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A lot of Nunavummiut had an extra reason to celebrate on New Year’s Eve because minimum wage went up to $19 an hour on Jan. 1.

Hopefully, there won’t be an economic hangover to suffer through because of the higher wages. Such a big and sudden hike should make people wonder if the Government of Nunavut went too far, too fast.

Nunavut Justice Minister David Akeeagok announced the three-dollar-an-hour jump in the legislative assembly back in November.

That announcement came about a month after six Canadian provinces increased their minimum wages on Oct. 1.

It makes Nunavut the leader among all provinces and territories in terms of having the highest minimum wage.

When governments raise the minimum wage, it’s a popular move with the people, but not always a hit with businesses.

With the higher rate, the cost of one of the most important factors for any business — labour — increased by 18 per cent.

When operating expenses go up, there are only two things a business can do — absorb the cost and pass it along to their customers, or cut back the number of hours employees get in order to offset the increase in wages.

One is bad news for customers. The other is bad for workers.

The increase is intended to help minimum wage earners keep pace with inflation. The cost of darn near everything has gone up dramatically over the past three years.

But there’s a chance the GN’s approach could backfire.

Some economists say that whenever wages go up, there’s a risk that it could contribute to even more inflation.

The more money there is in people’s pockets, the greater demand will be for everything from bread to snowmobiles. But if supply doesn’t increase at the same pace, more money in more pockets could put upward pressure on prices.

Sure, you’re making $19 an hour instead of $16. But if bread goes up to six dollars a loaf and a coffee goes up to four dollars, are you really going to be further ahead?

On the other hand, it might be that the wage hike won’t affect all that many people because higher-paying public sector jobs — not just the Government of Nunavut but organizations like Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., and the regional Inuit associations — make up such a big part of the territory’s workforce.

How many people are actually earning minimum wage in the first place?

Setting a minimum wage is a delicate balancing act anywhere, but even more so in a unique economy like Nunavut’s that doesn’t behave the same way southern provinces’ do.

There’s also the strong likelihood of a trickle-up effect among workers who were already earning a little bit more than minimum wage.

Someone who was making, for example, $20 an hour last year will want to stay ahead of the game now that minimum wage has gone up by three dollars.

A lot of employers will need to respond to the higher minimum wage by raising wages for all their employees or risk watching them walk across the street to another employer who will.

With just a week of the $19 minimum wage under its belt, it’s too early to see whether it will lead to higher retail prices in Nunavut.

But it might well be that a more moderate, more gradual approach would have been advisable.

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You probably know people who've had bad flu this winter. Maybe you had it yourself. What's going on? Dr André Corriveau walked us through what's happening.

Yellowknife is expected to be so cold in the coming week that City Hall has cancelled all planned snow removal work, an unusual step.

For English version see Simon calls for kindness and spirit of ajuinnata in year-end message

ᑭᖕ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ “ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᖃᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ” ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ−ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ.

ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 29−ᒥ, ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᒧᒥ ᒑᓴᒥ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐃᔅᕆᐅᓪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐊᒪᔅᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᔫᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᔅᑕᐃᑦᔅᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

ᑭᖕ ᓴᕐᓕ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ, ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ “ᖁᕝᕙᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ” ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᓵᙵᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ.

“ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ  ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᖅᑐᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ.

“ᓱᓕ, ᖁᙱᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᖅᖢᑕ ᓄᑖᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᓄᓪᓗ.”

ᕕᕗᐊᕆᒥ, ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓄᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᒃᐱᒐᖓᓐᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᑕᐃᔭᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ “ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᖀᒥᒍᓱᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ” ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ.

ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ−ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᕗᖅ ᑭᖕ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖓᔪᒋᕙᖓ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᔪᓚᐃ 2021−ᒥ.

ᐱᕈᖅᓴᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᖕ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ.

ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ, ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᐃᓐᓇᑕ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᐱᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓕᒫᓂ ᑐᕌᕋᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 2 ½ ᒥᓂᑦᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ−ᓂᐱᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐹᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ 2023−ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓄᑦ. ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ “ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᑕ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᓕᒫᖅ.”

ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᖅᖢᓂ ᑭᐳᒥ Rideau Hall−ᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᓂ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᐊᓗᖕᓂ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓂ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᖅᐸᓯᖕᒥ ᐊᓄᕌᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ.

“ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ,” ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ, ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᖅ — ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔮᖅᑯᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ— ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐳᖅ ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.”

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After 18 years running Yellowknife's Vietnamese Noodle House, it's fair to say owners Kim Luong and her husband Hung Le, have earned a break. But the sale of the popular restaurant has understandably led to mixed feelings for the pair.

A Yukon judge has handed a partial victory to First Nations who said they weren't adequately consulted over a proposed mine project in Kaska territory in southeast Yukon. But the court also found that the federal and territorial governments largely met their duty to consult throughout the environmental assessment process. 

The owner of a cabin outside Yellowknife said he witnessed a dangerous and bizarre act of arson last weekend, involving firearms, a propane tank and a disused snowmobile.

Public health officials are encouraging people in the Northwest Territories to get their flu shot as cases of the virus rise.

The federal housing minister says he believes Nunavut’s housing crisis is a “solvable” challenge to take on, and he wants to work better with communities to do just that.

Sean Fraser was scheduled to fly out of Iqaluit Friday evening, wrapping up his first visit to the territory’s capital.

Over two days, Fraser, the minister of housing, infrastructure and communities, held meetings with Government of Nunavut and Iqaluit city representatives and on Friday he announced funding to speed up housing construction in the territory.

He made another infrastructure-related announcement Thursday, a joint plan by the GN and federal government to direct $194 million toward infrastructure projects in six Nunavut communities.

“Despite the enormity of the challenges, they’re solvable and they will only be solved if we work in partnership with those who live with those challenges and understand where the solutions lie,” Fraser said in an interview Friday.

“We have to engage with people who know their unique differences, and this has been a valuable and eye-opening experience for me that’s going to improve my ability to serve Nunavut.”

Fraser took to the podium at the Franco Centre on Friday to announce Nunavut will receive $27 million to support the building of 459 housing units over three years and 3,100 units over 10 years.

Lorne Kusugak, the minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corp., said 22 communities will benefit from the funding as the GN continues its project to build 3,000 new homes across the territory by the end of the decade.

“We are on schedule on our Nunavut 3000 plan,” Kusugak said.

Calling his meeting with Fraser on Thursday “significant,” he said “we look forward to more announcements like this to ensure that Nunavummiut have a safe environment [they can] call their home.”

Iqaluit is to receive about one-third of the funding announced Friday, or $8.9 million, to accelerate construction of 160 housing units over three years. City council voted last summer to apply for that federal funding.

Mayor Solomon Awa welcomed the investment, telling reporters the next step will be to use it to get parts of the city ready for development.

“With the funding that we’re receiving, I think it’s the time to start planning, to start location-finding,” Awa said during a news conference.

“We don’t build houses, but we make the roads and we make the lots available… If need be, we may need to create some of the piping.”

In an interview Thursday, Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said she was happy to welcome Fraser to Iqaluit.

She said she hopes Fraser returns to Nunavut to visit other communities where the housing crisis impacts residents differently than in the capital.

Fraser – a Nova Scotia Liberal MP who has only been in the housing portfolio since July 2023 – said he would like to do just that.

Despite only spending time in the capital on this trip, Fraser said he met with representatives from across the territory, who informed him on how his government can support local housing needs.

He said he intends to keep those relationships going from Ottawa.

“It’s been an extraordinary opportunity for me to hear directly from the people who not only know the challenges that their communities are experiencing better than southerners will, but they know there are solutions as well,” he said.

“I’m not going to look you in the eye and tell you that because I’ve shown up in Iqaluit, we suddenly will solve all the problems across the entire territory. But this is a very helpful opening to what I hope will become a long and meaningful relationship with the communities that we have the opportunity to connect with.”

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CBC News has confirmed the name of a former teacher-on-call in the Yukon who's been charged with possession of child pornography. According to court documents, police arrested and charged Andrew Cook, 37, on Christmas Eve but released him on a number of conditions.

The Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation (TH) in Dawson City, Yukon, is adding a handful of new homes to its C-4 subdivision just outside of town.

Some international students at Yukon University say new federal requirements will make it harder for less well-off students to enrol in Canadian post-secondary schools.

Air Tindi's boss said those on the plane that came down last week were "very lucky" as new details emerged, including video of rescuers jumping from a Hercules.

This flu season in the Northwest Territories is more than twice as bad as last year's by some measures – and Yellowknife's hospital is feeling the impact.

Canadians who tuned in this week to watch the world junior hockey championships likely wouldn’t have missed Nunavut’s flag billowing in the crowded stands.

“I had planned on bringing a flag to show how far our support for Team Canada was coming from,” said Janette Seeteenak, of Baker Lake, who travelled to Sweden Christmas Day to catch some games.

She corresponded with Nunatsiaq News this week over email about her experience attending the annual tournament, where the top 10 hockey countries bring their best under-20 male players to compete for gold.

The world juniors are organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Seeteenak said she grew up watching the world juniors on TV with her family. She went to the games with her brother and father in 2015 and 2017 when Toronto and Montreal were co-hosts.

This year’s tournament was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Seeteenak said her family had always wanted to watch hockey in Scandinavia, so she went with father and cousin.

“When we heard last year during the finals that it will be in Sweden, we made the decision right then and there that we will attend,” she said.

Seeteenak said she decided to carry the flag while at the tournament to show how far Canadians would travel from to support their junior players.

“Also, so we can be easily recognized by fellow Nunavummiut and family,” she said.

Seeteenak said she heard from a lot of people who instantly recognized the flag with its colours of white, blue and gold when they saw it on TV. Some sent photos they took of their television screens where the flag could be clearly seen behind one of the nets.

“I have also been shown a lot of posts of Inuit being happy and surprised to see the flag at the games,” Seeteenak said.

She said some fellow Canadians were shocked to see that she and her family had made it so far to watch the tournament, but happy they did so.

Unfortunately for Seeteenak and all Canadians, Canada — which won gold at last year’s tournament — was eliminated in a quarter-final loss to Czechia, also known as the Czech Republic, on Jan. 2.

But that didn’t dampen Seeteenak’s enjoyment of the hockey she got to watch.

“As in any world junior championship, it has been amazing,” she said.

“Great hockey to watch, as the players are playing with all they have in hopes to be drafted [into the National Hockey League] and getting noticed.”

The Nunavut flag sits in the arena in Gothenburg, Sweden, for a game at the world junior hockey championships. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Seeteenak)

Once Canada was out, Seeteenak cheered for Finland. But then Finland was eliminated in the semifinals, losing 8-5 against Czechia on Friday morning.

That left her to cheer for Sweden, which is to play the U.S. in the gold medal game Friday afternoon.

Seeteenak has been in Sweden for the entire tournament and is due to fly back to Nunavut after the gold medal game.

“This trip has been a wonderful, once in a lifetime experience that I’ll never forget,” she said.

“I am happy that I get to enjoy it with my dad Jeff and my cousin, MacKenzie.”

Meanwhile, the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship for female players opens Saturday and is being held in Switzerland. Canada is the defending champion in that tournament.

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The Blachford Lake Lodge, which filed for bankruptcy last March, has officially been acquired by Arctic Kingdom, a Nunavut-based company.

Bella Dance Academy is offering a free weekend summit in April for NWT dance enthusiasts aged 16-25. Alongside dance, it'll focus on empowerment and leadership.

For the English version of this story, please see High-speed internet, youth centres in Nunavik part of $2.6B northern action plan.

ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓃᑦᑐᖅ $2.6 ᐱᓕᐊᓐ ᑖᓚᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᐸᐃᒃ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ, ᑯᐸᐃᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 19-ᒥ.

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 2023-2028ᒧ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᑐᑦ 45ᓂ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᑎᑐᓇᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂᒃᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᓕᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᖅᒥ ᐃᑭᐊᕿᕕᒃᑰᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥ, ᓴᓇᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᐸᒡᕕᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᓕᒫᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑖᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᑲᑕᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ.

ᐅᓇ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᐆᒪ ᒪᐃᑦ ᐸᓛᓐᓴᑦ ᕙᔩᓇᐅᑉ, ᑯᐸᐃᒃᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐊᑐᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ, ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᐸᐃ-ᑯᒨ, ᑯᐸᐃᒃᒥ.

ᐅᓇ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ, ᕙᔩᓇᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᖓ “ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒥᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ,” ᓴᖅᑭᓕᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖏᑦᑎᒍ 25 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ.

ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ 45ᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᓕᖓᔪᓄᑦ: ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᓴᓇᕙᓪᓕᐊᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑎᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕙᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᓗᓂ.

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᑦ ᒪᑯᓄᖓ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᑭᐊᕿᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓪᓚᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᑕᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᔭᒐᓚᖕᓂᒃ (ᕙᐃᐳ ᐋᑉᑎᒃᔅ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᑕᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ.

ᐅᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᑕᖃᓕᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓱᒃᑐᒃᑯᕕᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᓕᒫᒥᒃ, ᓴᓗᒻᒪᕐᓴᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᖁᐊᕐᓵᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᓂᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ.

ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐᑯᓐᓂᒃ, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓂᕐᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᕕᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ.

ᐅᓇ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᒪᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᑕᒪᐅᖓᒥᐊᖅ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᐸᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᓕᕆᕙᒡᓗᑎᒃ.

“ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᒍᑎᐅᕙᒃᑯᑦ,” ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᐊᓐ ᓚᕗᕆᓂᐄ, ᑯᐸᐃᒃᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᓕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ.

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑕᓂᔅ ᓚᒫᑦ, ᐅᖓᕙᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ: “ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᖅᑐᕆᔭᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᒥᓇᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ.”

ᐅᓇ ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᓕᕐᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᑯᐸᐃᒃ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓅᖓᔪᓂᒃ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ 2020-2023ᒧ ᐃᓱᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᒫᔅᓯ 31, 2023ᒥ.

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"It's a big party." In Fort Smith, a year-end hockey tourney brought together residents after a hard year. In Fort Simpson, the sport's broadening horizons.

In less than a month, the Yukon Quest will get underway in Whitehorse. But one first-time entrant says she hasn't touched her dog sled at all yet, because of the unusual weather conditions.

Wildlife officials in Alaska have confirmed the first known case of a polar bear that died from avian flu — highlighting growing concerns about the virus's potential spread among northern mammals.

Nunavut’s community and government services minister says he’s hopeful that federal government funding will lead to a long-term solution to Sanikiluaq’s nearly decade-long water issues.

David Joanasie made the comments to reporters Thursday in Iqaluit where he was joined by Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, to announce the Nunavut and federal governments will spend $194 million to support eight infrastructure projects across six Nunavut communities.

The plan includes $22.2 million from Ottawa and $7.4 million from the GN to design and build a new water treatment facility in Sanikiluaq, where high sodium levels in the water supply force every home to be equipped with reverse osmosis purification units.

The problem was discovered in 2016, and the GN said in 2018 it was looking for outside solutions.

“It has taken a long time to get here, but we do hope that this will address the community’s needs over the long term and to sustain them for multiple decades,” Joanasie said in a press conference.

Four other communities — Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet and Rankin Inlet — have also been allocated federal and territorial funding to get new water treatment facilities.

The funding from both levels of government ranges from $20 million to $35 million in each hamlet.

“It’s essential that we recognize that every community in this country, regardless of which region, has safe and reliable drinking water,” Fraser said.

“It’s something that we too often take for granted in the south, and it’s important that we realize that we’re going to ensure that every community has access to reliable water, that we make the investments to turn that into a reality.”

In addition to the water infrastructure investments, $221,618 is allocated to buy a wheelchair-accessible vehicle for public transit in Pond Inlet. For Resolute Bay, $83,493 will be used to buy a public transit vehicle.

In Rankin Inlet, $25 million from Ottawa and $34 million from the GN will go toward construction of a 24-bed seniors’ long-term care home, which Joanasie said would allow elders to stay within Kivalliq region instead of being sent out of territory for the care they need as they age.

In written handouts some of the projects, including the water upgrades and the long-term care home, had noticeable asterisks beside them indicating they were conditional depending on consultations, environmental assessments and funding agreements.

Questioned about it, Fraser said that’s typical in federal announcements.

“At the end of the day, when we’re dealing with a constitutional obligation to consult Indigenous Peoples and communities, it’s essential that we actually complete that process before projects go ahead,” he said.

Present at Thursday’s announcement was Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout, who sits across from the Liberal Fraser in the House of Commons.

Her reaction was positive overall, and she thanked Fraser for making his first visit to Iqaluit to make the announcement.

Idlout said that since being elected in 2021 she has visited the hamlets that will receive water upgrades, and has heard from leaders in all of them that having access to clean drinking water is a major community health issue.

The NDP and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal minority government are nearing the two-year mark of their supply and confidence agreement.

Idlout said much of Thursday’s announcement can be credited to her and her party’s role in propping up the Liberals on the condition that some NDP policies get adopted.

“I think that some of these projects would not have been approved without the work of the NDP,” Idlout said in an interview.

“We pressure [the Liberals] a lot, and it takes a lot of work to make sure that they do finally understand just how dire the needs are.”

Fraser told reporters he plans to make a housing-related announcement in Iqaluit Friday morning.

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Yukon's department of Education says a person who has worked as a teacher-on-call in several Whitehorse-area schools since 2018 is facing criminal charges, including possession of child pornography and possession of prohibited weapons.

A rally calling for a ceasefire in the three-month-old war in Gaza is planned for Saturday in Iqaluit.

In a social media post, organizers said they want an end to Israel’s siege so that humanitarian aid can be delivered to the war-torn territory. The rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Four Corners.

One of the organizers, Meral Jamal, said it is being planned as a peaceful rally to show solidarity with the Palestinian people over what she said is “genocide” being carried out against them by the Israeli government in its war with Hamas in Gaza.

“We do have Palestinians living here in Iqaluit,” Jamal said.

While they might not be directly impacted by the war’s destruction, she said it’s important to protest because “we are paying attention to the violence in Gaza that is documented on social media.”

Jamal said that “no matter where you are in your beliefs and how you are feeling, I think this is the time just to be together,” adding many people wish the conflict would end.

“Iqaluit has a small and mighty Muslim and Jewish community,” noted Jamal.

She said “we would like for the community just to be together to be raising awareness and to feel less alone in their hurt and in their healing and their advocacy to come together to call for a ceasefire.”

On the United Nations website, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the conflict has “created appalling human suffering, physical destruction and collective trauma across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

Tensions have existed around Israel and its Arab neighbours since the founding of Israel in 1948.

The current war in Gaza started Oct. 7 when the militant group Hamas, which oversees Gaza, launched a surprise attack in the southwest area of Israel near Gaza, killing an estimated 1,200 Israelis and taking several hundred hostages.

Since then, more than 22,000 people in Gaza have been killed in fighting between Israeli and Hamas fighters and much of the infrastructure and buildings in the territory has been destroyed, according to the Associated Press.

Saturday’s rally will be at least the second anti-war protest in Iqaluit since the conflict started.

On Nov. 4, approximately 30 people marched to the legislature carrying signs calling for a ceasefire to end what organizer Jennifer Lane called a “real-time genocide of an oppressed people.”

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RCMP say a man was stabbed in Wrigley just before midnight on December 31. A suspect has been arrested and charges are pending.

A new expert council will assess risks and provide advice to the Government of Yukon in an effort to ensure the territory's needs are considered in federal decision making about Arctic security.