News

Nunavut’s legislators passed the Tobacco and Smoking Act on May 28, which will ban public housing tenants from smoking in their rented homes and will prohibit the sales of flavoured vaping products, among other restrictions aimed at reducing smoking in the territory.

Daycares may reopen and schools may move to stage three

In a territory facing a desperate housing shortage, the Nunavut Housing Corporation is scaling back construction of new residences due to climbing costs of construction, Minister Margaret Nakashuk acknowledged in the legislative assembly on May 28.

Offering prizes to improve Nunavut’s COVID-19 vaccination rate would be a worthwhile endeavour, Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main said in the legislative assembly on May 28.

The Hamlet of Qikiqtarjuaq has been placed on 18 months “corporate probation” following a 2019 violation of the Nunavut Safety Act.

The discovery of 215 children’s remains in a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. is “devastating news” that leaves all Indigenous people across Canada “heartbroken and grieving” with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation community, Premier Joe Savikataaq said in a statement released Sunday afternoon.

A group of Rankin Inlet Elders got to enjoy a day of fishing and traditional lunch on the land earlier this month. The May 12 excursion was part of the hamlet’s monthly events for Elders, which are organized by the community wellness department.

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᑦᑐᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᑎᑎᑑᖅᑐᑎᑐᑦ Homeward Bound-ᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑎᑐᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕿᒻᒥᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ 70 ᑭᓛᒥᑕᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒃᑰᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᙵᐅᑉᓗᓂ.

Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak pushed for an explanation why the Government of Nunavut has not entered binding arbitration with the Nunavut Employees Union (NEU), which has been working under an expired collective agreement since September 2018.

Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone remains critical of Canadian North’s hiring practices for cargo staff, which he says target southern workers instead of Nunavummiut.