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Clearing runways and a path for the future

Clearing runways and a path for the future

Christalyn Kaiyogana is Kugluktuk’s first female airport maintainer and, like her grandfather Richard Kaiyogana, she’s a heavy equipment operator.
GN ‘missed opportunity’ by not taking ownership in airlines during bailout, MLAs say

GN ‘missed opportunity’ by not taking ownership in airlines during bailout, MLAs say

The Government of Nunavut should have partial ownership in Canadian North and Calm Air after close to $100 million in government financial aid was provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to help keep the airlines in business, MLAs John Main and Adam Arreak Lightstone agreed.
Prizes, vouchers offered at Iqaluit walk-in vaccination clinic

Prizes, vouchers offered at Iqaluit walk-in vaccination clinic

Iqaluit’s total amount of active COVID-19 cases remains at nine, with no additional recoveries or new cases reported within the last few days.
Some Nunavummiut vow never to return to isolation hubs due to bad food, MLA says

Some Nunavummiut vow never to return to isolation hubs due to bad food, MLA says

Food options at the Ottawa isolation hub are so bad that some constituents have said they will never go back, no matter if their health is at stake, Uqqummiut MLA Pauloosie Keyootak said in the legislative assembly on June 1.
Indigenous Voices Awards announce 3 Inuit finalists this year

Indigenous Voices Awards announce 3 Inuit finalists this year

Over the past three years more than $70,000 has been awarded to emerging Indigenous writers
Made-in-Nunavut Mental Health Act adopted

Made-in-Nunavut Mental Health Act adopted

MLAs hailed a made-in-Nunavut Mental Health Act, passed in the legislative assembly Monday, that emphasizes Inuit-based approaches.
Virtual grad brings Nunavut Sivuniksavut students together from across the territory

Virtual grad brings Nunavut Sivuniksavut students together from across the territory

Students identify more with Inuit culture after graduation
Morley Hanson bids farewell to Nunavut Sivuniksavut

Morley Hanson bids farewell to Nunavut Sivuniksavut

Graduation day for Nunavut Sivuniksavut students has been a poignant occasion for Morley Hanson for 31 years, but on May 20 it was particularly touching because it was his last as the Inuit post-secondary program’s executive director.
Nunavut mourns 215 residential school victims found in BC

Nunavut mourns 215 residential school victims found in BC

Children’s shoes were placed both at the Nunavut Legislature and Catholic Church
Royal Bank opening outlet in Kinngait

Royal Bank opening outlet in Kinngait

The Royal Bank is opening an outlet in Kinngait, Finance Minister George Hickes announced in the legislative assembly on Monday.