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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.

Children’s shoes were placed both at the Nunavut Legislature and Catholic Church

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

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.