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Pond Inlet mayor pitches plan to end Mary River blockade

... to the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq, among... to be approved, and the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s hearing......
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Baffinland critics question company’s regard for Inuit traditional knowledge

... the second day of a Nunavut Impact Review Board hearing... “Does Baffinland understand that proper incorporation of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is a requirement of the Nunavut Impact Review Board, not......
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Deeply disturbing: Nunavut internet still slower, more costly than rest of country

... to his phone, she said. Nunavut s internet problems aren... importance to remote communities in Nunavut. The situation has sadly... interview. A report commissioned by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the...
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‘Deeply disturbing:’ Nunavut internet still slower, more costly than rest of country

... to his phone, ” she said. Nunavut’s internet problems aren’t new, ... importance to remote communities in Nunavut. The situation has sadly... interview. A report commissioned by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the...
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‘Hardship is not a new thing:’ Nunavut fights COVID-19 as cases continue to rise

... been just over two weeks since Nunavut declared its first case... so quickly in the territory. Nunavut is home to about... Arviat North and Whale Cove in Nunavut’s legislative assembly,...
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Nunavut struggles to contain coronavirus as cases rise: ‘Hardship is not a new thing’

Larger font Increase article font size A+.. been just over two weeks since Nunavut  declared its first case... so quickly in the territory. Nunavut is home to about 39, 000... represents...
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‘Hardship is not a new thing’: Nunavut fights COVID-19 as cases continue to rise

... been just over two weeks since Nunavut declared its first case... so quickly in the territory. Nunavut is home to about... Arviat North and Whale Cove in Nunavut’s legislative assembly,...
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Infrastructure in Nunavut far behind that in most of Canada: report

IQALUIT, NUNAVUT Health... internet access for Inuit in Nunavut all lag far behind... 300 page document was commissioned by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the land claim organization that... the...
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Justin Trudeau stages virtual tour of Canada’s three territories

... three territories on Thursday. This included a meeting with people... been getting attention from Ottawa, including a funding announcement made... of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. “Having...
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Baffinland mine expansion threatens Inuit culture, North Baffin leaders say

... depend upon. Baffinland wants to increase the mine’s annual output... meetings, as part of the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s environmental... answer outstanding questions about how increased activity in the...
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Change required in Official Languages Act: Inuktut thriving, yet English remains language of public services in Nunavut

... of essential public services in Nunavut. The president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is also targeting the... was adopted in 1969 and since then, says Kotierk, the political landscape has...
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Trudeau apologizes for government’s past mistreatment of Inuit with tuberculosis

... relatives were stricken with TB, including his mother, sisters and... some reporters who travelled to Nunavut to cover the apology... from their culture and language. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., a...
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‘These wrongs will never fade’: Trudeau apologizes for mistreatment of Inuit during TB epidemics

... visit to the capital of Nunavut a day later than... better part of two years, since Trudeau signed an Inuit Crown partnership agreement in 2017. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., a representative...
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Storm keeps Trudeau from landing in Iqaluit for apology to Inuit

... better part of two years since Trudeau signed an Inuit Crown partnership agreement in 2017. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the organization that speaks for Inuit in Nunavut, has said it wants......
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Trudeau’s apology to Inuit in Iqaluit delayed over winter storm

... better part of two years since Trudeau signed an Inuit Crown partnership agreement in 2017. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the organization that speaks for Inuit in Nunavut, has said it wants......
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In Iqaluit, Trudeau to apologize for federal mistreatment of TB-infected Inuit

... 2008 when a family in Nunavut reached out in hopes... taken south for TB treatment. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the organization that speaks for Inuit in Nunavut, contacted the federal...
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Trudeau to apologize for Ottawa’s mistreatment of Inuit during TB epidemics

... 2008 when a family in Nunavut reached out in hopes... taken south for TB treatment. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the organization that speaks for Inuit in Nunavut, contacted the federal...
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Draft plan says Nunavut has too many polar bears and climate change isn’t affecting them

... polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn’t... that growing bear numbers are increasingly jeopardizing public safety and... species, suggest that in many Nunavut communities, the polar...
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Nunavut polar bear numbers unsafe, according to draft plan

... polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn’t... that growing bear numbers are increasingly jeopardizing public safety and... species, suggest that in many Nunavut communities, the polar...
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Longtime Inuit politician Paul Quassa chosen as new premier of Nunavut

... “I am honoured to lead Nunavut and guide our shared... counterparts across the country.” Under Nunavut’s consensus style government, the premier... has been a member of Nunavut’s Legislative Assembly since...