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Nunatsiaq News is the newspaper of record for Nunavut and the Nunavik territory of Quebec. It has been published since 1975.
Reaching 39 eastern Arctic communities and 70,000 readers a week through its website at nunatsiaq.com, e-edition, and print newspaper, Nunatsiaq News continues to grow its readership.
Our editorial team offers credible, in-depth, award-winning journalism, drawing readers from northern and southern Canada and around the world.
Nunatsiaq News publishes daily at nunatsiaq.com.
The print issue is published every Friday, in English and Inuktitut, and is distributed around Nunavut and Nunavik, as well as southern Canada.
Nunatsiaq News is owned by Nortext Publishing Corp., which maintains offices in Iqaluit and Ottawa:
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News - 8 October 2020
Coun. Malaiya Lucassie, a member of Iqaluit city council, has apologized on Facebook for comments she directed toward the Black Lives Matters movement. (Facebook photo)
Iqaluit city councillor Malaiya Lucassie apologizes for BLM remarks
“I in no way meant to take away from the BLM movement”
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/iqaluit-city-councillor-malaiya-lucassie-apologizes-for-blm-remarks/
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News - 8 October 2020
Aivilik MLA Patterk Netser says he’ll let Nunavut MLAs decide whether he should be removed from cabinet. (File photo)
Patterk Netser will let Nunavut MLAs decide his political future
“I was practicing my inherent right to express my views under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/patterk-netser-will-let-nunavut-mlas-decide-his-political-future/
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News - 8 October 2020
The courthouse in Puvirnituq. The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a two-year sentence delivered to an offender in a Nunavik domestic assault case, issuing a steeper penalty to the perpetrator in order to better protect the victim and discourage further violence. (File photo)
Landmark appeal court ruling in Nunavik assault case highlights need to protect Indigenous women from violence
Quebec Court of Appeal overturns two-year sentence in favour of better protection for Inuk woman victim
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/landmark-appeal-court-ruling-in-nunavik-assault-case-highlights-need-to-protect-indigenous-women-from-violence/
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News - 9 October 2020
The Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau is leading a wider, more co-ordinated effort to tackle bedbug infestations in its units, starting in Kuujjuaq this week and then in Hudson coast communities later this month. (File photo)
Nunavik housing agency takes aim at bedbug infestations
“Tenants became really emotional and stressed out”
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunavik-housing-agency-takes-aim-at-bedbug-infestations/
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News - 9 October 2020
Increased access to COVID-19 testing and improved turnaround times for tests have allowed Nunavut to relax restrictions, paving the way for after-school activities, new recreational opportunities and Halloween festivities, said Dr. Michael Patterson, the territory’s chief public health officer, during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 8. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Halloween a “go” for Nunavut
Recommendations and guidelines in place to reduce the risk of spreading a virus
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/halloween-a-go-for-nunavut/
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Featured Photo 9 October 2020
Swing time
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo of a boy swinging at what she says is “the world’s best playground: outside!” at the Range neighbourhood of Kuujjuaq on Sept. 26. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/swing-time/
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News - 9 October 2020
This sign posted last November on the Kitnuna Corp. building in Cambridge Bay provided official public notice that Kitnuna Petroleum Ltd. and Kitnuna Projects Inc. had declared bankruptcy. Little information on the bankruptcies came to light at the Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s annual general meeting this week in Cambridge Bay. (File photo)
Kitikmeot Corp. offers no financial information at Inuit association’s annual meeting
Update on 2019 Kitnuna bankruptcies leaves creditor aghast
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/kitikmeot-corp-offers-no-financial-information-at-inuit-associations-annual-meeting/
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News - 9 October 2020
Passengers wait to board a flight from Montreal to Kuujjuaq in 2015. The Nunavik health board says all travellers to Nunavik must now be screened twice: before they depart and seven days after they arrive in Nunavik. (File photo)
Travelling to Nunavik? You’ll now need two COVID-19 tests
“South-North travel restrictions may be reinstated,” health board warns, if cases grow
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/travelling-to-nunavik-youll-now-need-two-covid-19-tests/
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News - 9 October 2020
Nunavik schools are open, but Kativik Ilisarniliriniq says the school board is still trying to fill a number of positions. (File photo)
Nunavik’s schools are open, but school board faces staffing shortages
“It’s something we haven’t experienced before. We’re preparing as we go”
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunaviks-schools-are-open-but-school-board-faces-staffing-shortages/
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News - 8 October 2020
Updated: Power outage in stormy Nunavut community sends many to emergency shelters
Qulliq Energy Corp. restores power to all customers in Sanirajak (formerly known as Hall Beach)
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/power-outage-in-stormy-nunavut-community-sends-many-to-emergency-shelters/
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News - 7 October 2020
Eva Kudluk, 16, was last seen on Friday, Oct. 2, in the Dorval area. Anyone with information that could help locate her is asked to call 911, contact Info-Crime-Montréal at 514-393-1133, or contact police online at the Info-Crime-Montréal website. (Image courtesy of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal)
Montreal police want help locating missing Inuk teen
Eva Kudluk, 16, last seen in the Dorval area
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/montreal-police-want-help-locating-missing-inuk-teen/
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Featured Photo - 7 October 2020
Collecting kimminait
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo while picking berries on Sept. 27 in Quurngualuk, a hunting camp about an hour from Kuujjuaq. The berries are known as lingonberries, partridgeberries, mountain cranberries, or in Inuktitut, kimminait. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/collecting-kimminait/
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News - 7 October 2020
“We are aware of the issue and working urgently towards a permanent solution,” Tamaani said this week about the outages and spotty bandwidth in Nunavik this fall. (Image courtesy of the Kativik Regional Government)
Nunavik’s main internet provider says it’s looking to solve outages
“It’s ridiculous how it is 2020 and we still don’t have a good internet connection”
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunaviks-main-internet-provider-says-its-looking-to-solve-outages/
