Baffin Island

• Nunavut hamlet fighting COVID-19 and tuberculosis at same time

  The mayor of Pangnirtung says the COVID-19 case quickly became his biggest concern.

  Health

  Jan 16, 2022
  
• Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Baffin Island community

  Nunavut's chief public health officer says there has recently been an increase in cases in Pangnirtung, where about 1,500 people live.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2021
  
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• 2 COVID-19 variant cases in Waterloo Region connected with outbreak at Nunavut mine

  Waterloo Public Health issued a warning over the weekend to anyone who may have come been at the Mary River mine site in Nunavut since April 30.

  Canada

  May 31, 2021
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• Nunavut reports 2 presumptive coronavirus cases

  The territory is the only jurisdiction in Canada without a confirmed COVID-19 case. Nunavut's top doctor says two people are asymptomatic and are in isolation.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2020
• Trudeau visits Canadian Far North to promote fight against climate change

  Trudeau plans to announce the creation of a new marine protected area near Arctic Bay -- an Inuit hamlet on the northwest corner of Baffin Island.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2019
• Facebook is looking for Inuktut speakers to help translate its website

  Facebook is asking Inuktut speakers for their help in translating the social networking site into the language of the North.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2018
• Year in Review: The Top Videos of 2017, part one

  From the touching to the tragic, the uplifting to the impossible, these are the most watched videos from Global News over the past year.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2017
• Shell Canada donates Arctic energy permits to create third national marine protected area

  The 30 legally-questionable permits are being given to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which will in turn hand them to the federal government in order to create a national marine protected area.

  Environment

  Jun 8, 2016
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• ‘I built an igloo with a small knife’: Nunavut MLA survives 8 days lost on tundra

  Lost on the tundra and low on fuel, Pauloosie Keeyootak knew there was only one thing he could do to keep himself, his son and his nephew alive.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2016
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• Calgarian leads all-woman group to be 1st to snorkel the Northwest Passage

  Susan Eaton is a Calgary geologist who is now training for an Arctic adventure that's never been tried before.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2016