Iqaluit

• Nunavut confirms 1st COVID-19 case in Iqaluit, orders closures in capital city

  As of 7 a.m. Thursday, all non-essential businesses, government offices and schools in Iqaluit must close and indoor gatherings are limited to a household plus five people.

  Health

  Apr 14
• Annual Iqaluit walrus hunt sees community share meat, tradition

  "It's very nice to pass down the knowledge to the next generation that will be doing this in the future," said Joshua Mike, who was on the hunt with his son.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2020
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• Watchdog finds RCMP in Iqaluit not following strip-search policies

  A report released this week by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP found that officers in Iqaluit did not properly understand the strip-search policy and lacked guidance from supervisors.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2020
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• Quebec City researchers say microscopic organism from Nunavut could treat malaria

  Quebec City researchers have found a microscopic organism in Canada's north that could treat malaria.

  Science

  Aug 4, 2020
• Government of Nunavut falls victim to ransomware attack

  In a tweet posted Saturday night, Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq said the government's  IT system had been hacked "early this morning" by a "virus" that had "targeted public services."

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2019
• Trudeau allocates new funds for Iqaluit housing as crisis takes toll on homeless

  The funding will provide $290 million over eight years to "protect, renew and expand" social and community housing, as well as repair and build affordable homes across the territory.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2019
• Senate committee calls recommendations in Arctic report a ‘wake up call’

  The report includes 30 recommendations on everything from funding better education for northerners to building housing fit for a changing climate.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2019
• This is the blizzard that kept Justin Trudeau out of Iqaluit

  With a perfect political storm threatening to engulf his government in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set off to Iqaluit on Thursday — only to be denied by a severe winter storm in the Arctic city. 

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2019
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• Trudeau to apologize for Ottawa’s mistreatment of Inuit during TB epidemics

  The federal government is planning to open up a database of more than 9,000 files to allow Inuit families to learn about relatives lost during the tuberculosis outbreaks of the mid-20th century.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2019
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• Draft plan says Nunavut has too many polar bears and climate change isn’t affecting them

  There are too many polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn't yet affected any of them, says a draft management plan from the territorial government that contradicts much of conventional scientific thinking.

  Canada

  Nov 12, 2018