Headline News - April 4, 2003

Nunavut

Smear campaign tainted vote, candidate alleges
Aatami wins Makivik presidency by a landslide

New wildlife bill built on Inuktitut principles
Tenets of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit would guide application of proposed law

IQ in action

Resolute mayor made "honest error," court finds
Judge says Aziz Kheraj made a technical breach

Filmmaker shares knowledge and love of storytelling
Zacharias Kunuk tells workshop participants to dream and be creative

Nunavut Sivuniksavut to provide second year of training
Students will have choices and support while taking college and university courses

Spiritual leader comes North on world tour
Guru revered in India, followers say

Nunavik
Mining litter a blemish on Nunavik
Could cost millions to clean up

Nunavimmiut press Cauchon on gun control

Ottawa to invest $2 million to get Nunavik online
Cash will cover almost half the cost of project

Features
It must be puppy love
President of the Iqaluit Humane Society is taking animal’s lives into her own hands

Iqaluit
Community garden proposal to germinate in spring
Organizers eager to push the little daisies and make them come up

Major renovations for Iqaluit Housing Authority
Minister appoints seven new directors

An early Christmas present
Children’s author Michael Kusugak in Iqaluit to film Christmas special

Francophone Association angry MLAs killed Bill 1

Headline News - April 11, 2003

Nunavut
MLA opposes gay and lesbian rights in Nunavut

Iqaluit woman sent to BCC on remand order

Okalik shuffles cabinet, civil service

Sustainable development launches major retrofit

Nunavut on SARS awareness alert

Danish, Greenlandic officials wrangle over Thule upgrade

Around Nunavut

In the Courts

Nunavik
Provincial candidates support Nunavik riding

Many jobs for qualified Inuit, Arjuuk director says

Comments did not taint vote, Aatami says

Features
Young researchers cut through smoke and mirrors

A family affair

Toonik Tyme takes off

Iqaluit
Iqaluit sewage plant debacle spreads south

Changes down the road?

Traffic congestion biting into lunch time

Around Iqaluit

Arctic
Greenland MPs support higher wages

Canada-Norway firm mines gold in Greenland

Iceland's whaling plans provoke internal dispute

Headline News - April 18, 2003

Nunavut
Offensive material removed from Iqaluit schools

Iqaluit man awaits sentence for vicious wife-beating

Rankin Inlet firm joins forces with service-industry giant

Sodexho's overseas scandal

Demand high for broadband service, corporation says

Baffin youth, elders to gather in Cape Dorset

Around Nunavut

In the Courts

Nunavik
Honeymoon over for Nunavik and PQ

Health board praises results of smoking contest

No federal seat for Nunavik

Kuujjuaq wins Toonik Tyme hockey tournament

Features
The Tyme has come
Iqaluit spring festival melds traditional and contemporary ways

Fear was not a factor
Blood and guts gets Iqaluit man a trip to the Caribbean

Shoot first, brag later
Nunavut cadets take aim at national competition in Iqaluit

Iqaluit
Customers blow smoke rings around bylaw
Many continue to light up despite new regulation

Theatre group shines spotlight on emotional healing
Performance to coincide with suicide workshop

Headline News - April 25, 2003

Nunavut
Funding glitch threatens Inuit studies program

Toronto doctor held in isolation in SARS scare

Iqaluit woman gets three years for killing lover

Nunavik
New program to improve public housing system

Provincial ballot discriminates, Salluit resident says

Features
Greenland centre seeks Canadian, Alaskan performers

No fame, no fortune, no problem

Iqaluit
IDEA recruits parents in fight for standardized testing

Lack of water hampers Iqaluit firefighters

Around Iqaluit

Arctic
UArctic gets more Canadian dollars

Global warming could keep eastern Arctic cool

Alaskan whalebones find home in England