Headline News - October 4, 2002

Nunavut

Report: Nunavummiut get sick more often, die younger
Want to live long and prosper? Don’t live in Nunavut

Nunavut education bill unconstitutional, lawyers say
Nunavut francophones threaten court action if Bill 1 not amended to let French community manage own education

Make Inuktitut the language of instruction, Iqaluit residents say
Leaders, parents, students tell MLAs Inuit language must be the dominant language

Prince Philip to honour 14 Iqalungmiut
Seven Inuksuk students to get Duke’s medal, seven adults to get appreciation awards

Kicking up their heels
Arctic Sport athletes prepare for performance of a lifetime

Inuksuk High School gets royal clean-up
Iqaluit’s high school a frenzy of activity this week

Nunavut leadership underwhelmed by throne speech
Liberal promises aimed at First Nations, not Inuit

Housing Corp. to fund Nanisivik study
How much would it cost to move community’s 30 houses to Arctic Bay?

What’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
Nutritionist partners with health promotion workers to launch monthly health themes

Nunavut Briefs

No pushing and shoving

Picking up the slack

Send in the kids

Language agreement signed

Flash cards unveiled

Public meetings wrap up

Fire Prevention Week begins

In The Courts

Rankin residents charged in connection with drug bust

Man accused of having sex with minor to stand trial

Iqaluit carver to stand trial for sexual assault

Chip-pinching Arctic Bay teen sentenced to 30 days

Iqaluit child molester gets house arrest

Iqaluit RCMP officer charged with domestic assault

Federal time for raping and terrorizing

Weekend sentence allows man to continue college

Verdict coming in bootlegging case

Nunavik

Makivik considers buying beluga from Nunavut
Nunavik communities may eat Nunavut muktuk this winter

Kuujjuaq police haul in drugs, guns
$8000 worth of marijuana seized

Nunavik’s MP debate proposed changes to electoral boundry
Says changes will not help aboriginal autonomy

Inukjuak searches for missing hunter
Mayor’s nephew disappeared nearly two weeks ago

Features

A young man with a horn
Acclaimed trumpeter helps Iqaluit musicians play for the Queen

Up, up and away

Iqaluit

Council drafts 20-year vision for city
General plan goes to the public for input starting Oct. 8

Ten candidates vie for council seats
Iqaluit residents head to the polls Nov. 4

General plan aims to strengthen city core
Document suggests putting all capital functions downtown

No pay? Then no water

No test, no results

Headline News - October 11, 2002

Nunavut

Rejuvenated QIA gets set for the future
New staff, new policies, a balanced budget

GN may name new Iqaluit hospital after Monarch
Facility could be called Queen Elizabeth II Nunavut Medical Centre, health minister says

Former DM seeks financial compensation from territory
Lawsuit alleges GN breached employment protocol

QIA launches social policy department
Advocating for Inuit rights and values

Duke of Edinburgh leaves his mark
Youth awards tailored to at-risk Iqaluit students

Queen bestows medal on visit coordinator
Premier's press secretary named to the Royal Victorian Order

Jury ponders sexual assault verdict
Lawyers argue whether sexual encounter was consensual

What does Nunavut's language commissioner do?
Everyone must work to protect Inuktitut, Eva Aariak says

Nunavut Briefs

GN, teachers' union reach tentative agreement

More money for Aboriginal scholars

Pond Inlet co-op considers expansion

Innovation Summit held

Commemorative coins still available

In The Courts

Crown drops two of three art fraud charges

Preliminary inquiry date set

Nunavik

Akulivik mayor asks DFO for beluga subsidy
Community wants funding to travel 130 miles to hunt in Hudson Strait

Dog slaughter petition before Parliament
Federal government has 45 days to respond

Hunters find body of missing Inukjuak man
Sad discovery ends two-week search

Early morning stabbing leaves Puvirnituq man dead

Features

Queen blesses her newest territory
"Your land is indeed your strength"

Iqaluit

City to create social services information centre
Centre would direct residents to services that are often hard to find

City releases report on smoking
Businesses, residents agree to ban smoking in areas where children are allowed

Protect traditional Inuit lands, elders say
Residents fear Iqaluit is becoming too much of an urban centre

Joamie an advocate for Inuit, homeowners
Candidate born and raised in Iqaluit

Business-minded Gillis is pro-development
Candidate was the first to enter her name in the race

WWII veteran has taken the homeless into her home
Retired 79-year-old says she has the time to be a city councillor

Around Iqaluit

Dorset prints for sale

Headline News - October 18, 2002

Nunavut

Kivalliq firm puts on gala PR night for cancer clinic
Evening of hope? Or evening of hype?

Horne victims win $21.5 million from territorial governments
Lawyer praises GN, GNWT for "sincere desire to resolve the issue"

Greenland voters head to the polls Dec. 3
Election could change balance of political power

Nunavummiut call for more federal money at industry talk-fest
Ottawa’s Innovation Strategy "irrelevant," leaders say

Think-tank predicts short-term decline in mining
Drop offers opportunity to reorganize Nunavut industries, economist says

Funding delays may force closure of Iqaluit public Internet site
No money to pay youth employees

Jury finds man guilty of sexual assault
Offered victim $130 for sex, court hears

Nunavut Briefs

Officers could face dismissal

Pond Inlet elder honoured

Calm Air and union resume negotiations

Help prevent suicide, Anawak tells elders

Weather delays autopsy after sudden death in Resolute Bay

In The Courts

Man accused in stabbing to appear in November

Personality profile ordered in murder case

Young offender back in town

Cambridge Bay man convicted of preying on sleeping women

Warrant issued after man misses court date

Nunavik

Kuujjuaq may take construction company to court
Mayor threatens to withhold payment because of delays

Nunavik book launches Arctic series
Chronicles development of Kativik School Board

Features

A hard lesson in ceramics
Pottery exhibit aimed at linking art and the real world

Putting young minds to work
Kids at Nakasuk School in Iqaluit discover the rewards of creativity and inventiveness

Iqaluit

Families fear city may move their homes during redevelopment
Iqaluit Housing Authority has discussed idea, but no decision has been made, manager Says

Opinionated Billard wants to put his ideas to work
Architect has municipal politics in his blood

Candidate wants to restore sense of community
Nomination marks Bragard’s first foray into city politics

"Bingo guy" takes a stab at local council
Wildlife officer offers a common-sense approach

Headline News - October 25, 2002

Nunavut

Traditional family declining in Nunavut
Statistics Canada finds most Nunavut families led by common-law or single parents

Picco orders review of Rankin Inlet cancer clinic scheme
Piruqsaijiit proposal might violate Canada Health Act

NTI postpones debate on assignment rights
Land claims organization asked to clear up confusion

Igaliqtuuq crew spots record number of bowhead whales
Clyde River students being trained to collect data

Study draws attention to chemicals in country food
WWF to study toxin levels in Arctic wildlife

Baffin beneficiaries go the polls Dec. 9
Nominations open for QIA president, vice-president, and nine community directors

Arctic "Cowboy" guilty of torching Iqaluit apartment
Fire was revenge for stolen booze

Nunavut Briefs

Jurassic Park, Alaska?

How to win an RFP

Even moderate drinking will damage fetus

Inquest set for 2003

Resolute man died of bacterial infection

Jilted telehealth firm sues the GN

Pauktuutit elections in November

In The Courts

Break-in spree may lead to justice committee

From trafficking to possession

Young offender banned from youth centre

Taxi driver convicted of bootlegging

Technicality keeps sex offender out of jail

Judge pokes at Nunavut’s black eye

Nunavik

Nunavik leaders sign $55-million preliminary fishing deal
Okalik wants constitutional guarantee of similar rights for Nunavut

Leaders unveil Inuksuk at Quebec’s National Assembly
Meant to symbolize relationship between government and Inuit

Nunavik families buck national trends
Greatest number of single-parent families in Canada

Inukjuak chosen for site of new jail

Features

The bus stops here
Iqaluit’s trial transit system a hit with passengers

Iqaluit

Popular weight-loss program northernized for Iqaluit lifestyle
Caribou worth about three points, seal — as many as 10

City wants to fund new training programs for Inuit
Money set aside for rewriting employment strategy would instead go to training

Candidate wants to restore sense of community
Nomination marks Bragard’s first foray into city politics

Coffee talk with Elisapee Sheutiapik
Café owner has learned a lot about residents’ concerns over a morning cuppa joe

Lem ready to return to politics
One-time town councillor wants to help down-and-out youth