Headline News - March 7, 2003

Nunavut
Contaminant research program will die March 31
POPs have "subtle effects" on infants, Nunavik study shows

Anawak's future in cabinet lies with fellow MLAs
Rankin Inlet MLA faces non-confidence vote in legislature

NTI to review regional development corporations
QIA reps abstain from vote after heated discussion

NTI can't afford cash payouts for beneficiaries
$7.5 million to give each Inuk $500

Land claims organization shops for bowhead gun
Problems in Hall Beach hunt spur search for new weapon

Gjoa Haven hunters want polar bear study studied
HTA wants to be sure science was done properly

Cambridge Bay commercial muskox harvest on hold
>Group calls for analysis of hunt's potential

Air Labrador swoops in on Iqaluit
New airline descends on eastern seaboard market

Around Nunavut
Forces members lost and found

Winter weather stats up and down

Fueling the fire

Nunavik
Harricana ends in disaster for Kuujjuaq team
Team manager suffers cracked vertebrae, broken ankle

Public works warns of road-paving delays
Director says delays necessary for long-term success

KRG puts off vote on new-government agreement
Unable to reach decision at regional council meeting

Numbers triple at second Inuit smoking counsellor workshop

Popert runs for Makivik presidency

Features
Leaps of faith
Members of Iqaluit's gymnastics club spring forward to new heights

Josiah Kadlutsiak honoured for long service

Iqaluit
NCC plans to build four new buildings

Alberta has no deal with Nunavut, spokesperson says

All aboard!

Kamotiq Inn re-opens but faces charges

WCB wants to ban smoking in all workplaces

Arctic
U.S., Norway, Russia to get rid of Arctic waste

Greenland teachers criticize new school policy

Iceland: Another Banana Republic

Cops in Northern Sweden accused of ignoring sex trade

Bering Sea community deals with wave of suicides

Headline News - March 14, 2003

Nunavut
MLAs vote to remove Anawak from cabinet
"When the Premier wants to get something he doesn’t act like an Inuk," former minister says

GN eats up last of its surplus in pre-election budget
Spending growth outstrips revenues

Budget highlights
GN holds line on programs, spends on capital projects

GN awards sealift contracts to NEAS, NSSI
Thirty-one per cent cheaper to ship Kivalliq dry cargo from Montreal

NTI presses GN for info on NNI policy
Contract data not forthcoming

GN lawyer files motion for dismissal in Ell case
Jerry Ell vows to pursue suit after his lawyer drops the case

Canada Council spends $48,000 on Inuit art
Thirty-nine pieces will become part of art bank collection

A new take on "women’s work"
Iqaluit exhibition features work by 24 women photographers

Nunavut women celebrate International Women’s Day
March for peace in Iqaluit, volunteer recognition in Pangnirtung

Around Nunavut
Nunavut shoots for the top

Murdered woman’s body flown south for autopsy

Baker Lake to host spring legislative assembly session

In The Courts
Former cabbie launches appeal

Nanulik MLA back in court

Iqaluit man acquitted of assault

Trial date set in child porn case

Nunavik
Study tracks effects of contaminants in Nunavik infants
Omega-3 fatty acids counteract effects of pollutants

Provincial election delays framework ratification
Nunavik heads to polls Apr. 14

Inuit youth need government support, Saputiit president says
Inukjuak hosts national elders and youth conference

POV man suffers smashed head after drunken brawl
A weekend of violence in Nunavik

KRPF seize $30,000 in drug profits

FCNQ wins provincial award

Features
Joshua’s journey of self-discovery
Iqaluit youth crosses Canada with Katimavik program

Memories to last a lifetime
Terry Fox students make what may be their last class trip

Iqaluit
Second-hand smoke kills, Ottawa woman says
Lung cancer sufferer encourages anti-smoking legislation

Iqaluit HTA to build shelters along Pangnirtung trail
City helps with $9,000 grant

Council designates future "outdoor heart of the community"
Details regarding Nunavut Square haven’t been worked out

Accused Iqaluit thieves held in custody

It was no jolt

Arctic
Danish foreign minister receives death threat

Flights to Canada from Greenland?

Winter rains may be no good for reindeer

Iceland gives green light to Alcan

Study assesses oil impacts on North Slope

Headline News - March 21, 2003

Nunavut
French DEA reopens debate on Bill 1
Education bill still in violation of the Charter, chair says

ATAC warns air industry could go down in flames
Rising security costs and the possibility of war threatens industry

ITK warns of privacy issues in NIHB consent forms
Forms released to Inuit communities ahead of schedule

No final decision on PPD transfer, Okalik says
Anawak soldiers on in quest for answers on job move

More fish, please
Nunavut remains in the pocket of southern companies under existing quota system, industry insiders say

The facts on fish

CD-ROM offers students a glimpse into ancient past
Inuit pre-history laid out in an interactive fashion

Around Nunavut
Edmonton declares "Kiviaq Day"

NTI updates enrollment procedures

Current affairs figure at Nuuk’s Snow festival

NTI dumps on GN budget

Federal committee seeks opinions on same-sex unions

New funding keeps food mail rates stable

Inmates give back to communities

MLAs set election date for February 2004

Nunavik
Self-government, jobs the issue in Makivik election
Nunavik beneficiaries head to the polls March 28

Money talks in drug arrests
Police, Quaqtaq council use rewards to lure drug tips

Low education plagues promising job market
Few Nunavimmiut can take advantage of opportunities

Cloaked in success
Makivik subsidiary Nunavik Creations uses e-commerce to sell original clothing and other Nunavik products

Features
A reason to celebrate
Pangnirtung printmakers look back on 30 years of art

Hands-on training
The Cape Dorset printshop needs younger artists to carry on the artistic traditions born in the community nearly 50 years ago

Iqaluit
Sunshine and Toonik Tyme
Annual festival fast approaching

Cut consumers a break, NTI says
Cathy Towtongie campaigns to reduce cost of basic life essentials

Iqaluit welcomes circumpolar suicide workshop
GN-funded workshop evaluates available programs

Arctic
Court upholds native name-ban in school sports

Icelandic couch potatoes?

Headline News - March 28, 2003

Nunavut
Police charge Iqaluit man with girl’s murder
RCMP confident they have right suspect this time

MLAs euthanize ailing education bill
GN policy wonks to start all over again

"It should be in the Education Act"

Tobacco bill would enforce total smoking ban in two years
No more plastic pipes, candy cigarettes

A breath of fresh air
Baffin Regional Hospital receives new pediatric ventilator

FAS offender need special help, justice experts say
Prison inmates with FAS require constant "hand-holding"

Verdict to decide Arvaluk’s political future
Former education minister awaits verdict on charge of assault causing bodily harm

Nunavut’s battle with tuberculosis far from over
On World TB day, no one should have to deal with the infectious disease

Anti-war protests dot the circumpolar world
Iceland, Denmark support war, Greenland government opposes it

Do you know this woman?

In The Legislative Assembly

MLAs decide not to select new cabinet minister

Picco opposes standardized testing

CLEY moves forward on IQ

Too much politicking, not enough fun

Kattuk waffles on heating fuel issue

Assembly to sit in Baker Lake in June

Ng to serve as lead minister in GN, NEU negotiations

MLA proposes creation of suicide task force

Nunavik
Charlie Watt Jr. triumphant in Ivakkak race
Wins Inuit-style dogsled challenge by five-minute margin

Dogged determination
Racer hopes to beat seventh-place finish next year

Quebec offers $17.6 million in home-building subsidies
Aspiring homeowners await details

Features
Letting their hair down
Nunavut MLAs get their locks lopped off at the hands of Arctic College’s first hairdressing graduates

Iqaluit
New chief in Iqaluit’s CAO chair
Big job lies ahead for Ian Fremantle

Mayor launches attack on "power drinking"
Committee to provide education about the harmful effects of alcohol binges

City wants a solution to growing waste disposal problems
Council to raise the issue at upcoming NAM conference

Big money riding on Snow Challenge 2003

How the walrus got his tusk back
Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre gets a facelift

Drawing from the past

Arctic
Greenlandic musician gets promotional boost

Finns travel to Magnetic North Pole

Rush construction at Alaska’s NMD site

Greenland cancels Ice Golf Championship