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Nunavut elder builds traditional sod house, as researchers uncover others from the past
The Kitikmeot Heritage Society is working with archaeologists to excavate sod houses near Cambridge Bay – and collect elders' testimonies. Inuit lived in those dwellings, even in the harshest of winters, for thousands of years.
3 decades later, survivor of Nunavut boating tragedy reflects on healing power of dialogue
Abraham Oolalaaq said he sought guidance from an elder to help him process the grief of losing seven of his family in a boating tragedy in 1991. Now, he himself has become an elder who helps others with their struggles.
No criminal charges in 2023 death of woman in Nunavik police custody
Quebec's Crown prosecutors are not pressing charges against the Nunavik Police Service (NPS) in relation to the death of a woman in a holding cell in Inukjuak in 2023.
Number of justices of the peace declining in Nunavut
The number of justices of the peace (JPs) in Nunavut has gone down by 40 per cent since 2016, according to numbers from the territory's justice department.
Lack of housing for builders delays construction of new daycare in Sanirajak, Nunavut
Roger Beaudry, chief economic development officer for Sanirajak, Nunavut, calls it the "biggest infrastructure project since the 1990s" in his community — but construction on the new daycare facility has been hampered by a local housing shortage.
Cumulative effects of fuel spills in Nunavut and N.W.T. not being well tracked, experts say
Environmental experts are worried the cumulative effects of gas, oil and fuel spills aren't being adequately tracked in parts of the North. Last year, Nunavut and N.W.T. together recorded hundreds of contaminant spills, some of them small and others in the thousands of litres.
'I don't want anybody else to experience this,' says father of Iqaluit woman who died on Boxing Day
Kingwatsiak Kingwatsiak is still hoping for answers about how his daughter, 20-year-old Elisapi Naluiyuk, died.
Belgian completes years-long journey from Nunavut to Argentina with no fossil fuels
Arnaud Maldague has finished his nearly seven-year-long adventure of skiing, cycling, horseback riding, hiking, kayaking and sailing through the Americas. Some of those sports he was trying for the first time on the expedition.
Artists could soon get royalties when their work is resold. Inuit artists think it's a good idea.
Visual artists could soon get a portion of the proceeds from their work when they’re resold. But those in the Inuit art scene have reservations about how that'll work in the north.
Contaminated soil from Pond Inlet diesel spill to stay put
7,000 litres of diesel leaked out of a damaged 950-metre pipe earlier this year according to Nunavut's Petroleum Products Division (PPD). Roughly 50 cubic metres of contaminated soil can't be removed to preserve the structural integrity of the pipeline.