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Air India passengers get lift from air force after bomb scare forces Nunavut landing
A passenger holds a phone in their hand as an Air India aircraft taxis to a de-icing area prior to departure at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Canadian Armed Forces to air lift stranded Air India passengers from Iqaluit to Chicago
An Air India flight made an emergency landing this morning in Nunavut following a security threat posted online. An airplane takes off from the Iqaluit airport on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Minister says Canadian Forces to help stranded Air India passengers in Iqaluit
An Air India flight made an emergency landing this morning in Nunavut following a security threat posted online. An airplane takes off from the Iqaluit airport on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Iqaluit, Nunavut. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
opinion
Finding graves is not enough - Inuit survivors of TB sanatoriums need healing journeys
Naomi Tatty
canada
Nunavut RCMP say man charged in 1986 death of girl served time for two other murders
Reporters and their microphones surround Elisapee Sheutiapik, former mayor of Iqaluit, as she holds a photo of Mary Ann Birmingham, who was 15 when she was murdered in Iqaluit in 1986, at the National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Cold case arrest: Nunavut RCMP charge man with murder in 1986 death of teenage girl
RCMP police car.
life
After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization
The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against RSV to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that Dr. Anna Banerji (pictured) has been advocating for decades. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Anna Banerji
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Polar bears kill worker in attack off Baffin Island in Nunavut
Polar bear Baffin is shown in this December 2023 handout photo. The results of a necropsy are expected to be announced July 23 after the death of a polar bear in Calgary. The Wilder Institute and the Calgary Zoo says seven-year-old Baffin did not resurface from a pool after playing with another polar bear on July 19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo
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Fuel spill sparks evacuation worries for Nunavut community
A gasoline fuel spill in Nunavut prompted what some locals and officials characterized as an evacuation. Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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‘Egregious exploitation’: Toronto woman sentenced to 3 years for Inuit identity fraud
A Nunavut judge has sentenced a non-Indigenous women who pleaded guilty to a case of Inuit identity fraud to three years in prison. Nunavut's territorial flag flies in Ottawa, Tuesday June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Priest accused of sex assaults against children in Nunavut dies
MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq holds a photo of Johannes Rivoire during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, July 8, 2021. The Oblates of Mary Immaculate says Rivoire, a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut, has died after a long illness.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Nunavut celebrates 25th anniversary with optimism but also housing concerns
The creation of Nunavut was part of a land claim settlement and was the first major change to Canada’s map since Newfoundland and Labrador joined Confederation in 1949. The interim legislature of Nunavut is seen during the swearing in ceremony for members of the legislature on the day of the creation of the territory, in Iqaluit, Nunavut Thursday, April.1, 1999. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kevin Frayer</p>
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‘Surreal is the word’: Iqaluit newspaper staff cover fire in their own building
The building that houses Nunatsiaq News in Iqaluit was destroyed by fire Tuesday as shown in this handout photo provided by the newspaper. The outlet's managing editor says nobody was injured and the weekly paper will still go out as planned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nunatsiaq News-Dave Lochead **MANDATORY CREDIT**
property report
A way forward for Iqaluit architecture
culture
The long drive north to Nunavut
At the entrance to Chisasibi.
canada
Ottawa, Nunavut sign $36-million deal to improve health-care services in territory
Minister of Health Mark Holland speaks about new national pharmacare legislation during a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Nunavut and the federal government are spending nearly $36 million to improve regional health-care access in the territory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
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French priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut will not be dismissed from Oblates
Pope Francis leaves after bestowing the traditional Sunday noon blessing to the faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican for the Angelus prayer, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024.&nbsp;A French priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut will be allowed to remain a member of the Oblates congregation after leadership in Rome ruled against his dismissal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gregorio Borgia
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Ottawa, Nunavut sign agreement to transfer powers to territory
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Nunavut asks Ottawa for $250 million to help alleviate housing shortage
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Executive director of Inuit counselling program in Nunavut charged with sexual assault
An aerial view of Clyde River, Nunavut on May 15, 2022.