Nunavut

Waiting for an apology in the Far North

Anthony Jenkins/The Globe and Mail In 1953, Ottawa began to relocate Inuit families in the Arctic. The toll continues Ask Elizabeth Roberts what her life was like growing up in Resolute when she was a little girl named...

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Canada to hold G-7 meeting in Iqaluit close to Arctic Circle in Feb.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday the government will hold a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven industrial countries in Iqaluit close to the Arctic Circle on Feb....

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Air Canada service to tiny northern village touches off Arctic brouhaha

Like this story? Yet that's what seems to be playing out in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where Air Canada's Jazz unit announced it plans to add service to the territorial capital of Iqaluit – a village on Baffin Island,...

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Fishing boats rest on the shore of Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, ...

Fishing boats rest on the shore of Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, in 2002. Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's seven richest countries will meet in the Canadian Arctic in February, ahead of the...

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Next meeting of G7 finance ministers and central banker to be in Iqaluit

OTTAWA - The next meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in February will be held in Iqaluit, Nunavut, the federal government said Wednesday. The meeting in one of several high-...

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President won't shed light on Pauktuutit shakeup

The new president of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada says she won't go into details about why the organization removed Rhoda Innuksuk as its president this week. Elisapee Sheutiapik, the mayor of Iqaluit, was chosen as...

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Nunavut Mountie murder trial date set

The first-degree murder trial of Pingoatuk Kolola, seen being escorted into court on November 2007, will begin in late February in Iqaluit. (CBC) The murder trial of a man accused of gunning down an RCMP officer in Kimmirut,...

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Parliamentary restaurant to serve seal meat

JASON RANSOM, PMO HANDOUT/REUTERS OTTAWA – Governor General Michaelle Jean declared it to be "absolutely delicious." Members of Parliament and Senators will soon be able to decide for themselves when seal meat, that most...

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On The Plane – Headed North

Am making a quick run to Iqaluit today to take in a couple of my sons hockey games later this afternoon, watch the torch run, attend the related community celebrations, and hang out with friends for a few days. As always, I...

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Crown, defence rest in trial of man charged with killing RCMP officer

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The defence lawyer for an Alberta man charged with fatally shooting an RCMP officer in Hay River, N.W.T., has wrapped up her case. The jury has heard from three people who were involved in a re-enactment of...

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