Publication: Nunatsiaq News

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Exposure to suicide makes youth more suicidal: new research study

Researchers recommend school- and community-wide prevention programsNUNATSIAQ NEWSNew research from two public health researchers suggests that suicide may be contagious, particularly among children aged 12 and 13, and that school or community-wide suicide ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Suicide, Interference, Suicide Prevention, Suicide-Attempt

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Nunavut MLAs vote to ease restrictions on booze

Amendments provide for higher fines, possible retail salesNUNATSIAQ NEWSRetail beer and wine stores, and the ability to legally transport more liquor into the territory without a permit came closer to reality May 16 when MLAs voted for amendments to Nunavut’s ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Johnny Ningeongan, Louis Tapardjuk, Moses Aupaluktuq, John Ningark, Alcohol

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Mad Mom?s mad about building security

Mad Mom’s mad about building securityNUNATSIAQ NEWSMad Mom here. Everyone knows not to tangle with an angry mother!What am I angry at you wonder?It’s about all the locked doors and high security by all the people who are supposed to be serving us Nu ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Iqaluit (Canada), Security, Atmosphere, Libel, Threat

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Arctic Council

Canada wants permanent fix for EU seal hunt dispute: Aglukkaq

“I will now work to try to address this issue for Canada”JIM BELLNunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq, the head of Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship, told reporters May 15 that she wants to seek a permanent resolution to the dispute between Canada and the European ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Leona Aglukkaq, Arctic Council, European Union, Canada

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Greenland premier faces big backlash at home for Arctic Council boycott

Aqqaluk Lynge, president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, sits May 15 in the city hall in Kiruna, Sweden during the Arctic Council's ministerial meeting. Lynge, speaking on behalf of ICC, a permanent participant at the council, said ICC supported the ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Arctic Council, Greenland, Boycott, Kiruna, Christian Olsen

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Taissumani: May 17

By 1900 bowhead whaling in Baffin Island was drawing to a reluctant close after dominating the lives of Baffin Inuit for the better part of a century. Inuit in some areas had developed a dependence on the whalers and the trade goods which they brough ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 17 2013]

Entities: James Cameron, Kenn Harper, Bowhead whale, John Pearson

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Spring crime rates drop in Iqaluit: RCMP report

Police lodge 51 fewer prisoners this April over lastPETER VARGAPolice report a drop in the number of arrests in Iqaluit in April this year compared with April of last year, in what appeared to be an exceptionally peaceful spring season.In his two-month ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Iqaluit (Canada), Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Detachment, Arctic Ventures, Crime

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Search continues for man missing near Nunavut mine project

Michel Pilon never reached drill site on May 14NUNATSIAQ NEWSAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd. reports that search and rescue operations are continuing May 16 for a missing worker, now identified as Michel Pilon of Timmons, Ont., at its Meliadine gold mine project ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Boart Longyear Ltd, Workers, Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd, Environment Canada

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Nunavut Premier praises Arctic Council?s focus on mental health

Nunavut Premier praises Arctic Council’s focus on mental health"Hope that this will be a focus of Canada’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council"SAMANTHA DAWSONDuring the Northern Premiers Forum held May 9 and May 10,Canada’s three northern premiers expressed ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Arctic Council, Eva Aariak, Moses Aupaluktuq

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Nunavut lobbied in 2008 to end foreign ownership restriction on Areva

“Our government wishes to ensure that foreign capital is free to flow to Nunavut”NUNATSIAQ NEWSThe Government of Nunavut asked a federal panel in 2008 to ditch a rule that prevents majority foreign ownership of uranium mines in Canada.In the submission, ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 14 2013]

Entities: AREVA Group, Uranium, Industry Canada, Canada, Uranium Mining

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Nunavut prospecting courses seek eager rock hunters

"For people going out onto the land, it’s a good thing to learn more about.”PETER VARGAAs snow subsides to uncover the rocky ground, spring signals the start of prospecting season — not just for mining companies, but all Nunavummiut interested in exploring ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 10 2013]

Entities: Mineral, Geology, Mining, Teaching

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Arctic Council should deny observer status to the EU: Nunavut MLAs

"Symbolic move will tell the EU that what they are doing is not right"NUNATSIAQ NEWSNunavut MLAs say they don’t want the Arctic Council to admit the European Union into their international forum as an observer.They voted in favour of a May 9 motion, put ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 10 2013]

Entities: Arctic Council, European Union, Tagak Curley

Quotes

"Hope that this will be a focus of Canada’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council"

Nunavut Premier praises Arctic Council?s focus on mental health [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 15 2013]

"For people going out onto the land, it’s a good thing to learn more about.”"

Nunavut prospecting courses seek eager rock hunters [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 10 2013]

"Symbolic move will tell the EU that what they are doing is not right"

Arctic Council should deny observer status to the EU: Nunavut MLAs [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 10 2013]

"Know what to do in the event of an emergency"

Be prepared, Nunavut government minister urges [Published Nunatsiaq News - May 08 2013]

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