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12/07/2020Opposition questions Yukon vaccine plan, after learning territory left out of 1st batch
The first batch of COVID vaccine of nearly 250,000 doses will be available before the end of the year, but none will go to the territories. The North lacks the freezers required to store the Pfizer vaccine, which the company says requires a freezer at –80 C to –60 C or in a thermal container at –90 C to –60 C. -
07/18/2020Nunavut premier defends trip to retrieve personal plane, isolating at cabin rather than hotel
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq defends a trip he took to Winnipeg to retrieve his personal float plane, in which he was allowed to forego the two-week quarantine protocols in one of the southern hubs. -
11/26/2020Northwest Territories gov't report hints at dramatic impacts of COVID-19 on tourism industry
A report produced by the Northwest Territories (N.W.T) department of industry, tourism and investment offers a peek into the dramatic negative impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked on the territory's tourism industry. -
06/02/2020Canada's Nunavut: A vast territory with few people - and no coronavirus
Nunavut remains the only state-level jurisdiction in North America not to record a single case of the virus that has sickened millions and killed more than 375,000 people worldwide. Every other Canadian province and territory and every U.S. and Mexican state has reported at least a few. -
10/19/2020Coronavirus: The place in North America with no cases
Covid-19 cases are rising in many parts of Canada, but one region - Nunavut, a northern territory - is a rare place in North America that can say it's free of coronavirus in its communities. -
12/08/2020Northwest Territories (N.W.T) public health emergency extended for 19th time
N.W.T. Health and Social Services Minister Julie Green extends the territory-wide public health emergency until Dec. 22 on the advice of the Chief Public Health Officer. -
12/10/2020Moderna vaccine to be available to 75% of 'eligible population' in N.W.T in early 2021
The Northwest Territories government expects the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 to be available to 75 per cent of the territory's "eligible population" in "early 2021," according to a media advisory issued Thursday afternoon. -
2020-05-29Student-generated map shows COVID-19 travel restrictions in Northern Canada
An undergraduate student at the University of Alberta created a map of travel restrictions and road closures in Canada's North in an effort to document how Indigenous and remote communities are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
November 14, 2020"Get the water fixed"
Tweet from former MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes of video of Beetabun Moonias from Neskantaga First Nation sharing her experience of the water crisis and missing her home. -
2020-09-24Trudeau talks about the importance of health and safety of Canadians right now. Meanwhile...
Nunavut MP Mumliaaq Qaqqaq shares photos of toxic mould from local homes via. Twitter, an issue ignored by the federal government in the wake of other health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
11/20/2020Progressive Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole on Twitter: The government must develop more effective and targeted measures to help those in #Nunavut and remote communities as they navigate through COVID-19 outbreaks.
Canadian Progressive Conservative Party (PC) leader Erin O'Toole responds to tweet from Nunatsiaq News reporting 10 new COVID-19 cases in Nunavut. -
2020-12-28Canada's New Democratic Party will fight for 'massive investments' in northern housing
New Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will push the federal government to make “massive investments” in affordable and environmentally friendly housing as part of its Covid-19 recovery plan. -
2020-12-13About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Infographic created by the Government of Nunavut to inform citizens on what COVID-19 is, symptoms, and prevention. Written in English and Inuktitut. -
2020-11-02Finance minister predicts 'largest deficit in Nunavut history' due to COVID-19
Nunavut's finance minister George Hickes said he expects the largest deficit the territory has seen because of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-12-12
Proposed six-month freeze on rent increases voted down in legislature
The government and opposition party voted down a motion brought forward by the New Democratic Party (NDP) on Dec. 9 that proposed a six-month freeze on rent increases to help renters during the pandemic. The NDP had asked the legislature to pass a ministerial order under the Civil Emergency Measures Act to prevent rent-increases until July 1, 2021. -
2020-11-19How Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak is highlighting long-standing health inequities in Canada's North
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson said in a press conference on Wednesday that Nunavut is reaching its limit in terms of what it can handle. Three contact-tracing teams are racing to reach out to people in the four communities which have cases of the virus: Arviat, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove and Sanikiluaq. -
2020-12-02Stuck in a hotel during a Christmas pandemic, Neskantaga members wait for water crisis to end
Neskantaga has the longest-duration boil water advisory of any reserve in the country — 25 years and counting. Members of Neskantaga First Nation have been staying in Thunder Bay for over 40 days as water crisis continues. -
2020-12-11Heightened grocery store sales in Nunavut highlight food insecurity.
Relief funding for the COVID-19 pandemic has been effective in increasing access to food in remote northern communities — but it's also revealed the true extent of food insecurity that Nunavut households face.