Nunavut RCMP now investigating August death as homicide
Mosesie 'Levi' Pishuktie, 35, died after first responders found him suffering from "serious injuries" in a home on Tasilik Street last August.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-rcmp-investigating-august-death-homicide-9.7175957?cmp=rss
Nunavut leaders push for screening at Yellowknife Airport, amidst rise in organized criminal activity
Justice Minister George Hickes said talks with the N.W.T. and federal governments to introduce security screening for northern flights at Yellowknife Airport are in its preliminary stages – a measure Kitikmeot residents, particularly in Cambridge Bay, have long called for.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-organized-crime-drugs-yellowknife-airport-9.7175274?cmp=rss

The chaos in the #Alberta #healthcare system and now the introduction of vouchers means that more northerners and #Albertans are going to die. Why is the federal minister of #health silent? https://www.friendsofmedicare.org/minister_admits_voucher_program

#abpoli #nwtpoli #Nunavut cdnpoli #privatization #Universal HealthCare

Spike in shipping costs to Nunavut via Churchill, Man., is just business, operator says
The Nunavut government’s exclusive maritime carrier is bumping up shipping costs for the upcoming sealift season — particularly through Churchill, Man., to Kivalliq communities. It now costs exactly the same amount of money as shipping goods from Bécancour, Que.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/shipping-nunavut-kivalliq-churchill-neas-9.7173740?cmp=rss
Spike in shipping costs to Nunavut via Churchill, Man., is just business, operator says
The Nunavut government’s exclusive maritime carrier is bumping up shipping costs for the upcoming sealift season – particularly through Churchill, Man., to Kivalliq communities. It now costs exactly the same amount of money as shipping goods from Bécancour, Que.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/shipping-nunavut-kivalliq-churchill-neas-9.7173740?cmp=rss
10 candidates step forward for shot at NTI presidency
It's a crowded field for the top job at Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Ten candidates are in the running for president. Nominations closed Tuesday and candidates have until Friday to back out.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/10-candidates-step-forward-for-shot-at-nti-presidency-9.7173162?cmp=rss

Posting this here in the hope we can reach a few #authors on #bookstodon ... We now have authors participating in Fiction Fest from every part of Canada except Newfoundland & Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. We're still accepting sign ups from all provinces/territories, but If you are a Canadian author living in any of those 3 places, we would especially love to have you join us in our summer showcase.

This is a completely online/virtual event and it already has a really good mix of tradpub, indie and hybrid authors signed up. It comprises of a book showcase and author gallery, plus a roster of live author readings and discussion panels.

It's free to join, you don't need to provide copies of your books, and this is a grassroots cooperative effort that has all of us working together to shout out each other's books and #CanLit in general.

We are also accepting #Canadian illustrators of graphic novels and picture books (even if the text of the book they illustrated is not written by a Canadian).

Check out our Author FAQ for more details! ** Submissions close on May 1st. **

➡️ https://FictionFest.ca

#author #Newfoundland #NL #Labrador #NWT #NorthwestTerritories #NU #Nunavut #CanLit #CanKidLit #CanCon #Canada #WritingCommunity #writing #FictionFest

Mounties spied on 'Father of Nunavut' in 1970s amid fears of Inuit-Dene alliance
The RCMP Security Service spied on Inuit leaders like John Amagoalik as they developed their Nunavut proposal in the 1970s, newly declassified papers show. Between 1972 and 1980, Mounties compiled a three-volume intelligence dossier on the national Inuit organization under the "Native extremism" program.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/john-amagoalik-rcmp-surveillance-9.7171894?cmp=rss
Mounties spied on 'Father of Nunavut' in 1970s amid fears of Inuit-Dene alliance
The RCMP Security Service spied on Inuit leaders like John Amagoalik as they developed their Nunavut proposal in the 1970s, newly declassified papers show. Between 1972 and 1980, Mounties compiled a three-volume intelligence dossier on the national Inuit organization under the "Native extremism" program.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/john-amagoalik-rcmp-surveillance-9.7171894?cmp=rss
Mounties spied on 'Father of Nunavut' in 1970s amid fears of Inuit-Dene alliance
The RCMP Security Service spied on Inuit leaders like John Amagoalik as they developed their Nunavut proposal in the 1970s, newly declassified papers show. Between 1972 and 1980, Mounties compiled a three-volume intelligence dossier on the national Inuit organization under the "Native extremism" program.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/john-amagoalik-rcmp-surveillance-9.7171894?cmp=rss