Thursday 9 July 2009

Today's stories about Nunavut from the web

Government of Canada Assists Nunavut With 2008 Flood Costs
Market Wire (press release) - USA
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT--(Marketwire - July 8, 2009) - The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, was joined by Nunavut's Premier Eva Aariak and the ...
<http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Of-Canada-1014651.html>

Industry and tradition clash in Nunavut
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
Carson Gillis, director of lands and resources for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., said instances of workers failing to show up are often a function of bad timing. ...
<http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/jul6_09wf.html>

Nunavut updates emergency plans
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Outdated emergency readiness plans are being dusted off and updated across Nunavut, says its manager of emergency preparedness and protection services. ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/07/08/north-emergencyplans.html>
 
Updated Tuesday, July 7, 2009 / Distributed in all Nunavut communities
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
Johnny Meeko accepts a $3600 cheque from Annie Kittosuk, Chair of Najuqsivik Society. Meeko has volunteered with the local non-profit society for years, ...
<http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/jul7_09nunavut.html>
 
Nunavut's first Olympic volunteer
Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada
IQALUIT - Nunavut will have at least one volunteer at the 2010 Winter
Olympic Games in Vancouver. Dallas Anderson of Iqaluit has been selected by the ...
<http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/jul7_09holder4.html>
 
Public support builds for Iqaluit-Nuuk flights
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Officials with Air Greenland will travel to Nunavut this month to talk about re-establishing direct flights between Iqaluit and the Greenland capital of ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/07/07/iqa-nuuk-flights.html>

Media Advisory: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT - (Marketwire - July 7, 2009) - The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Nunavut, and Mr. Jean-Guy ...
<http://newsblaze.com/story/2009070710040200001.cc/topstory.html>

Nunavut joins Vancouver 2010 Team: Torch planned to come through ...
IQALUIT, Nunavut - With only seven months to go until the start of the 2010 Winter Games, Nunavut has joined in the excitement. The territory's unique culture will be showcased to a global audience during the Games as part of a ...
<http://www.usoc.org/news/article/14128>

Nunavut updates emergency plan
By yukonmuse
Nunavut's emergency preparedness plans are outdated, the director of Nunavut emergency services said. Read the full story ·
<http://yukonmuse.com/2009/07/08/nunavut-updates-emergency-plan/>
yukon muse
<http://yukonmuse.com/>

We Still Have A Lot Of Work To Do | Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
By Mary Simon
I was quite surprised to learn, so soon after the 10th anniversary of the creation of Nunavut, that a recent Canada Press / Harris Decima poll referenced in an online news article found that as many as 58% of Canadians are unaware that ...
<http://www.itk.ca/blog/we-still-have-lot-work-do>
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
<http://www.itk.ca/>

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