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Scary but smooth: No injuries reported after Air Nunavut makes emergency landing in Rankin Inlet
A charter plane carrying two pilots and six people landed safely in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Tuesday night after it was forced to make an emergency landing.
Teacher charged with assaulting Nunavut student stands trial
Michelle Wolf was charged with one count of assault after an incident in a classroom at Sakku School in Coral Harbour in 2023.
Wrong medication given, single-use syringes reused at Nunavut home where 2 youth died: report
Nunavut RCMP say they have found no criminality in the deaths of two young people at Naja Isabelle Home in Chesterfield Inlet.
Nunavut communities announce end of Inuit Child First program as deadline approaches
Nunavut communities are announcing the end of their administration of the Inuit Child First Imitative as they wait to hear whether the program will be extended beyond its March 31 end date.
Teacher resignations in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving vacancies at high school, raising concerns
A number of teachers have resigned in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving half of the positions at the community's high school unfilled.
Fire consumes arena, circus and performing arts space in Igloolik, Nunavut
The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m., said George Qaunaq, the Igloolik's chief administrative officer. It engulfed the Kipsigak Arena and Artcirq's Black Box, where it runs its circus and community programing.
Former Nunavut RCMP officer acquitted of assault, uttering threats
Const. Luke Tomkinson was charged after an incident in Arctic Bay in 2020, where he pointed his Taser at a man during while arresting a different man.
Concerns in Nunavut about future of program that supports Inuit children as funding set to end
First launched in 2017, funding for the Inuit Child First Initiative is currently set to expire at the end of March. In 2023-2024, almost 6,000 children from Nunavut accessed the program, according to Indigenous Services Canada.
Former Catholic priest who abused children in Nunavut sentenced to 6 years in prison
Eric Dejaeger, 77, pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexually abusing children in Igloolik between 1978 and 1982.
4 years after it was passed, bill to create police accountability in Nunavut not implemented
A bill meant to create a civilian oversight body of police in Nunavut has not been implemented after being passed into law nearly four years ago.