Survey hit with wave of criticism
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A proposed seismic survey project off the eastern coast of Baffin Island is facing criticism from various hamlets and organizations which believe marine life would be put in jeopardy by the extensive testing. Three companies - TGS-NOPEC ... Besides the ...

Integrity Act changes pass - Northern News Services
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Last year it was used to convict South Baffin MLA Fred Schell of six Integrity Act violations, including attempting to use his power as minister to settle personal grudges and lying under oath. These complaints were brought to Pickell by a senior ...

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Nunavummiuq's makeup finds niche
Northern News Services (subscription)
Created by 23-year-old Nunavummiuq Courtney White for Nunavummiut, it is the first makeup company to come out of Nunavut. White, a certified makeup artist, has always had a passion for makeup and found it difficult to find top quality products in the ...

Nunatsiaq News
New mental health treatment centre opens in Iqaluit
Nunatsiaq News
From the left, Nunavut's justice Dan Shewchuk, Iqaluit city councillor Simon Nattaq, Terry Young, principal of Inuksuk high school, Jackie Sheffield, psychiatric nurse manager, Premier Eva Aariak, RCMP Chief Superintendent Lindsey Brine, Nunavut's ...

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South Baffin caribou population plunges: Nunavut survey
Nunatsiaq News
Caribou populations in southern Baffin Island have declined by more than 95 per cent over the past 20 years, according to a 2012 survey by Nunavut's department of Environment. The results “are consistent” with what the government has heard “from all 10 ...
Why Has Baffin Island Lost Its Caribou Herd?Field and Stream (blog)
Caribou numbers crash 95% on Canada's Baffin IslandAlaska Dispatch

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Alaska Dispatch
Caribou numbers crash 95% on Canada's Baffin Island
Alaska Dispatch
Researchers estimate the entire South Baffin population to now be at around 1,000 to 2,000 animals. Estimates from the early 1990s ranged from about 60,000 to 180,000, but this new survey is the first comprehensive count of the animals. Nunavut ...

The Arctic Institute
The Arctic This Week: 11 May 2013 – 17 May 2013
The Arctic Institute
Locals from Clyde River, Nunavut, have expressed their opposition to seismic surveying in a letter to the National Energy Board (CBC). An interesting article by Gary Park in Petroleum News looks at the difference in investment strategy between India ...

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CBC.ca
Nunavut MLAs call for audit of Nutrition North
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Nunavut MLAs are calling on the auditor general of Canada to audit the Nutrition North program. During a recorded vote in the legislature Thursday all cabinet ministers and regular members stood up in favour of the motion. MLAs say the program isn't ...

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Nunatsiaq News
We want an audit of Nutrition North: Nunavut MLAs
Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut MLAs want the Auditor General of Canada to examine the Nutrition North Canada program. MLAs passed a unanimous motion to that effect May 16, brought forward by South Baffin MLA Fred Schell and seconded by Quttiktuq MLA Ron Elliott in the ...

Smaller Glaciers Boost Sea Level as Much as the Giants
Wunderground.com (blog)
Tongue of a glacier on the northeast coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Credit: Ansgar Walk via Wikimedia Commons. “These glaciers are typically ignored because they're so small in comparison,” said lead author Alex Gardner, of Clark University, ...

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Elias presents bravery, youth achievement awards in Rankin
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Nunavut Commissioner Edna Elias, right, presents Pelagie Nokkitok and Marvin Dion with the Commissioner's Award for Bravery this past week in Rankin Inlet for their quick response and help in saving the life of Simon Kolit when he collapsed by the ...

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Smaller Glaciers Boost Sea Level as Much as the Giants
Climate Central
Tongue of a glacier on the northeast coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Credit: Ansgar Walk via Wikimedia Commons. “These glaciers are typically ignored because they're so small in comparison,” said lead author Alex Gardner, of Clark University, ...

Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut MLAs want federal audit of Nutrition North Canada
Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut MLAs want the Auditor General of Canada to look at the Nutrition North Canada program, the legislative assembly heard May 14. South Baffin MLA Fred Schell gave notice that he would bring forward a motion May 16 to that effect during a member's ...

CBC.ca
2 Nunavut MLAs call for federal audit for Nutrition North
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Two Nunavut MLAs are calling on the Auditor General of Canada to take a close look at the Nutrition North Canada program. South Baffin MLA Fred Schell put forward a motion in the legislature on Tuesday, calling on the federal auditor general to conduct ...

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CBC.ca
2 Baffin Island groups oppose offshore seismic testing
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The Hunters and Trappers Organization of Clyde River, Nunavut, is opposing all seismic testing in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. The HTO has sent a letter to the National Energy Board. The Hamlet of Clyde River has also voiced its opposition to the ...

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Straight.com
Understanding the narwhal: research camp
Straight.com
Last summer, Vancouver-based writer and photographer Isabelle Groc travelled to Baffin Island, Nunavut, to track narwhals. These are one of the most elusive species in the world. She joined a two-week narwhal research expedition, and reports on her ...

Nunatsiaq News
Let senior GN bosses make ethics complaints: Integrity Commissioner
Nunatsiaq News
The 2012-13 annual report of the Nunavut Integrity Commissioner, Norman Pickell, was tabled — and made public — May 10, one day after MLAs voted to bar senior civil servants from taking ethics complaints about MLAs to the Integrity Commissioner. In ...

Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut's new narwhal management plan now in effect
Nunatsiaq News
Under the new plan for Nunavut, there's a big increase in the quota for narwhals in the Baffin Bay region, which includes Somerset Island, Admiralty Inlet, Eclipse Sound and East Baffin Island, from 592 to 1,123. For Jones Sound, the narwhal management ...

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Baffin orgs turn thumbs down on seismic project off Nunavut waters
Nunatsiaq News
A proposed five-year seismic testing project in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, outside the Nunavut land claims settlement area, has received another thumbs-down judgment from several community-based Baffin region organizations. The National Energy Board ...
2 injured in helicopter crash on Baffin IslandCBC.ca

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CBC.ca
2 injured in helicopter crash on Baffin Island
CBC.ca
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says two people suffered minor injuries after a helicopter crashed on eastern Baffin Island in Nunavut. Five people including the pilot were on board the Bell 212 helicopter when it went down Sunday evening.

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