CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
With an election looming, the federal government on Friday signed a key devolution protocol with Nunavut and promised $1.4 million to the Yukon for oil and mineral mapping work.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Nunavut's minimum wage went up Friday, making it the highest in Canada, but some say the new wage does not accurately reflect the high cost of living or the labour market in the territory.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, with the Honourable Levinia Brown, Minister of Community and Government Services, Government of Nunavut, today announced $24.4 million in joint funding to support economic and community projects in Nunavut communities.
Market Wire - Government: Local (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Please be advised that the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians will be available to the media with the Honourable Paul Okalik, Premier of Nunavut and Paul Kaludjak, President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) following a signing event.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The Nunavut government plans to put some federal money toward a website to attract more immigrants to the territory.
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Northern Fulmar photo: Wikipedia Earlier in the summer it was announced that Canada would be protecting a large chunk of Ontario’s boreal forests from further development. Today brings word that nearly 4,500 square kilometers (1,740 square miles) of Arctic wilderness in Nunavut Territory will also be protected ( ENS ). Three sites located on Baffin Island—Niginganiq (Isabella Bay), Qaqulluit (Cape...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
THUNDER BAY, ON (MARKET WIRE) SKYBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT CORP. (TSX-V: SBD) is pleased to report elevated bedrock gold values taken on its 100%-owned Blue Caribou Project in the Bathurst Inlet area, on the Northwest Passage in western Nunavut. Results vary from "trace" up to 28.7g/t (0.839 oz/t Au) over an approximate 6km strikelength defining the long, curvilinear Blue Caribou Gold Zone trend. Individual...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX: PGD) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new kimberlite, estimated at 4.5 hectares in size, on the 33,000 hectare Nanuq North property ("Nanuq North") in Nunavut, Canada. Nanuq North is situated just north of Peregrine's wholly-owned Nanuq property ("Nanuq") where the company discovered three...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Nunavut's new $10-an-hour minimum wage will take effect this Friday, Sept. 5, an increase of $1.50 over its current $8.50. That will make it the highest minimum hourly rate in Canada. When they voted on it in June, members of the legislative assembly said they wanted it to reflect the higher cost of living in Nunavut. In a news release, the government said the new rate will apply to all employees,...
Stageleft:. Life on the left side (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
%@&#^ media bias!! The buggers didn't say a word about his trip to Nunavut to talk about his carbon tax! Or Nunatsiavut! Or Nunavik!
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The RCMP will hold a memorial service Sept. 14 in Regina to pay tribute to members who have been killed in the line of duty, including Douglas Scott, shot last year in Kimmirut, Nunavut, and Christopher Worden, in Hay River, N.W.T.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Nunavut's new $10-an-hour minimum wage will take effect this Friday, an increase of $1.50.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
The federal government is spending $36 million to improve internet service in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
The aging Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit will soon be getting a much-needed facelift.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
The government of Nunavut wants to protect fragile landscapes and historic sites as an increasing number of tourists are making their way north, some drawn by the mystique of the ill-fated Franklin expedition.
