Nunatsiaq News

Nunatsiaq News


GN answers Clyde River ‘SOS’ over lack of staff, unnecessary purchases

Unpaid employees, an expired union contract and municipal leadership that was “missing in action” led Clyde River to ask the Government of Nunavut to appoint a supervisor to help manage its operations. Emails between the hamlet and Nunavut’s Department of Community and Government Services in 2023 show the municipality’s operations were struggling. Nunatsiaq News obtained […]

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8 bills get assent as legislature wraps up early

An Iqaluit electoral boundary change, a council’s ability to appoint new members and some additional spending measures were signed Friday as the Nunavut legislative assembly closed its spring sitting. Nunavut Commissioner Eva Aariak presided over the assent ceremony, signing eight new bills into law including one implementing some of the recommendations from the 2023 Nunavut […]

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GN to ‘restrict’ use of TikTok on its network and devices

The Government of Nunavut intends to “restrict” the use of TikTok on its network and government-issued devices. The move comes a week after the federal government announced a full ban of the video streaming app on devices issued to government employees. Provinces such as Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have followed suit. “In […]

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