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Nunatsiaq News- NEWS: New active TB cases now at 21 in three Nunavik communities — Salluit, Umiujaq and Kuujjuaq
- NEWS: Nunavut speaker announces three Order of Nunavut appointments
- NEWS: Award-winning Osmos app to be launched in the Inuit language
- NEWS: Toddler bitten by sled dogs in Igloolik; hamlet puts dogs into quarantine
- NEWS: Quebec police to investigate disappearance of Nunavik woman
- Globe and Mail
- Focusing preventative programs on those in poor health could save billions: study June 19, 2013 BILL GRAVELAND
- Quebec corruption inquiry breaks for summer June 19, 2013 MONTREAL
- Nova Scotia politician resigns after legislature recalled to consider removal June 19, 2013
- Theft of design data of F-35 jet Canada is considering is helping adversaries: Pentagon June 19, 2013 DAVID ALEXANDER
- Embattled politician vows to fight possible ouster from Nova Scotia legislature June 19, 2013 KEITH DOUCETTE
- Globe and Mail ROB
- I want to be an executive. What will my salary be? June 19, 2013 BRENDA BOUW
- Britain to start sale of Lloyds soon, review RBS split June 19, 2013 Matt Scuffham, David Milliken
- Video: Investor Clinic: An easy way to compare several stocks at once June 19, 2013
- Microsoft offers hefty bounties to thwart hackers June 19, 2013 Jim Finkle
- Canadian Natural Resources poised for natural gas sales June 19, 2013 CARRIE TAIT
- Montreal Gazette
- Video: Montreal a human rights 'hot spot' June 19, 2013
- Option nationale founder quits politics June 19, 2013
- Witness feared losing job June 19, 2013
- Coderre’s vision: An ‘intelligent’ city June 19, 2013
- Raids: Road-lighting, highway-traffic-sign businesses June 19, 2013
- National Post
- Ex-hit man who implicated ‘Whitey’ Bulger admits he lied to best friend before shooting him in the head June 19, 2013 Denise Lavoie, Associated Press
- Fugitive professor, wanted by FBI for sexual exploitation of children charges, arrested in Mexico June 19, 2013 Associated Press
- Dawson City set to hit 28 degrees as Yukon ‘suffers’ through far-north heat wave June 19, 2013 Associated Press
- MPs’ summer break kills bill that would strip terrorists of Canadian citizenship June 19, 2013 Canadian Press
- Rare early maps of Toronto, Montreal, part of 1812 cache that fetches almost $700,000 in U.K. bidding war June 19, 2013 Randy Boswell, Postmedia News
- Financial Post
- Italian fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana given 20-month jail sentences for tax evasion June 19, 2013 Nick Squires, Reuters
- Griffiths International (now Caracal) has more modest going-public ambitions June 19, 2013 Barry Critchley
- Keystone XL denial won’t block oil sands: ambassador June 19, 2013 By Jim Snyder, Bloomberg News
- Men’s Wearhouse ousts founder George Zimmer who told millions ‘You’re going to like the way you look’ June 19, 2013 Anne D’Innocenzio, Associated Press
- First Leaside founder testifies at OSC hearing into fraud allegations June 19, 2013 Barbara Shecter
- New York Times
- Fed Outlines Timeline for Winding Down Stimulus June 19, 2013 By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
- Casino Referendum Planned by New York Leaders June 19, 2013 By JESSE McKINLEY and THOMAS KAPLAN
- State of the Art: Microsoft Office for the iPhone Is Here. Yawn. June 19, 2013 By DAVID POGUE
- U.S. Presses Taliban on Qatar Office in Bid to Save Talks June 19, 2013 By ALISSA J. RUBIN and ROD NORDLAND
- Michael Hastings, Award-Winning Journalist, Dies at 33 June 19, 2013 By MARGALIT FOX
- Washington Post
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- The Guardian
- George North fit for Lions return in first Test against Australia June 19, 2013 Robert Kitson
- Fabio Capello follows André Villas-Boas in rejecting PSG's overtures June 19, 2013 Dominic Fifield
- Taliban peace talk plans lead Afghan women to fear loss of rights June 19, 2013 Emma Graham-Harrison, Mokhtar Amiri
- George Osborne ready to sell taxpayers' stake in Lloyds Banking Group June 19, 2013 Jill Treanor, Nicholas Watt
- Thomas Heatherwick accused of plagiarism over Olympic cauldron June 19, 2013 Oliver Wainwright
- BBC Main
- New clashes in Brazil before match June 19, 2013
- Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts June 19, 2013
- Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension June 19, 2013
- North Korea 'willing to join talks' June 19, 2013
- Deadly attack on Somalia UN office June 19, 2013
- BBC Science
- Early Mars atmosphere 'oxygen-rich' June 19, 2013
- Naked mole-rat gives cancer clues June 19, 2013
- Saturn probe to acquire Earth image June 19, 2013
- Applause is a 'social contagion' June 19, 2013
- Toxic substance in Fukushima water June 19, 2013
- Havana Times
- Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public Services Cuts & High Costs of World Cup, Olympics June 19, 2013 Circles Robinson
- Cuban Sluggers to Play in Mexican League June 19, 2013 Circles Robinson
- Cuba: An “Anonymous” President is Possible June 19, 2013 Alfredo Fernandez
- Does Anyone Care About the Truth Today? June 19, 2013 Circles Robinson
- Villa Clara 2013 Champ, Win Series 4-1 June 19, 2013 Circles Robinson
- Canadian Journalism Project
- Postmedia and Ottawa Citizen stories on "Robocalls" win Michener Award June 18, 2013 Janice Neil
- “High” number of complaints filed to Ontario Press Council for stories on the Ford family June 18, 2013 Eric Mark Do
- CTV Regina names Michelle Gerwing and Darrell Romuld as new anchors June 18, 2013 Eric Mark Do
- Attention journalists: Federal government makes data site more searchable June 17, 2013 Fred Vallance-Jones
- CBC leads with 30 RTDNA Canada awards, Global comes in second with 10 June 17, 2013 Eric Mark Do
Tag Archives: Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut is not a “social experiment”
This past Friday, Bernadette Calonego, a correspondent for Süeddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest circulation newspaper, interviewed me. She said she was working on a follow-up to the splendid long-form feature on crime in Nunavut that Patrick White wrote and the Globe … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, circumpolar world, Inuit, Iqaluit, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut, Politics
Tagged Canada, Iqaluit, Jean Chrétien, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut, Patrick White, The Globe and Mail
The Globe got it right; but will Nunavut?
This time, the Globe and Mail got it right: The young are neglected in Nunavut. Nunavut belongs to the young, and the young are neglected. The most neglected of all are the most vulnerable, those children who have been sexually … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, Iqaluit, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Nunavut, Politics, social issues
Tagged Arctic, Canada, Iqaluit, Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Nunavut, Politics
The virtuous enjoy their day
Your humble content provider — still on holiday in Montreal — had this stuff ready to post this past Saturday night but decided to let his employer get the first crack at publishing it. I’m sharing this with you now … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, Inuit, News, Nunavik, Politics
Tagged Arctic, Canada, Communist Party of Canada, Health Care, International Socialists, Inuit, Montreal, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Politics, Villeray
A defeat for decency
This past May, it started with this: Ce projet créera inévitablement une augmentation majeure de la criminalité dans votre voisinage, prostitution, trafic de drogues tel que le crack et les méthamphetamines, présence de seringues, de condoms, de tessons de bouteilles … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Canada, circumpolar world, Inuit, Journalism, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik
Tagged Arctic, Health Care, Inuit, Journalism, La Presse, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavik, Politics
Does the Inuit Circumpolar Council have a future?
In the organ that I edit, Poul Krarup, the editor of Sermitsiaq, asks, but does not entirely answer, a question that people started asking more than 20 years ago: The ICC has gone from being a protest organization to the … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Arctic, circumpolar world, communications, ethnic nationalism, Greenland, Inuit, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut, Politics
Tagged Alaska, Arctic, Canada, ethnic nationalism, Greenland, Inuit, language, News, Nunatsiaq News, Politics
Okay — but how do you make money out of it?
Bill Doskoch posts some links to articles that find news websites boosting visitor traffic by building a presence on Facebook. Yes, even for the tiny newspaper that I work for, this appears to be the case. But how do you … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, News, Nunatsiaq News
Tagged Facebook, internet, Journalism, News, Nunatsiaq News
Qanuq isumavit?
Here’s another exercise in self-instruction — your humble content provider’s first online opinion poll. Before filling it out, you may wish to read some scribblings I posted this morning in connection with my day job. The editorial is not “objective.” … Continue reading
As for my day-job…
…I’ve been busy all last week with a couple of time-consuming projects, including this one: Nunatsiaq Online. The main idea is to morph it into a quasi-daily news service — for us that’s an adventurous ride into the unknown. The … Continue reading
Posted in Iqaluit, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut
Tagged internet, Iqaluit, News, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut
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Nunavut’s weed culture
Check this out: 3 charged in Igloolik marijuana bust. Most southern Canadians don’t likely appreciate the deep affection with which numerous Nunavut residents regard the cannabis sativa plant and its various derivative products, so much so that dope-smoking now persists … Continue reading
