SITUATION UPDATE: Nunavut is again free of COVID-19 infection. The patient, who had tested positive last week, did not have COVID-19 after all. A second test plus a repeat with the original material of the first test showed that the first result had been false...
Nunavut’s Minister of Community and Government Services has signed off on changing Cape Dorset’s name to Kinngait following the results of recent referendums. (Stock photo: Ansgar Walk, WikiCommons CC BY-SA 2.5) Two Nunavut communities will officially...
This shipping container in Gjoa Haven is a new research station and greenhouse used to grow vegetables. The solar and wind powered project is called Naurvik, which means “the growing place”. (Photo: Thomas Surian) Ripening cherry tomatoes grow from green...
Canadian communities are widely dispersed and health care in many places is limited to basic cases. The health care system in the Canadian region of Nunavut is an ongoing issue. The approximately 37,000 inhabitants, spread over an area 50 times larger than...
