A shelter from the storms
Nunavut’s violent crime rate is six times the national average.
Nunavut
NWT-Nunavut border under the microscope
The federal government is undertaking an expensive survey of the Northwest Territories-Nunavut border.
Western premiers conference wraps up in Yellowknife
APTN National News Premiers from Canada’s Western provinces wrapped up a three-day conference with leaders…
Nunavut may get more politicians
Nunavut has the smallest population of any province or territory, but has the largest land area in the country.
Allegations surface federal northern food subsidy program product of backroom deals
Nunavut’s legislative assembly just wrapped up two days of hearings about Nutrition North, which is the food subsidy for northern communities.
Ottawa’s Nutrition North program facing mounting criticism
Nutrition North replaced the Food Mail subsidy this year.
Tootoo new Nunavut Speaker
The Nunavut Legislative Assembly is back in session and the first order of business was choosing a new Speaker.
Greenpeace in standoff over Greenland Arctic drilling
Greenpeace says two of its ships tracking an oil rig on the Greenland side of Baffin Bay are being warned off by the Danish Navy.
While Harper talked tough with NATO on Arctic, U.S. believed PM all bark no bite
Prime Minister Stephen Harper personally warned NATO’s secretary general to keep the alliance out of the Arctic or risk increasing tensions with Russia, according to “confidential” U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News that also reveal American diplomats believe the prime minister is more bark than bite on northern sovereignty.
