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2021-02-15
Justin Trudeau Coronavirus Update
Image from Macleans Magazine of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressing the nation at the beginning of the pandemic. -
2021-02-15
COVID-19: We're doing this for this
Video created by the Government of Canada urging the public to wear a mask so "one day we can go back to" travelling, getting together with friends and family, and eating at restaurants. -
2021-02-15
Canadian Mask
Image from an article in the McGill Reporter titled "COVID-19 pandemic uniting Canadians like no other event in decades". -
12/07/2020
Opposition questions Yukon vaccine plan, after learning territory left out of 1st batch
The first batch of COVID vaccine of nearly 250,000 doses will be available before the end of the year, but none will go to the territories. The North lacks the freezers required to store the Pfizer vaccine, which the company says requires a freezer at –80 C to –60 C or in a thermal container at –90 C to –60 C. -
06/02/2020
Canada's Nunavut: A vast territory with few people - and no coronavirus
Nunavut remains the only state-level jurisdiction in North America not to record a single case of the virus that has sickened millions and killed more than 375,000 people worldwide. Every other Canadian province and territory and every U.S. and Mexican state has reported at least a few. -
10/19/2020
Coronavirus: The place in North America with no cases
Covid-19 cases are rising in many parts of Canada, but one region - Nunavut, a northern territory - is a rare place in North America that can say it's free of coronavirus in its communities. -
12/08/2020
Northwest Territories (N.W.T) public health emergency extended for 19th time
N.W.T. Health and Social Services Minister Julie Green extends the territory-wide public health emergency until Dec. 22 on the advice of the Chief Public Health Officer. -
2020-05-29
Student-generated map shows COVID-19 travel restrictions in Northern Canada
An undergraduate student at the University of Alberta created a map of travel restrictions and road closures in Canada's North in an effort to document how Indigenous and remote communities are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-09-24
Trudeau talks about the importance of health and safety of Canadians right now. Meanwhile...
Nunavut MP Mumliaaq Qaqqaq shares photos of toxic mould from local homes via. Twitter, an issue ignored by the federal government in the wake of other health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-12-08
Helping residents of N.W.T town get cheaper groceries during the pandemic
A Northwest Territories man's new business involves driving back and forth to the Alberta border to pickup lower priced groceries for the residents of Hay River. -
2020-11-29
Close Yukon schools
A petition to close Yukon schools to help stop the growing number of COVID-19 cases. -
2020-07-20
Nunavut to get $18.9M from feds for COVID-19 response
Health and Finance Minister of Nunavut George Hickes announced the federal government's plan to give $18.9M for testing, PPE, paid sick leave, and COVID relief. -
2020-11-26
Liberal and Conservative governments have historically underfunded the people of Nunavut. With COVID-19 outbreaks, these historic inequities place them at increased risk.
Reddit post with video of New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh discussing growing COVID-19 crisis in Nunavut. -
11/20/2020
Progressive Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole on Twitter: The government must develop more effective and targeted measures to help those in #Nunavut and remote communities as they navigate through COVID-19 outbreaks.
Canadian Progressive Conservative Party (PC) leader Erin O'Toole responds to tweet from Nunatsiaq News reporting 10 new COVID-19 cases in Nunavut. -
2020-12-28
Canada's New Democratic Party will fight for 'massive investments' in northern housing
New Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will push the federal government to make “massive investments” in affordable and environmentally friendly housing as part of its Covid-19 recovery plan. -
2020-12-13
About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Infographic created by the Government of Nunavut to inform citizens on what COVID-19 is, symptoms, and prevention. Written in English and Inuktitut. -
2020-11-02
Finance minister predicts 'largest deficit in Nunavut history' due to COVID-19
Nunavut's finance minister George Hickes said he expects the largest deficit the territory has seen because of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-11-19
How Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak is highlighting long-standing health inequities in Canada's North
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson said in a press conference on Wednesday that Nunavut is reaching its limit in terms of what it can handle. Three contact-tracing teams are racing to reach out to people in the four communities which have cases of the virus: Arviat, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove and Sanikiluaq. -
2020-12-02
Stuck in a hotel during a Christmas pandemic, Neskantaga members wait for water crisis to end
Neskantaga has the longest-duration boil water advisory of any reserve in the country — 25 years and counting. Members of Neskantaga First Nation have been staying in Thunder Bay for over 40 days as water crisis continues. -
2020-12-09
'They're really struggling': Inside the Neskantaga First Nation water crisis
The community was promised an upgraded treatment plant by 2018. Two years later, its members have once again been evacuated. Why doesn’t Neskantaga have clean water yet? -
2020-12-11
Heightened grocery store sales in Nunavut highlight food insecurity.
Relief funding for the COVID-19 pandemic has been effective in increasing access to food in remote northern communities — but it's also revealed the true extent of food insecurity that Nunavut households face.