Editorial

Still, some see opportunity amid the chains

With the federal announcement Jan. 21 that Nunavut, like other provinces and territories, has also reached an agreement toward $10 per day childcare by March 2024, comes high hopes for parents that things might get a little easier.

ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 21–ᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ $10–ᒥ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᔾᔨ 2024–ᒥ, ᑎᑭᓐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ.

Maybe mail needs some entrepreneurship too

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᑲᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ.

Nearly two years have passed since a public health emergency was declared in Nunavut in response to the emerging Covid-19 pandemic.

ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ 57 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ 2018–ᒥ.

Food security is an ever-present problem in Nunavut, with an estimated 57 per cent of Inuit households classified as food insecure in 2018.

How the pandemic response filters down to our personal relationships

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ (GN) ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑖᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᑎᓯᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓛᔅᑲᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ, “ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂ–ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕙᑎᒧᑦ.”