Iqaluit
What happens when Nunavut’s rapidly growing capital city runs out of water?
After an Arctic freshwater researcher sounded the alarm about Iqaluit’s near-future water crisis, the city took steps to save water. But is it enough?
An Iqaluit woman’s war on obscene graffiti
Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster hopes covering up angry words can break the cycle of pain behind them
Keep soft-liquor store out of Iqaluit: a founding premier’s plea
Paul Okalik says the move will produce misery that Iqaluit is not yet equipped to handle. And he would know.
Move over, mushers: A battle brews over sled dog parking in Iqaluit
A plan to take away Iqaluit’s only prime sled dog lot has mushers up in arms and fearing for their future
It happens to the best of us
David Akin, National Post, August 18. But the day wasn’t without a snag. A release from the PMO spelled the Nunavut capital as Iqualuit — rather than the proper Iqaluit. The extra ‘u’ makes an Inuktitut word that translates roughly, according to media reports, to “people with unwiped bums.” The typo was later corrected.
Stephen Harper takes brave stand against vegetarianism
Having sampled seal, the Prime Minister will now eat only that. And is forcing his eating habits on others.
Today, we are all poor spellurs
CBC reprints an e-mail distributed by PMO implicating almost everyone in that inadvertent reference to improper hygiene. Note that our Kady is nearly identified as her own independent media outlet.
‘People with unwiped bums’
The Prime Minister’s team learns that spelling is hard. And important.
Northern blight
Canada’s real violent-crime hot spot is three tiny cities in the north