Nunavut gets its first MRI machine cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
5 people have died from TB in Nunavut in the past 2 years cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The number of people who have tuberculosis continues to rise in Pond Inlet and Naujaat, Nunavut, which have been dealing with outbreaks since the spring.
When Nancy Anilniliak was five, officials seized her from her home in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and shipped her off to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Hamilton, Ont. Sixty-five years later, officials battling an outbreak of the disease in Pangnirtung must contend with the trauma caused by the actions of their predecessors while those infected face new challenges.
The evacuation of Yellowknife over wildfire burning in the territory meant western Nunavut's only airline cut flights drastically. Canadian North flights operating in the Kitikmeot region typically fly through Yellowknife before before making other stops.