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Sanikiluaq's out going MLA says it will be up to his replacement to continue to fight for Sanikiluaq's infrastructure development.

The regular flight is a six-month pilot project meant to break Sanikiluaq's isolation.

Posted: Feb 26, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 26 Sanikiluaq mayor Johnnie Cookie with his wife Annie. Cookie says the pandemic has shown a further need for the community to be connected to the territory and is calling for two flights a week between his community and Iqaluit. (Submitted by Johnnie Cookie) The mayor of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, says his community is tired of having its request for a direct flight to Nunavut ignored by the territorial government. In a letter to Nunavut's Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Johnnie Cookie pleaded with the government to do s...

Posted: Jan 07, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 7 Rebecca Kudloo, president of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, says midwife services are needed in Nunavut communities. (Eye on the Arctic) The national organization for Inuit women says the recent death of a mother from Sanikiluaq highlights the need for adequate child birthing services in Nunavut.  Silatik Qavvik died in a Winnipeg hospital on Sunday, having spent a month on breathing support. The 35-year-old mother of five tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a C-section to deliver her infant daughter. Iqaluit is the on...