Media Centre - 2000 October

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Board Suspends President

Released | October 31, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (October 31, 2000) The Board of Directors of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc (NTI) has suspended President Paul Quassa, effective October 31. The action was taken at a special meeting of the Board held by teleconference on the afternoon and evening of October 27, 2000.
The Board of Nunavut Tunngavik [...]

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Announces Theme for Annual General Meeting “New Ideas, New Initiatives” theme provides new impetus for NTI

Released | October 25, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (October 25, 2000) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) today announced the theme for its Annual General Meeting, to be held mid November in Arviat. The theme is “New Ideas, New Initiatives’.
In December 1999, an independent review of the first five years of implementing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement [...]

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Encourages Government of Nunavut to Protect Inuit Impacted by Fuel Price Increase

Released | October 25, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (October 25, 2000) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) today reaffirmed its position that Inuit affected by the announced increase in oil and gasoline prices should be protected.
NTI has been watching the escalation of oil prices on the world market with great concern, said James Eetoolook, 1st Vice President. [...]

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Board Completes Board Meeting in Repulse Bay

Released | October 24, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (October 24, 2000) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) held its Board Meeting from October 17 through October 19, 2000 at Repulse Bay. Over the course of three days of deliberation, the Board considered a wide range of issues important to the Beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. [...]

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Will Continue to Celebrate Nunavut Day on July 9

Released | October 20, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (October 20, 2000) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) today announced its continued support for the celebration of July 9 as Nunavut Day, in spite of the government of Nunavut decision to not declare it as an official Territorial holiday.
The Governor-General of Canada proclaimed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement into [...]

Nunavut Tunngavik To Appeal Federal Court Decision on Turbot Allocation

Released | October 19, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Repulse-Bay, Nunavut (October 19, 2000) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc (NTI) will continue its legal battle over the Federal Turbot allocation.
On Tuesday October 17, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the Turbot Quota appeal brought by NTI. The case challenges the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans’ Turbot Allocations for 1998 to 2002 [...]

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Board Advises Inuit in Nunavut to Comply with Firearms Act

Released | October 19, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Repulse-Bay, Nunavut (October 19, 2000) In spite of the court challenge mounted by Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the Board decided yesterday to advise Inuit in Nunavut to register under the Firearms Act. Those not registered by December 31, 2000 will no longer be able to purchase ammunition.
The Firearms Act [...]

NTI Reaffirms Support for a Single Time Zone in Nunavut

Released | October 3, 2000 | No Comments | Print this article

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (October 03, 2000) Nunavut Tunngavik today announced its support of Government of Nunavut action to stop using Daylight Saving Time in the Territory.
Since our Annual General Meeting in Cambridge Bay in 1998, a single time zone for Nunavut has been the official policy of NTI, says Paul [...]