Final words from a member of the public in Rankin Inlet dispelled fears that the Nunavut Planning Commission hearing in that community would wrap up Friday on a boring note.

Gjoa Haven's continuing care centre is suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak.

Sea ice coverage along the northern route of the Northwest Passage was the fourth lowest on record since 1968 during the week of Sept. 10, the Canadian Ice Service said Wednesday.

More Inuit live in southern Canada and more of these Inuit are living in urban centres, said a Statistics Canada survey on Indigenous population growth in Canada, released Wednesday in Ottawa.

Baffinland has posted on social media several times when it's noted a cruise ship going more than nine knots, which is the mining company's own speed limit for its contracted vessels.

That was no small sewage spill that took place Monday evening in Rankin Inlet, the hamlet has learned to its dismay. Community and Government Services has confirmed the volume of the spill: 331,500 litres.

"We feel it's important to celebrate this day because people and families affected by FASD experience multiple barriers, oppressionand stigma," said Jennifer Noah, Piruqatigiit's co-executive director, on FASD Awareness Day.