The Arctic (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
From February 5-6, 2010, in the dead of the Arctic winter, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-7 will meet in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. The meeting will serve as preparation for the actual G-7 summit to be held in Ontario next summer. The population of Iqaluit is 7,500, the average temperature [...]
Climbing Out Of The Dark (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
(Yikes polar bears kill seals....who knew?) It is just so right on so many levels. At first I thought it was an April Fools joke. I'm still not sure that they are going to do this, but if they do, it will be awesome. G7 ministers to meet in Arctic, kick sand in face of G20 wimps That should have been "snow" not "sand", then it would have been the perfect headline. OTTAWA (Reuters)...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Defence Minister dodges Afghan detainee questions and the Health Minister announces that Iqaluit will host a G7 finance meeting
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
G7 finance ministers are gung-ho enough to weather a meeting in Nunavut in February, where the temperature is reliably reported to average 7 zillion below zero. OTTAWA (Reuters) - Top finance officials from the G7 countries will meet in the remote Arctic town of Iqaluit on Feb 5-6 but may not issue a communique [editors note: because it's too frickin cold], Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday....
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, will host a major meeting of G7 finance ministers in early February.
DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Top finance officials from the G7 countries will meet in the remote Arctic town of Iqaluit, Canada's northernmost territorial capital, on Feb 5-6 but may not issue a communique, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. "The February meeting will return to the G7's roots with a more frank and focused dialogue," Flaherty said in a statement. "In an ever-changing global economy,...
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
This seems ill-judged. Nunavut's elected MLAs will review the territory's decentralization program, which promised to spread jobs and wealth outside the capital when the territorial government was formed 10 years ago. The program has been a cornerstone of Nunavut's public life but has come under criticism from a recent report on the government's policies and operations. Officials with Premier Eva...
Career Limiting Moves (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Great launch last night. Besides having family and friends from various past lives (high school, university, Montreal, Iqaluit) in attendance, there were three very special audience members: the daughter and granddaughters of Kenneth Leslie. One of the granddaughters, Elizabeth Dickson, is writing a biography of Leslie right now and all the family is very excited about the forthcoming Essential Kenneth...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Iqaluit: the true north, strong and although not yet free, at least a bit more accessible.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The Olympic torch continued its long northern journey on Monday, travelling from the highest reaches of the Canadian Arctic to the Nunavut capital of Iqaluit.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Olympic flame is on a long northern journey on Monday, travelling from the highest reaches of the Canadian Arctic to the Nunavut capital of Iqaluit.
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Interesting dynamic that looks to be shaping up in the early goings as the Olympic torch relay has begun. It appears that we will be treated to a parade of Harper cabinet ministers participating in the torch relay events. In the midst of the H1N1 outbreak, even the Health Minister is somehow finding the time to go torching: The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), and the Honourable Leona...
AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Air Canada today announced that it will expand its network north with the start up of new, daily non-stop services to Iqaluit, Nunavut. Air Canada Jazz will begin daily service on March 28,...
Stageleft:. Life on the left side (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Am making a quick run to Iqaluit today to take in a couple of my sons hockey games later this afternoon, watch the torch run, attend the related community celebrations, and hang out with friends for a few days. As always, I don't spend a lot of time on the 'net when I'm home, and the Blackberry don't work up there - I'll be back Tuesday evening with some pictures to post, play nice 'till then 'eh?
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Two men with a rifle robbed a delivery driver outside a restaurant in Iqaluit on Thursday night.
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