The relaunched Inuvik Works program is preparing to celebrate its first anniversary. Organizers are happy with progress but wary of funding challenges ahead.
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Inuvik's RCMP detachment has filled all 16 positions, town councillors were told this week, becoming fully staffed for the first time in years.
The major military projects getting under way in Yellowknife and Inuvik are similar, but not identical. The Inuvik military footprint is set to expand 15-fold.
The IRC announced beneficiaries will each receive $1,706 on May 1 after Inuvialuit companies posted record earnings for the past financial year.
Inuvik's Great Northern Arts Festival is working to fill a significant funding gap after applications to the Canada Council for the Arts were denied this year.
Thirteen Inuvik teachers are being laid off and other staff are affected in unusually severe cuts primarily attributed to Jordan's Principle changes.
