A new studio in Iqaluit and the most expensive TV production ever in Nunavut are in the works for 2023, co-owners of a production company told a municipal government committee last month.

Thousandsof traditional place names in Nunavut that have been used for generations won't become officialany time soon because thekey government position that determines them thetoponymist is still vacant after more than a year.

A woman who moved to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, last month and tested positive for COVID-19 said she made her diagnosis public on social media to help protect others.

Of the 48,791 doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered or meant to be administered in Yukon between January and April, 137were wasted 0.28 per cent.

A 'bite-sized' version of the 43rd annual event was originally scheduled for July 16-18, but was postponed by the board after a direct appeal from the Tr'ondk Hwch'in Chief and Council earlier this week.

This year'sYukon River Quest a 715-kilometre journey from Whitehorse to Dawson City, Yukon was cancelled Tuesday, hours before it was scheduled to start on Wednesday.

The Yukon government reported on Monday that an unvaccinated Yukoner with COVID-19 has died, and that a student at Elijah Smith Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19.