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40-516: Arviat ( Inuktitut pronunciation: [aʁviˈat] , syllabics : ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ; formerly called Eskimo Point until 1 June 1989) is a predominantly Inuit hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut , Canada. Arviat ("place of the bowhead whale") is derived from the Inuktitut word arviq meaning " Bowhead whale ". Earlier in history, its name

80-531: A subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc ). However, using Nordenskjöld 's alternate formula for distinguishing Arctic from subarctic climates, it has a polar climate (Köppen ET ); as expected from this, it is north of the Arctic tree line . Spring is slow to warm up, with June being cooler than September and May cooler than October. With a yearly mean of −9.3 °C (15.3 °F) it is the third-warmest in Nunavut and

120-529: A Canadian institution and a press undertaking, the CBC set out the Journalistic Standards and Practices and works in compliance with these principles. Balanced viewpoints must be presented through on-the-air discussions. As it is with other public and private journalistic undertakings, credibility in the eyes of the general population is seen as the corporation's most valuable asset. The CBC Ombudsman

160-461: A bias towards CBC TV and radio coverage favouring the Liberal party, a view that held consistently across Conservative, Liberal and NDP voters. The CBC News Hall of Fame was established in 2015 to honour men and women who have shaped Canadian journalism. Located in CBC's Toronto headquarters, inductees include: The CBC sets out to maintain its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism. As

200-530: A hamlet under the name Eskimo Point (name first appeared on maps in 1738) in 1977. Cargo and passenger air service is provided by Calm Air , Canadian North and Nolinor Aviation (charter only) out of Arviat Airport . Destinations include other settlements in Nunavut and Manitoba , including Winnipeg . Hunting and fishing are very active in the community; they are the primary source of sustenance. Four locally operated stores - Padlei Co-op, Northern Stores, Arctic Connection and Eskimo Point Lumber Supply - carry

240-626: A historical essay on soapstone carving in Arviat, entitled Pelts to Stone. A History of Arts and Crafts Production in Arviat . Arviat was featured in Dancing Towards the Light, a 2017 CBC News short film and article telling the story of the hamlet's annual dance competition. The community is home to Arviaqpaluk Radio, a community radio station which operates under an exemption from CRTC licensing for low-power broadcasters. The community

280-567: A single anchor on Friday and Sunday. In November 2023, the CBC joined with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , Paper Trail Media  [ de ] and 69 media partners including Distributed Denial of Secrets and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories to produce the ' Cyprus Confidential ' report on

320-428: A wide range of products. To the south, the town of Churchill , Manitoba is accessible by boat during the summer and fall. Churchill is accessible by snowmobile and Bombardier from Arviat. Churchill is often travelled to for supplies. Arviat is well known around the Arctic for its artistic qualities. It is a thriving community with many talented musicians: Susan Aglukark , a well known musician; Simon "Johnny Cash of

360-652: Is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television , CBC Radio , CBC News Network , and CBC.ca . Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. The first CBC newscast

400-518: Is aired on CBC Radio One . All newscasts are available on demand online, via apps or via voice-activated virtual assistants. CBC News Online is the CBC's CBC.ca news website. Launched in 1996, it was named one of the most popular news websites in Canada in 2012. The website provides regional, national, and international news coverage, and investigative, politics, business, arts and entertainment, investigative, politics, business, entertainment, Indigenous, health, science and tech news. An Opinion section

440-526: Is by air and snowmobile, but the Nunavut government and the federal Senate member for Nunavut, Dennis Patterson , are investigating the possibility of a highway from Thompson, Manitoba , Lynn Lake , or Gillam, Manitoba , or an extension of the Hudson Bay Railway from Churchill, Manitoba to Rankin Inlet via Arviat. Similar to other Arctic coast communities there is an annual sealift but it

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480-463: Is completely independent of CBC program staff and management, reporting directly to the President of the CBC and, through the President, to the corporation's board of directors. CBC has reporters stationed in the following cities. Main cities are listed with the notation (M). Currently vacant: CBC also uses satellite bureaus, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside the bureaus. In

520-576: Is not available to passengers. Arviat was originally inhabited by the Paallirmiut , a coastal/inland Inuit band. In 1957, dying of starvation, the last remaining Ihalmiut , another Caribou Inuit band, were relocated to Arviat by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . Though there are differences between the two bands, they recognize a need to work together in order to benefit the community. In 1993, Mark Kalluak published

560-609: Is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut by John Main in the electoral district of Arviat North-Whale Cove , and Joe Savikataaq in Arviat South . Savikataaq was Premier of Nunavut from 2018 to 2021. Savikataaq's son, Joe Savikataaq Jr., became mayor of the community in March 2020, following the death in office of Bob Leonard. The Hudson Bay Quest sled-dog race was run from Churchill to Arviat for

600-664: Is responsible for the news programs on CBC Television and CBC News Network , including national news programs like The National , Marketplace , The Fifth Estate , and The Investigators with Diana Swain. It is also responsible for The Weekly with Wendy Mesley until its cancellation in September 2020. They are also responsible for news, business, weather and sports information for Air Canada 's inflight entertainment. Most local newscasts on CBC Television are branded as CBC News: [city/province name] , such as CBC News: Toronto at Six . Local radio newscasts are heard on

640-416: Is the southernmost community on the Nunavut mainland and is close to the geographical centre of Canada. In Arviat, Inuktitut and English are primarily spoken, having the third largest population in Nunavut, behind Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit . From the 2011 Canadian census to the 2016 Canadian census there was a population increase of 14.6%. The mayor of Arviat is Joe Savikataaq (Jr.). The community became

680-508: Is to ensure that the information that we put out is fair and unbiased in everything that we do." The study suggests Canadians perceived the CBC as having a more left-of-centre bias than other Canadian news organizations. A 2017 survey of Canadians suggested that CBC TV was the most biased national news media outlet (perceived biased by 50% of Canadians overall, tied with The Globe and Mail ) followed closely by CBC Radio (perceived biased by 49% of Canadians overall). Respondents predominantly saw

720-478: The a form with a stand-alone letter ᐃ i. This fourth-vowel variant had been removed so that Inuktitut could be typed and printed using IBM Selectric balls in the 1970s. The reinstatement was justified on the grounds that modern printing and typesetting equipment no longer suffers the restrictions of earlier typewriting machinery. The ai-pai-tai column is used only in Nunavik. CBC News CBC News

760-590: The 1870s, Edmund Peck , another Anglican missionary, started printing according to that standard. Other missionaries, and later linguists in the employ of the Canadian and American governments, adapted the Latin alphabet to the dialects of the Mackenzie River delta, the western Arctic islands and Alaska . The Inuktitut script ( titirausiq nutaaq ) is commonly presented as a syllabary . The dots on

800-912: The CBC. It began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. It was revamped and relaunched as the CBC News Network in 2009 as part of a larger renewal of the CBC News division. Current programs include CBC News Now (based in Toronto with Heather Hiscox, Suhana Meharchand, Carole MacNeil, John Northcott, Andrew Nichols (weekdays) and Aarti Pole and Michael Serapio (weekends), Power & Politics (based in Ottawa with host David Cochrane ), and The National (with Adrienne Arsenault (Toronto), Ian Hanomansing (Vancouver) and Rosemary Barton hosting

840-584: The North" Sigyariaq; the band Uniaqtuq, with Arsene, Pelagie and Mary Angalik; the Arviat Band, with John and Billy Kuksuk, Paul Kattau and others; the Irksuk band, played by Paul Irksuk and sons. All have had CDs recorded commercially. Many types of wildlife are abundant. Within the vicinity of Arviat, polar bears , millions of migratory birds, beluga whales , and caribou are often spotted. The only access

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880-571: The co-anchor format in favour of single anchor everyday. Adrienne Arsenault continues to host the show Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing hosting on Friday and Sunday. In November 2005, the CBC News Weather Centre was established to cover local and international weather, using in part data provided by Environment Canada . Claire Martin was hired to serve as the primary face of the Weather Centre. In April 2014,

920-527: The financial network which supports the regime of Vladimir Putin , mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned. Government officials including Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides and European lawmakers began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours, calling for reforms and launching probes. The Television News section of CBC News

960-683: The first newscast, part of CBC Newsmagazine , was given on September 8, 1952, on CBLT (Toronto), the only English station then telecasting. Later that year CBC National News was introduced (anchors: Larry Henderson , Earl Cameron , Stanley Burke ), then changing its name to The National in 1970. The CBC began delivering news online in 1996 via the Newsworld Online website. The CBC News Online site launched in 1998. In 2017, CBC News relaunched its flagship newscast, The National , with four co-anchors based in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver and later two anchors Monday through Thursday and

1000-520: The first time in 2004. The community has been served by the Qiniq network since 2005. Qiniq is a fixed wireless service to homes and businesses, connecting to the outside world via a satellite backbone. The Qiniq network is designed and operated by SSI Micro . In 2017, the network was upgraded to 4G LTE technology, and 2G-GSM for mobile voice. According to the Köppen climate classification , Arviat has

1040-411: The half-hour during morning and afternoon drive shows and on the hour at other times during the day. The Radio News section of CBC News produces on-the-hour updates for the CBC's national radio newscasts and provides content for regional updates. Major radio programs include World Report , The World at Six , The World This Hour and The World this Weekend . The majority of news and information

1080-481: The latter's website. CBC News provides the following television programs. Current programs: Former programs: CBC News provides the following radio programs. CBC Digital provides the following services: Public surveys in 2002 suggest that the CBC was viewed with potential left-wing bias. In 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix commissioned a study to determine whether its news was biased, and if so, to what extent. He said: "Our job — and we take it seriously —

1120-484: The letters in the table mark long vowels ; in the Latin transcription, the vowel is doubled. For geminate consonants , the final consonant symbol is placed before the CV syllabic, for instance - kk u-, - nnu - are rendered ᒃ ᑯ and ᓐ ᓄ respectively. The Makivik Corporation expanded the official version of the script to restore the ai-pai-tai column. The common diphthong ai has generally been represented by combining

1160-594: The maximum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) recorded on 22 July 1973 is second only to that of Kugluktuk . Arviat has a yearly rainfall of 174.4 mm (6.87 in), the fourth-wettest in Nunavut, but only 112.4 cm (44.3 in) of snow, the third-least. Temperatures above freezing have never been recorded between 18 November and 17 March, inclusive; conversely, accumulating snow has never been recorded in July or August. Inuktitut syllabics The name qaniujaaqpait [qaniujaːqpaˈit] derives from

1200-439: The national weather centre was effectively disbanded due to CBC budget cuts (Martin had left the CBC a few months prior). Weather presenters at local CBC stations were retained but with the added responsibility of supplying reports for The National and CBC News Network . In November 2014, citing difficulties implementing this new system, the CBC announced a one-year trial content sharing partnership with The Weather Network ,

1240-414: The privately owned cable specialty channel, which went into effect on December 8. Under the partnership, in exchange for access to weather-related news coverage from the CBC, The Weather Network provides the national weather reports seen on The National and CBCNN daytime programming, as well as local forecasts for CBC Toronto 's weekend newscasts. Apart from Toronto, weather coverage during local newscasts

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1280-612: The reforms of 1976. Inuktitut is one variation on Canadian Aboriginal syllabics , and can be digitally encoded using the Unicode standard. The Unicode block for Inuktitut characters is called Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics . The first efforts to write Inuktitut came from Moravian missionaries in Greenland and Labrador in the mid-19th century using Latin script. The first book printed in Inuktitut using Cree script

1320-415: The root qaniq , meaning "mouth". The alternative, Latin-based writing system is named qaliujaaqpait ( ᖃᓕᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ ), and it derives from qaliit , a word describing the markings or the grain in rocks. Titirausiq nutaaq [titiʁauˈsiq nuˈtaːq] meaning "new writing system" is to be seen in contrast to titirausiit nutaunngittut ( ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓰᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ), the "old syllabics" used before

1360-430: The service includes About That , a daily news and interview show hosted by Andrew Chang ; Planet Wonder , an environmental news series hosted by Johanna Wagstaffe; Big , a documentary series about industry; and This Week in Canada , which highlights local news stories from the CBC's local news bureaux in various cities. CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is an English-language news channel owned and operated by

1400-543: The weekly At Issue panel (Ottawa)). The network dropped the four-anchor format on January 22, 2020, and had Arsenault and Chang co-anchor from Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing as solo anchor for the Friday and Sunday editions. Barton became the chief political correspondent for CBC News; she continues to host The National' s weekly "At Issue" political panel along with her own politics based program, Rosemary Barton Live which airs on Sundays. In early 2023, CBC dropped

1440-441: Was Tikirajualaaq ("a little long point"), and Ittaliurvik ("a place where the people make tents"). In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Arviat had a population of 2,864 living in 632 of its 694 total private dwellings, a change of 7.8% from its 2016 population of 2,657. With a land area of 126.14 km (48.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.7/km (58.8/sq mi) in 2021. Arviat

1480-649: Was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene , Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron . CBC News Roundup (French counterpart: La revue de l'actualité ) started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm, being replaced by The World at Six on October 31, 1966. On English-language television

1520-634: Was an 8-page pamphlet known as Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River ( ᒋᓴᓯᑊ ᐅᑲᐤᓯᐣᑭᐟ , "Jesus' words"), printed by John Horden in 1855–56 at Moose Factory for Edwin Arthur Watkins to use among the Inuit at Fort George . In November 1865, Horden and Watkins met in London under Henry Venn 's direction to adapt Cree syllabics to the Inuktitut language. In

1560-704: Was not affected, and CBC Vancouver meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe continues to provide weather coverage for the Vancouver-based (primetime) editions of CBC News Now on CBC News Network. Most local CBC stations have retained their weather team to provide local weather information, including: The content partnership with the Weather Network has continued beyond the original one-year period, and has been expanded. The weather section of CBC.ca has been phased out in favour of forecasts from The Weather Network, and local CBC news headlines are displayed on

1600-497: Was reintroduced in November 2016. Many reports are accompanied by podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News content is available on multiple platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In November 2022, the CBC launched CBC News Explore , a free ad-supported streaming television service. In addition to existing CBC news and information programming, new original programming on

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