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Haiti's main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest.
2024-03-7

Pope Francis visits Iqaluit in Nunavut to apologize for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools in Canada. The visit is his final stop on his Canada trip.
2022-07-29

The Danish Foreign Ministry announces that it has reached a deal with Canada to divide the long-disputed Hans Island in the Arctic in half between Canada's Nunavut territory and Greenland.
2022-06-14

Iqaluit, capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, issues a state of emergency after evidence is found of gasoline in the city's tap water. All residents are advised to not drink, boil or cook with the city's water. The city had issued a Do Not Drink Water advisory the previous day.
2021-10-13

Iqaluit, capital city of Canada's Nunavut territory, is placed under a Do Not Drink Water advisory until further notice due to the possibility of contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons. Both boiled and filtered water are not safe for consumption at this time.
2021-10-12

Nunavut's capital Iqaluit imposes a lockdown after the first COVID-19 case was reported last night.
2021-04-15

Seven Catholic clergy, including two French citizens, are kidnapped in Croix-des-Bouquets, Ouest, Haiti.
2021-04-11

Voters in Haiti go to the polls for a general election, amid confusion and disorganization resulting from the cholera epidemic and the aftermath of the January earthquake
2010-11-28

Musician Wyclef Jean is formally declared unsuitable as a presidential candidate in Haiti's election.
2010-08-21

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tours Haiti to monitor the destruction caused by the recent earthquake and meets President René Préval.
2010-02-25