Need search and rescue resupply? Call us, says GN – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 17, 2025

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If any hamlet’s volunteer search and rescue team lacks equipment — such as first-aid supplies and GPS tracker devices — there is a simple solution.

Call the GN.

“There is funding available for us to support ground search and rescue teams and municipalities in having these things on hand,” said Jessica Young, deputy minister for Nunavut’s Department of Community and Government Services.

“We do have mechanisms for that.”

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