Western Nunavut’s hub postpones a vote on changing its name
Elders have suggested five possible spellings for the Inuinnaqtun name of the town now known as Cambridge Bay: Ekaloktotiak, Ekaluktutiak, Ikaluktutiak, Iqaluluqtuutiak and Iqaluqtuuttiaq.
October 18, 2019
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CAMBRIDGE BAY — The municipal council of Cambridge Bay decided in its last meeting before the Oct. 28 municipal elections to postpone a planned plebiscite on changing the community’s name back to its original Inuinnaqtun.
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