Emma Tranter

Reporter/Editor

Emma Tranter is a reporter with CBC North in Yellowknife, mostly covering Nunavut's Kitikmeot region. She worked in journalism in Nunavut for five years, where she reported in Iqaluit for CBC, The Canadian Press and Nunatsiaq News. She can be reached at [email protected].

Latest from Emma Tranter

'Headed into a crisis': Nunavut community worried federal food voucher program could end

While many celebrated the federal government's renewal of the Inuit Child First Initiative, some still worry that a vital program for kids in Nunavut is at risk of shutting down. 

Someone in Nunavut was scammed out of $3M last year. RCMP are still trying to find out who did it

Nunavut RCMP Cpl. George Henrie told CBC News because the case is still under investigation, no further details will be released. 

Former Coral Harbour, Nunavut, teacher acquitted of assault charge

Michelle Wolf was charged with one count of assault after an incident at Sakku School in 2023. A Nunavut judge has acquitted her, saying she believes Wolf's actions were "reasonable" and for "corrective purposes."

Nunavut judge approves $8M settlement for victims abused by former teacher

A Nunavut judge has approved a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the Nunavut government on behalf of a group of students who were sexually abused by a teacher in the territory. 

Scary but smooth: No injuries reported after Air Nunavut makes emergency landing in Rankin Inlet

A charter plane carrying two pilots and six people landed safely in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Tuesday night after it was forced to make an emergency landing. 

Teacher charged with assaulting Nunavut student stands trial

Michelle Wolf was charged with one count of assault after an incident in a classroom at Sakku School in Coral Harbour in 2023.

Wrong medication given, single-use syringes reused at Nunavut home where 2 youth died: report

Nunavut RCMP say they have found no criminality in the deaths of two young people at Naja Isabelle Home in Chesterfield Inlet. 

Nunavut communities announce end of Inuit Child First program as deadline approaches

Nunavut communities are announcing the end of their administration of the Inuit Child First Imitative as they wait to hear whether the program will be extended beyond its March 31 end date. 

Teacher resignations in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving vacancies at high school, raising concerns

A number of teachers have resigned in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving half of the positions at the community's high school unfilled. 

Fire consumes arena, circus and performing arts space in Igloolik, Nunavut

The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m., said George Qaunaq, the Igloolik's chief administrative officer. It engulfed the Kipsigak Arena and Artcirq's Black Box, where it runs its circus and community programing.