Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, taking measures to address concerns over drugs, community safety – CBC
Jul 18, 2025
Town hall meeting this week included hamlet leadership, RCMP and the territory’s justice minister
An RCMP drug-detecting dog and a local alert ready system are some of the ideas that will be implemented in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in response to growing concern about drugs and community safety in the hamlet.
The hamlet held a town hall meeting earlier this week to talk about the issue. It lasted over three hours with almost 100 people in attendance, including Mayor Wayne Gregory, MLA and Nunavut’s Minister of Justice Pamela Gross, and the acting commanding officer for the RCMP in Nunavut, Kent Pike.
The meeting happened in the wake of a violent, drug-related assault that led to the medical evacuation of two men in Cambridge Bay last week. Four people were charged in connection with that incident.
