By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News The Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. agree the territory is in a “suicide crisis,” but Health Minister John Main says there is no plan to declare suicide a public health emergency. Main and NTI vice-president Paul Irngaut said Wednesday they are “reaffirming” a crisis declaration that was made by then-premier Peter Taptuna in 2015. “This declaration is coming out of the coroner’s inquest in Kimmirut which did call on the government to declare suicide a crisis,” Main said, during a news conference with Irngaut at the Nunavut legislative assembly. “Today we’re reaffirming that yes, it is a crisis. Yes, it does demand our attention and demands that we do everything we can to address it.” That coroner’s inquest, held

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