DARREN YOURK
Globe and Mail Update
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has touched down in Canada's newest territory. The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in the capital of Nunavut at noon on Friday. Dressed in a beige wool coat and matching hat, The Queen was greeted by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik and Heritage Minister Sheila Copps.
The Queen is scheduled to spend 2˝ hours in Nunavut, where she will make a speech and dedicate Nunavut's legislative assembly building with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. The Queen will also unveil a new street sign for the first time in her 50-year reign. Friday marks the first of a 12-day Golden Jubilee tour of Canada that will take the royal couple from the Far North to British Columbia, across the country to the Maritimes and finally to Ottawa.
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