Phone and cellular services have been down in Kugaaruk since Thursday. Northwestel technicians arrived Friday afternoon to investigate the issue. (File photo)
Technicians from Northwestel have arrived to fix telecommunications service in the community, says company representative
Phone and cellular services are down in Kugaaruk. Technicians from Northwestel, the largest telecommunications provider in the North, arrived in the community Friday afternoon to fix the issue, which has been ongoing since Thursday.
Makayla Kilabuk, left, drum dances with her grandfather, David Serkoak, who is originally from Arviat. They were among the performers at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa Tuesday where the Royal Canadian Mint launched a two-dollar commemorative coin that pays tribute to Inuit Nunangat. (Photo by Corey Larocque)
Author Kenn Harper, who writes the biweekly Taissumani column for Nunatsiaq News, reads to a crowd from his new book, “Give Me Winter, Give Me Dogs: Knud Rasmussen and the Fifth Thule Expedition,” at a book launch at Perfect Books in Ottawa on Monday. The book is expected to be on shelves on Nov. 19. (Photo by Corey Larocque)