Rankin Inlet’s new airport terminal, photographed in August 2024. It’s anticipated to be completed in the first quarter of 2025. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
New terminals are three times the size of the ones they are replacing
After a one-year delay, five of Nunavut’s six airport terminal buildings currently under construction will be completed and ready for travellers in December.
Joannie Temela, left, and Lovjeet, who goes by one name, get creative with rangoli colours, an impermanent Indian art form that uses bright sand and intricate stencils. The pair were among nearly three dozen revellers, many in traditional hand-made Indian garments, who participated in a Diwali celebration Thursday evening at Nunavut Brewing Co. in Iqaluit. Diwali, which fell on Halloween this year, is also known as the Hindu Festival of Lights. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Deputy Premier Pamela Gross, right, hands her one-year-old daughter Qimniq Simone Algik Wamikon Adjun Oniak to the child’s grandmother, Susie Fletcher, at the legislative assembly on Oct. 24. Gross’s child drew smiles from the cabinet ministers sitting on her mother’s side of the chamber throughout proceedings that day. Gross rose to thank her mother for her support, and wished her a happy birthday. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
A new painting at the Nunavut legislative assembly celebrates the inclusion of people with disabilities. Artist Lucy Manniapik, left, presents the work to Family Services Minister Margaret Nakashuk, alongside Adebola Kolawole, project manager with Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society, right. The painting, which shows a hunter in a wheelchair, was presented in celebration of October being Disability Employment Awareness Month. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)