Mourners form a human chain around the Iqaluit RCMP detachment during a service in memory of RCMP Const. Douglas Scott, in this undated photo. The 20-year-old Mountie died after being shot while on duty in Kimmirut on Nov. 5, 2007. (File photo)
Kimmirut man seeking opportunity to apply for early release under ‘faint hope’ law
“Our son is dead forever.” Crown lawyer Trisha McCarthy read those words in court Tuesday from a victim impact statement written by the parents of murdered RCMP Const. Douglas Scott.
Alec Nichol, 9, gets his green thumb on with help from Nancy Fynn-Sackey during the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society’s regular youth program. Held each Sunday afternoon, the program allows youngsters to get their hands dirty working in the gardens in the greenhouse and take home what they harvest. Fynn-Sackey is a board member with the greenhouse society, which also hosts weekly Wednesday harvest nights starting at approximately 5:30 p.m. where people can take home the vegetables they pick. (Photo by Gord Howard)
Josephie Naglingniq works on a drawing of a bear eating a seal during a busy lunch hour Thursday at the Black Heart Café. Naglingniq has been drawing for nearly 17 years and often works at one of the tables at the cafe in order to meet potential buyers. He sells his drawings for $20 apiece. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Qalingu Napartuk, also known as Young Black Inuk, brought his cyphers and rhymes to a dancing crowd at Aqpik Jam in Kuujjuaq Wednesday. The energy was high on the second night of the four-day festival that runs until Friday. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)