Some developments in 2019 could give a hint of what lies ahead
As 2019 comes to a close, there’s one year remaining of Canada’s five-year moratorium on Arctic offshore oil and gas exploration.
Man, 28, in critical condition at Ottawa hospital intensive care unit
The fourth-most-popular photo of 2019 on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page: Dr. Donna May Kimmaliardjuk dissects a caribou heart for Inuksuk high school students as part of a health careers camp in Iqaluit on May 10. Kimmarliardjuk is a cardiac surgery resident at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and will be the first Inuk cardiac surgeon in Canada. She spent two days in Iqaluit talking with students about the different pathways to a career in health care. (Photo by Sarah Rogers)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares a laugh with Arctic Bay elder Qappik Attagutsiak, who is 99, during a community feast on Thursday, Aug. 1. This photo was the fifth-most-popular photo of 2019 on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page. It was taken at the feast celebrating the completion of the Inuit impact and benefit agreement for the Tallurutiup Imanga national marine conservation area and the start of a process aimed at creating the 320,000-square-kilometre Tuvajuittuq marine protected area off northern Ellesmere Island. (Photo by Jim Bell)
The sixth-most-popular photo of 2019 on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page shows Lilly Parr carrying little Yasmin in her amauti during her spring trip to Huilloc, in Peru. Parr and some of her fellow Nunavut Sivuniksavut students visited the South American country as part of the program’s cultural year-end trip. (Photo courtesy of Lilly Parr)
Fireworks explode over Iqaluit on April 1, 2019, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nunavut gaining official territory status. Another fireworks show, along with entertainment and country food, is planned for April 1 this year, when the territory marks 25 years. (File photo by Clare Kines)
The eighth-most-popular photo of 2019 on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page: Miali Coley-Sudlovenick and her daughter Anika of Iqaluit celebrate Nunavut Day on July 9. Anika is wearing the amauti that Miali wore when she was little. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
This photo of four muskox grazing in an area called Ippialuk, overlooking the Koksoak River outside Kuujjuaq on July 30, was one of our most popular photos of 2019 on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Here’s one of our most popular photos of 2019, based on how many views and likes it received on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page: Mosesee and Meekai Duval had a surprise visitor during a day trip outside Pangnirtung. The pair was on a fishing trip when a polar bear cub appeared. The Duvals said the mother bear was nowhere in sight. (Photo by Mosesee Duval)
Students at Arnaqjuaq School received an early visit from Santa Claus. With the help of elves from Hall Beach Social Services and the Hall Beach Food Bank, Santa was able to give a present to all the children from kindergarten to Grade 12. On Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 10, the students participated in Inuit games. Fifteen stations were set up throughout the school. The high kick, the musk-ox fight, finger, foot and arm pulls, and the laughing game were some of the favourites. On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Luba Nangmalik, Arnaqjuaq School DEA)
The low-barrier shelter will be run by the Uquutaq Society and funded by the Department of Family Services
“There were no celebrations. People lived in snow houses and for survival the men went out to look for seal holes every day”
“Their cultural security cannot be guaranteed”
Newfoundland-Labrador judge rules Garth Reid used company money for his own use
“The increase is required to allow the city to work to address the needs of our growing community”
How a woman named Summer found truth in a wintry place
Christmas joy in the High Arctic
ᐅᓇ 6 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᑕᓐᔅᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᒃᐸᑦ, ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᔾᔮᙱᓐᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ
A volunteer in Igloolik receives a package at the airport to help spread some Christmas cheer in the community of about 1,800 on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Arctic Fresh, the Igloolik-based grocery distribution company, has partnered with the Igloolik Food Bank to prepare 400 Christmas hampers that will be distributed before the holidays. Each hamper includes the makings of a full Christmas dinner, a bannock pack, and a variety of fresh fruits. Contributors included Canadian North, Feeding Nunavut, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., Nuna East Ltd., the Hamlet of Igloolik and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association. The Ottawa Food Bank also donated 628 pounds of food. (Photo courtesy of Arctic Fresh)
ᕗᐄᓐ ᐳᓚᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ Axel Heiberg Island-ᒥᑦ 1980-ᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᒫᓐᓇᓕ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᖁᓕᕐᑕᖓ.
Chanukah in Nunavut’s capital
Beer and wine store in Iqaluit goes on reduced hours
Kativik police and councillors concerned about uptick in crime-related deaths
How a woman named Summer found truth in a wintry place
Iqaluit’s young chef River McCluskey and his mom share their tradition of making tourtières
