Tuluganak Kaludjak shares some of his muktaaq with Issaluk Tattuinie in Rankin Inlet, following a beluga hunt near the community on Wednesday, Aug. 21. About 25 boats had a successful hunt, and the muktaaq will be shared among residents of Rankin Inlet and nearby communities. (Photo by Noel Kaludjak)
Police found two injured dogs last Friday in Taloyoak
Iqaluit artist Erin Faulks shows off one of her pieces for sale at the craft fair held on Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Frobisher Inn as part of the Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association’s Nunavut Arts Festival in Iqaluit. Her necklaces feature tiny char, ulu, maktaaq and more on cardboard. The festival wrapped up over the weekend. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
“It is difficult, if not impossible, to comply with basic hygiene measures”
Former Inuk employee alleges human rights violation
Iqaluit jeweller Mathew Nuqingaq teaches a jewelry workshop at the Nunavut Arts Festival at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit on Friday, Aug. 23. Artists from across the territory held free workshops as part of the festival, including silkscreening, sealskin upholstery, caribou tufting and qiviut spinning. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
“ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓃᑉᐳᖅ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᖅ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ”
Winners of $100M bonanza are Calm Air and Canadian North
Johnny Mamgark carries an impressive lake trout, which he caught at Meliadine Lake near Rankin Inlet on Monday, Aug. 19. Mamgark fished with staff from the Rankin Inlet men’s healing facility during IQ day. (Photo by Noel Kaludjak)
Nunavik Inuit youth reach the northern bank of the Koksoak River, about 10 kilometres from Kuujjuaq, on Aug. 5, during the last day of a week-long kayaking and camping expedition. The trip was part of Jeunes Karibus’s summer program, which offers Nunavik youth between the ages of 14 and 19 exposure to a range of outdoor activities centred on camping and the outdoors. (Photo courtesy of Jeunes Karibus)
Tasha Tologanak of Cambridge Bay worked to fill 26 backpacks for community students
Ottawa promised funding would start in April 2019 , but few details released
Applications close for five scholarships on Aug. 31
Girl Guides from Nunavut arrive at Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp in Sprucedale, Ont. From Aug. 4-10, over 1,000 girls and women participated in dozens of activities at Doe Lake, including axe-throwing, meeting Olympic athlete Sarah Wells, boating, swimming and singing songs. The Nunavut Girl Guides fundraised to attend camp through sales of Girl Guide cookies, caribou stew, and more. (Photo courtesy of Girl Guides of Canada – Ontario & Nunavut Council)
Tommy Ningiuk, 40, died after being shot last September by police
ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᒫᒃ ᒑᓅ ᑲᔅᓯᒐᓴᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐋᒐᓯ 14-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ
Photographer Jamie Griffiths harvested these clams on an island called Palaugaaq, or Bannock in English, near Iqaluit towards the southern shore. She had gone there on Saturday, Aug. 3, with Bernice and Justin Clarke of Uasau Soap to collect clams and seaweed. (Photo by Chickweed Arts/Jamie Griffiths)
Elder Annie Atighioyak lights a qulliq at the Wednesday, Aug. 21, opening ceremony for the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay. Read more about the event and CHARS on Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo courtesy of Polar Knowledge Canada)
“I’m here because it’s for community”
Broken piece at water plant to be replaced but water not likely affected
With the cutting of a sealskin ribbon on Wednesday, Aug. 21, the Canadian High Arctic Research Station opens in Cambridge Bay. From left: Richard Boudreault, chair of the board of directors of Polar Knowledge Canada; Pamela Gross, the mayor of Cambridge Bay; Cambridge Bay MLA Jeannie Ehaloak; Yvonne Jones, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of Intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade; elder Annie Atighioybk; elder Mabel Etegik; and David J. Scott, president and CEO of Polar Knowledge Canada. (Photo courtesy of Polar Knowledge Canada)
“ᐅᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᑏᓪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒍᓐᓂᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᕐᑎᐅᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ”
“Today’s celebration represents a significant milestone for our community,” says Cambridge Bay mayor
Marc Voisine worked in Nunavik from 2007 to 2013
Yvonne Jones, parliamentary secretary to the minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade, stands with a group of Inuinnait drummers and dancers in the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, which she helped officially open yesterday, Aug. 21. “The Canadian High Arctic Research Station provides scientists from across Canada and around the world with a world-class Arctic research facility to conduct cutting edge Arctic research year-round in Canada’s Arctic, in collaboration with local Indigenous people. The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the work of our outstanding scientists and researchers in all fields,” was her message to the gathering. Celebrations continue today at the facility. Read more later on Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Pamela Gross)
