“It will be a place where services come to families”
Iqaluit’s Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre has plans to build a community wellness hub but needs help raising enough money to get other sources of funding.
Andrew Taqtu’s contest-winning igloo outside Arctic Bay glows from within in this photo taken by Clare Kines on Dec. 29, 2018. The structure won the Ikajutit Hunters’ and Trappers’ Organization’s igloo-building contest. (Photo by Clare Kines)
“If the public doesn’t feel they can trust us, then the best way would be civilian oversight”
Blue, pink and white-striped flag will be raised at city hall on Jan. 28
Man alleges assault, unlawful arrest and detention
Christine Egan scholarships recognize commitment to nursing
Kimmirut and Sanikiluaq residents should look out for symptoms
Kugaaruk will host plebiscite on whether to allow residents to buy limited amounts of beer and wine
$37K split between Iqaluit Humane Society, Alianait, Uquutaq Society and Nunavut Literacy Council
David Erkloo and Marika Arloo help to craft a qajaq from scratch using wood during Inuktitut projects, a weekly traditional skills workshop hosted at Nunavut Sivuniksavut in Ottawa. (Photo by Dayna Bruce)
Assaults rose to 1,071 in 2018, from 890 in 2017
An “extremely bad decision” with no ill intent, Crown says
The northern lights shimmer while light pillars light up the sky over Akilliq Drive in Iqaluit Jan. 16. (Photo by Bill Williams)
“We can forgive, but we will remember”
Emergency facility on Apex Road now open from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Three Jaanimmarik School Running Club members—from left, Nadia Parsons, Etua Mark Greig and Nicolas Murovic—serve a spaghetti dinner with the help of their coach, Shannon Thompson, at a club fundraiser in Kuujjuaq. Club members made spaghetti and garlic bread on Friday, Jan. 18, to raise funds for their spring run. They alternate between selling beaver tail pastries and spaghetti every couple of Fridays. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
A family of Ahiarmiut, including David Serkoak, pictured behind his mother Mary Qahug Miki (centre) at Ennadai Lake in the mid-1950s before the Canadian government forcibly relocated them from their homelands. Today, the federal government apologized for those relocations. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett made the apology at a ceremony in Arviat on Tuesday, Jan. 22. “We are sorry. Mamiapugut,” Bennett told the group of 21 surviving Ahiarmiut relocatees, their families and community members. “We are sorry that we moved the Ahiarmiut from Ennadai Lake. We are sorry that the Ahiarmiut suffered so immensely — experiencing indignity, starvation, and death — as a result of our actions. We are sorry that you were not treated with the kindness, respect, and humanity that you deserved,” Bennett said. “Finally, we are sorry that it has taken so long to settle your relocation claim and to acknowledge the wrongs of the past.” Bennett met privately with the members of the Ahiarmiut Relocation Society on Jan. 22 and also helped to unveil a new memorial plaque in the Kivalliq community. Read more later on nunatsiaq.com. (File photo)
Chief Superintendent Amanda Jones took command Monday, Jan. 21
Explore program looking for Nunavut students to learn French across Canada
Taqralik Partridge brought aboard as editor-at-large
“It was just too cumbersome”
The Baker Lake Atoms pose for a team photo during a hockey tournament over the weekend in Rankin Inlet. The hockey team returned home disappointed Jan. 20; the Atoms were scheduled to play a 12:45 playoff game that could have secured their fifth-place finish in the tournament. But the team had to forfeit the game to catch their flight home, which ended up being delayed anyway. Parents say tournament organizers need to do a better job scheduling flights for these events, so athletes can participate fully. (PHOTO BY JOSEPH AUPALUKTUQ)
“It affects breathing and makes physical activity … very difficult”
“This method of land development has to end”
Jerry Issuqangituq, 25, still lies in a medically induced coma
